Jasmine Garsd is an Argentinian-American journalist who has been working as a reporter for NPR for almost 10 years. In this event, Garsd will engage in a personal conversation where we’ll explore her personal background, her coverage of stories related to Latin America, and her most personal works for This American Life.
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Garsd is also currently NPR's Criminal Justice correspondent and the host of The Last Cup, a sports podcast that tells the story of Lionel Messi through a tale of immigration and race, of capitalism and class, belonging and identity.
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Garsd started her career as the co-host of Alt.Latino, an NPR show about Latin music, and throughout her reporting career she has focused extensively on women's issues and immigrant communities in America. She's currently writing a book of stories about women she has met throughout her travels.
Presented by the Liberal Studies Department at New School for Social Research, the University Student Senate, and Al Sur: Latin American Studies Project.
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Facundo Vega is an assistant professor of philosophy at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile, and a research scientist at CONICET and the FU Berlin. He received his PhD from Cornell University. He is currently completing his first book, titled Ordinary Matters: The Political after Martin Heidegger. Vega's second book project is titled The Politics of Beginnings: Hannah Arendt Today. His scholarly articles have appeared in, among other venues, Philosophy Today, The European Legacy, Cahier de L’Herne, and diacritics.
