Introducing Charged: A True Punishment Story

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

For two and a half years, Emily Bazelon has been following people through a special court in New York designed to be a speedy machine for the harsh punishment of illegal gun possession. Along the way, a strange thing happened ‚Äî the politics outside the courtroom started to change when a new generation of activists and insiders began challenging the old system the gun court was part of. Season 1 of Slate Presents brought you the story of Ruby Ridge, and Season 2 brings you a fight to transform one big-city justice system.

Subscribe to Charged Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, Gav Festlissners, it's me, Emily.
0:02.8	You've been hearing about my book and podcast charged, and I am so excited to finally bring
0:07.6	you the first episode today.
0:09.2	You're going to meet the two main characters in the podcast, Eric and Terri.
0:13.8	They were born in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, a generation apart, but their lives
0:17.4	have taken entirely different paths.
0:20.0	All season long, we're going to follow them as we consider what makes someone a criminal,
0:23.8	and how America could reshape its criminal justice system.
0:26.8	If you want to hear the full series, and I really hope you do, subscribe to charge
0:30.5	in its own feed.
0:32.2	We're only dropping the first episode here in the Gav Fest.
0:35.1	You can find links about how to do that in the description of this podcast, or you can
0:39.2	search for charge in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:42.5	Thanks so much, and now here it is, Episode 1 of Charged, a true punishment story.
0:47.9	Enjoy the show.
0:50.7	A bit of housekeeping before we get started.
0:53.4	This podcast is a co-production of Slate and the Appeal, a new publication about the justice
0:58.0	system, and it's a companion to my new book, also called Charged, and available wherever
1:03.2	you buy books.
1:04.2	Okay, thanks for listening.
1:05.8	Here's the show.
1:07.4	It's an elementary rule of politics.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.