Author Daniel A. Olivas poses next to the cover of his recent book, Chicano Frankenstein

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Author Daniel A. Olivas poses next to the cover of his recent book, Chicano Frankenstein

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Daniel Olivas’s novel, Chicano Frankenstein, puts a new spin on the age-old Frankstein story. In this retelling, 12 million “reanimated” people provide a cheap workforce for the United States…and face a very familiar type of bigotry. On this episode, host B.A. Parkers speaks to Olivas about what this sci-fi story can help us understand about our real and current immigration system. We also ask, in a world of racism, bigotry, and politicking, who is the real monster?

This episode was hosted by B.A. Parker, produced by Christina Cala, and edited by Leah Donnella. Our engineer was James Willetts.