Snitching with Alexandra Natapoff

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

What exactly is a snitch, and why is the use of informants so corrosive to criminal justice? This week, Adam is joined by Alexandra Natapoff to talk about why the government cuts deals with informants, and how this practice lets the wealthy off the hook and puts marginalized people in harms’ way. Pick up a copy of Alexandra’s book at http://factuallypod.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:05.8	Sturping's coming up.
0:07.3	I don't know the truth, I don't know the way.
0:11.8	I don't know what to think, I don't know what to say.
0:17.8	Yeah, that's all I have, yeah, that's all I'm gay.
0:23.8	I don't know any better than you.
0:29.5	Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Connover.
0:32.4	Thank you so much for joining me once again.
0:34.7	As I've talked to an incredible expert
0:36.6	about all the amazing shit that they know that I don't know
0:39.4	and that you might not know.
0:40.8	Both of our minds are gonna get blown together
0:42.8	and we are gonna have a hell of a time doing it.
0:45.7	Now, once again, this is a YouTube episode of the show.
0:48.5	So if you're listening in audio form
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0:59.6	And by the way, if you wanna support the show,
1:01.6	head to patreon.com slash Adam Connover
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