In our very first episode, Jorge Xolalpa sits down with writer and activist Alix Dick to talk about her powerful book The Cost of Being Undocumented and the lived realities behind it. Together, they unpack the emotional, financial, and psychological weight of navigating life in America as immigrants—sharing personal stories, hard truths, and moments of resilience that often go unheard.
This conversation goes beyond policy and headlines, centering the human experience of survival, identity, and belonging. Jorge and Alix reflect on what it means to build a life in a country that can feel both full of opportunity and deeply exclusionary, and how storytelling becomes an act of resistance, healing, and visibility.
An honest, vulnerable, and necessary dialogue about immigration, dignity, and the cost we don’t often talk about.
59 min