Mass Incarceration: The War On Drugs.
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 9 April 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
And a good day to you my beloved Unf*ckers. We’re back with another blood-boiling, enraging episode of Unf*cking the Republic. Mass Incarceration: The War on Drugs. It’s a topic that has thankfully come further into the light thanks to the profound work of several organizations such as the Prison Policy Initiative, The Sentencing Project, Innocence Project and more. This episode features a special clip from another incredible pod, News Beat, which does a ton of work on the issue of mass incarceration.
Pod Love
News Beat Podcast: link.chtbl.com/newsbeat
Book Love
Johann Hari- Chasing the Scream: The Opposite of Addiction Is Connection: bookshop.org/a/23377/9781620408902
Michelle Alexander- The New Jim Crow: bookshop.org/a/23377/9781620971932
Bryan Stevenson- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: bookshop.org/a/23377/9780812984965
Resources
News Beat Podcast- Mass Incarceration: usnewsbeat.com/mass-incarceration
Prison Policy Initiative: prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html, prisonpolicy.org/probation_parole.html
The Sentencing Project: sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/
The Intercept- Gary Webb: theintercept.com/2014/09/25/managing-nightmare-cia-media-destruction-gary-webb
The Atlantic- Violent Crime on the Decline: theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/what-caused-the-crime-decline/477408
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| 0:00.0 | And a good day to you, my beloved unfuckers. |
| 0:02.3 | We're back with another blood-boiling and raging episode of unfucking the Republic, mass incarceration and the war on drugs. |
| 0:10.1 | It's a topic that has thankfully come into the light thanks to the profound work of several organizations, such as prison policy initiative, the sentencing project, innocence project, and more. |
| 0:19.3 | We also have our first real cross-pollination opportunity with a show that we share a producer with. |
| 0:24.2 | Wait, wait, wait, hold, hold. |
| 0:25.4 | I'm going to tell you this right now. |
| 0:26.8 | Do not fuck with my other shows. |
| 0:28.6 | Bro, I'm paying you a compliment. |
| 0:30.4 | I'm talking about Newsbeat. |
| 0:32.0 | I hear you, but I also know you. |
| 0:34.7 | Do not fuck with my shit. |
| 0:36.4 | Remember, I'm the one who edits this. |
| 0:38.5 | Yeah, so? |
| 0:39.5 | So, you fuck with my other shows, |
| 0:41.5 | and I will put in random fart noises |
| 0:43.6 | all throughout your episode. |
| 0:45.3 | Relax. |
| 0:46.2 | You'll do no such thing, buddy boy. |
| 0:47.7 | I'm paying the bills around here. |
| 0:49.8 | So you'll do what... |
| 0:51.0 | So you'll do what... |
| 0:51.8 | So you'll do what the fuck I say. |
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