May 18 2015
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He didn’t lift his feet, he slid them, as if skating on the concrete sidewalk. Maybe he was old, but I couldn’t tell because he looked like a cave man, and it’s hard to read a cave man’s age. Eyes looked out from sunken pools in his head, staring down at the ground where he…

Apr 20 2015
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Gangs: Forms of love and belonging

In preparation for this podcast I watched a 2009 episode of Gangland about the Fresno Bulldogs. It was a disturbing show. The callous disregard for human life, the exaltation of violence and the desire amp up absolute fear in the general population made the Bulldogs a kind of urban terrorist organization. But watching their violent…

Apr 06 2015
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Episode 2: Ivan – Gangs

The shame of poverty, gang violence, Jim Crow in our corrections system, retributive violence, and redemption. Ivan talks about how his years in the Bulldog gang and in the penitentiary has shaped his view of reality.

Mar 30 2015
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Episode 1: Emiliano – Migrants

  My Great Grandfather was an undocumented immigrant, like everyone who entered the US at that time. Most Europeans in this country are only here because they had a relative who entered the US through open borders – men and women who were looking for a better life. There were massive hurdles to overcome, but…