On Friday, September 5, 2025, Editor in Chief Alícia Isasi discussed her goals for VPR this year and engaged in discussion with Podcast Director Noah Jenkins on the merits and implications of President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, D.C., and potentially other cities. This discussion prefigures VPR’s first debate between Vanderbilt College Republicans and College Democrats, taking place on Tuesday, September 30.