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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.
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On today’s show, we begin with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then we transition to a conversation of the Oakland Police Departments brief consideration of acquiring robots that could shoot shotgun rounds. We are joined by the reporter who exposed this news in an article at The Intercept. Sam Biddle is a reporter focusing on … Continued
We spend this hour talking Los Angeles politics with Dr Melina Abdullah, professor and chair of pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles, and founder and director of BLM Grassroots – not to be confused with the BLM Global Foundation. They are dealing with the fallout from racist comments made by sitting city council members, … Continued
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we’re going to spend some time throughout the rest of the month exploring community responses to domestic or interpersonal violence. On today’s show we talk with Mimi Kim, founder of Creative Interventions and co-founder of INCITE! She has been a long-time activist, advocate and researcher challenging gender-based violence … Continued
It is election time and the mayoral race in Oakland is full of folks hopeful to lead the city. We spend this hour taking a look at the platforms of the candidates with two of The Town’s most forward-facing activists and advocates. We’re joined by Walter Riley, a Civil Rights activist since the civil rights … Continued
After an internal audit of the Alameda Sheriffs Department revealed that 47 officers had failed a psychological exam that should have prevented them from being hired – the state entity Police Officer Standards and Training or POST is now leading an audit on the psychological exams of hundreds of law enforcement officers in San Francisco. … Continued
On today’s show, we take a direct look at one of the most important elections coming up in Alameda County next month – We’ll be in conversation with the two candidates running for the District Attorneys office – that’s Terry Wiley and Pamela Price – who are vying in a runoff election for a position … Continued
On today’s show – a bit of politics, a tinge of history, a dab of fiction, and a whole lot of love. We’re in conversation with actor, producer, and bestselling author James Brandon about his new book The Edge of Being – a story about being young, queer, and searching for the role of fathers … Continued
Today, our fund drive special focuses on prisons and mass incarceration. We start off with our weekly State Terror Roundup, then we go to a speech from Michelle Alexander. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $120 and receive W. Kamau Bell’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. This book has spawned a whole … Continued
He’s a comedian, a television host, a political pundit, an advocate, a husband, a daddy and Cat Brooks gets to call him her friend. Today’s show is in conversation with W. Kamau Bell about his new book which he co-authored with Kate Schatz: Do the Work! An Anti-Racist Activity Book. We also talk about his CNN show United Shades … Continued
On today’s show, we’re joined by David Walker, award-winning comic book writer, filmmaker, journalist, and educator to discuss his latest graphic novel The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History (Art by Marcus Kwame Anderson). FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive a copy of The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker. Pledge $150 and receive … Continued
