About this episode
Puerto Ricans packed the streets night after night this week to call for Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation. On this week’s On the Media, what happens when a leader’s mockery becomes too much for citizens to bear — in San Juan, and in Washington. Plus, coming-of-age on the far-right and far-left, on YouTube. 1. Ibram X. Kendi [ @DrIbram ], founding director of American University’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center, on who gets to be American. Listen. 2. Pedro Reina-Pérez [ @pedroreinaperez ], journalist and historian with both the University of Puerto Rico and Harvard University, and Jay Fonseca [ @jayfonsecapr ], television and radio host, on the profane, homophobic and sexist chat messages that pushed Puerto Rico to the breaking point. Listen . 3. OTM Producer Micah Loewinger [ @MicahLoewinger ] considers how YouTube creators on the left, like Natalie Wynn [ @ContraPoints ], are challenging the platform’s surge of far right extremism. Listen. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today ( https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm ). Follow our show on Instagram , Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.