Write It Down (with Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg)

Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.7 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, De'Ara, Sam and Kaya dive into recent overlooked news including child care, income inequality, dental service, and who Biden would appoint to the Supreme Court. Johnetta Elzie joins again to update us about developments around the current protests. Then, DeRay chats with Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg about their new book "I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad" and what it uncovered about Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force. Links: DeRay: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/school-closings-children-dental-care.html De'Ara: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/20/attention-bidens-earlier-pledge-nominate-black-woman-supreme-court-increases/ Kaya: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/22/coronavirus-child-care-racial-disparities-377058 Sam: https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/ I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad: https://www.amazon.com/Got-Monster-Americas-Corrupt-Police-ebook/dp/B0818PNP93

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Durey and welcome to Posse of the People.
0:05.6	This week it's me, Sam, Kaya and DR as usual, talking about the underrepresented stories
0:10.9	and the news that you should know.
0:12.2	And then I have a quick check in with Netta, talking about everything that's happening
0:16.0	nationwide with the protests.
0:18.0	And then I sit down and talk to Vaynerd Woods and Brandon Satterberg to discuss their new
0:22.0	book about the Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force, which if you didn't hear about, is fascinating
0:27.9	and wild and all true.
0:30.7	My advice for this week is to write it down.
0:33.0	Not necessarily because writing in and of itself is some like magical process, even though
0:37.2	it is, but because sometimes having the clarity of language is also a clarity of thought.
0:43.0	So there have been a lot of things where I'm like, oh, I think this is it.
0:45.2	And the moment that I actually have to like find the words for it and put it down into
0:49.7	a sentence, I'm like, wow, this is actually what I believe or this is what I don't believe
0:53.1	or this is what I meant to say here.
0:55.0	This is how I, and that groundedness in knowing what your intent is or like why you reached
1:00.9	a certain point or how you reached it is important.
1:04.2	So I say write it down as a way to ground yourself, ground the ideas and ground the work.
1:10.5	Let's go.
1:11.5	Hello, hello, hello family.
1:13.2	Welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People.
1:16.4	I'm DR a Ballinger at DR Ballinger on Twitter and Instagram.
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