Revisiting our amazing interview with Maya Schenwar on her new book Locked Down, Locked Out, on why prisons don't work. Also, listener mail.
Recent Shows
Ayesha Siddiqi joins us to discuss the killing of three Muslims in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by a white self-described anti-theist. Also, US lawmakers desperately want to send lethal arms to Ukraine, and listener mail.
Mychal Denzel Smith is back to discuss what's wrong about the ways people hate Kanye West and Marshawn Lynch. Also, Better Call Saul starts off strong, an essay from a writer with autism on the anti-vaccine movement, and listener mail.
Obama lays out his new national security agenda, and a ton of listener mail.
Phillip Anderson joins us to discuss the fallout after Sheldon Silver's indictment on corruption charges, fewer graduates are joining Teach for America, and listener mail. Also, a huge announcement from the land of Radio Dispatch.
News presenter Brian Williams lied for years about being in a helicopter that had been shot down in Iraq, what the new nominee for Secretary of Defense might mean for Guantanamo, and listener mail.
Nick Pinto joins us to discuss his Rolling Stone story on the Albuquerque Police Department's violent history, what does the collective revulsion at ISIS's latest execution say about the US, and listener mail.
Arun Kundnani joins us to discuss the response in Europe to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Chris Christie's hypocrisy on public health, and listener mail.
Cora Currier joins us to discuss attempts in St Paul and Minneapolis to use community outreach programs to spy on Muslim communities, anti-vaccine parents will be the death of us all, and a bunch of listener mail.
