# ‘Mexodus’: A Trump-Era Protest Musical Explores Underground Railroad to Mexico Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/latino-usa-45412/mexodus-a-trump-era-protest-musical-explores-underground-railroad-to-mexico Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/latino-usa-45412/mexodus-a-trump-era-protest-musical-explores-underground-railroad-to-mexico.md Podcast: [Latino USA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/latino-usa-45412) Published: 2026-04-19T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/latino-usa/mexodus-a-trump-era-protest-musical-explores-underground-railroad-to-mexico Audio file: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/eba15fe4-c3fd-4e63-a8f9-b2dc01092685/e956507a-cd41-4674-b661-b42d000bebcb/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=a324c6a1-2e41-486b-b538-b2dc010926c5 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/latino-usa-45412/episodes/mexodus-a-trump-era-protest-musical-explores-underground-railroad-to-mexico Duration seconds: 1637 ## Resource “If Hamilton is an Obama-era hope musical, we are a Trump-era protest musical," said Nygel D. Robinson, co-creator of “Mexodus.”   “Mexodus,” a high-energy Off-Broadway show that explores a lesser-known part of U.S. history: the Underground Railroad, south into Mexico. In the 1800s, thousands of enslaved Black people fled to Mexico, where slavery had been abolished decades before the United States. Maria Hinojosa speaks with “Mexodus” co-creators and stars, Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, about what they hope their hit show can teach audiences today about cross-racial and cross-border solidarity. Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Follow the show to get every episode. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts. Follow us on  TikTok  and  YouTube . Subscribe to our  newsletter .   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/latino-usa-45412/episodes/mexodus-a-trump-era-protest-musical-explores-underground-railroad-to-mexico/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/latino-usa-45412/mexodus-a-trump-era-protest-musical-explores-underground-railroad-to-mexico.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.