Reducing cartel violence in Mexico, and what to read and see this fall

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The key to shrinking cartels is cutting recruitment, and a roundup of books, video games, movies, and more First up on this week’s show: modeling Mexico’s cartels. Rafael Prieto-Curiel, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how modeling cartel activities can help us understand the impact of potential interventions such as increased policing or reducing gang recruitment. Lisa Sanchez, executive director of México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, talks with Sarah about just how difficult it would be to make the model results—which show that reducing recruitment is key—a reality. Next on the show, Science books editor Valerie Thompson and books intern Jamie Dickman discuss a huge selection of science books, movies, video games, and even new exhibits—all due out this fall. See the complete roundup here. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Authors: Sarah Crespi, Valerie Thompson, Jamie Dickman Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk9453 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:22.3	This is the science podcast for September 22nd, 2023. I'm Sarah Crespi. First up this week, what would it
1:29.8	take to reduce the massive levels of cartel violence in Mexico? Mathematician Rafael Preeto
1:36.2	Curiel created a model to study the cartel population and activities and determined the best way
1:42.0	to reduce violence is to cut back on their recruitment.
1:46.0	I spoke with Rafael and also Lisa Sanchez, Executive Director at Mexico United Against Crime,
1:52.0	about the paper and the many steps between a mathematical model and the real world.
1:58.0	After that, we hear from our books team about what to watch, read, play,
2:02.1	and visit this fall. Books editor, Valerie Thompson, and books intern Jamie Dickman,
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