8:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: Monday - Thursday
Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss.
—-
Subscribe to our podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page
Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org
Follow us on socials @LawAndDis:
https://twitter.com/LawAndDis;
https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/
We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup segment. Then, Oakland’s most recent school board election from November of 2022 appears rife with error. We speak with Mike Hutchinson, the Oakland school board representative for District 5. Due to redistricting from the city, he ran in our last election cycle for the open … Continued
On today’s show we follow up on a story we covered when it first broke: the state of Louisiana is sending children to Angola prison – one of the most notoriously violent prisons in the country – where the children prisoners are being tortured. We speak with Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, Senior Reporter for The Appeal, a … Continued
On today’s show, we’ll dive into the nitty gritty of Abolition with someone whose been on the frontlines of abolitionist efforts for many years. Our guest is Andrea J Ritchie, whose latest book is No More Police – the Case for Abolition, which she co-authored along with Mariame Kaba. Follow Andrea J Ritchie on Twitter: … Continued
Today is the national celebration of Dr Martin Luther King’s birthday, and so we start by exploring the legacy of the civil rights movement with David Dennis Jr, who wrote a book in collaboration with his father, David Dennis Sr, who was an activist on the front lines of the 1960s civil rights movement. The … Continued
On today’s show, we take a deep dive into healing through art – not just any art but art that intersects with movements – helping to pave the path toward liberation. Our guest is Ashara Ekundayo, who among many other roles, is the Curator and Cultural Theologian behind Artist as First Responder – Engaging & … Continued
We start today’s show in conversation with Oakland’s City Councilmember At-Large, Rebecca Kaplan, about the impacts of the heavy storms and rainfall that we’re experiencing, and particularly its impact on our most vulnerable neighbors. We also discuss how the councilmember expects to work with the new mayor and council, who were sworn in on Monday, … Continued
On today’s show, we explore the growth of the Far Right in both the US and Europe. Laura Jedeed joins us to discuss embedding with a right-wing “Constitutional Defense” and handgun training camp in Texas, about which she recently wrote an article for The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/169563/patriot-academy-right-wing-constitutional-defense-training-camp Laura Jedeed is an investigative and features journalist … Continued
On today’s show, we examine the upsurge in violence against the transgender community. Insider spent 18 months investigating the murders of 175 transgender people over the span of five years, resulting in a published series called “Deaths in the Family.” They found that that murders of trans people have doubled over the last three years, that … Continued
We start with our weekly State Terror Roundup, then: the industry behind police consultants is vast – ProPublica recently published an investigative piece focusing on the fake science used to justify one branch of that consulting – 911 call analysis. Brett Murphy is an investigative journalist with ProPublica. His latest piece is called: “They Called 911 for … Continued
On today’s show, we explore the pending January 9th eviction of Oakland’s Wood Street encampment – the largest of its kind in the city. At the same time, encampment residents are preparing for historic rainfall and potential flooding in the coming days and weeks. We’re joined by Wood Street resident John Janosko as well as … Continued
