law enforcement

Fighting unjust policing from the inside

February 14, 2024 Current Events, Politics, Think

Edwin Raymond, a veteran of the New York Police Department, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss practices inside police departments that contribute to unequal patterns of enforcement, and his ideas on how these can change.

Could facial recognition software send you to jail?

December 7, 2023 Current Events, Science and Technology, Think

Eyal Press, a contributing writer for The New Yorker, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss cases of mistaken identity that sent innocent people to prison, all on the authority of tech that is still new and has unintended bias built in.

Online Scams Are Out Of Control

April 6, 2021 Current Events, History, Politics, Science and Technology

Ankush Khardori, a lawyer and former federal prosecutor who specialized in financial fraud and white-collar crime, joins us to discuss internet crime, why it’s gotten worse during the pandemic, and the persistent problems facing the Justice Department.

Busting The Myth Of The Texas Rangers

June 23, 2020 History

Doug J. Swanson, writing teacher at the University of Pittsburgh, member of Texas Institute of Letters and previous finalist for Pulitzer Prize, joins us to talk about separating legend from fact when it comes to the Texas Rangers.

A Talk With David Brown

June 8, 2017 Best of Think, Culture

Dallas Police Chief David Brown joins us to talk about helping to heal the department he once lead – and about his lifelong commitment to his hometown.

The Use And Abuse Of Stop And Frisk

November 28, 2016 Politics, Race/Identity

This hour, we’ll talk about the history of the stop and frisk – and about if it’s even possible to hunt for criminals without racial profiling. We’ll be joined by Arizona State criminology professor Michael D. White, co-author of “Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic.”

The Aftermath Of Sandra Bland

July 30, 2015 Race/Identity

We’ll talk about the relationship between African Americans and law enforcement with UNT assistant journalism professor Meredith Clark, Lancaster Chief of Police Cheryl Wilson and Fort Worth artist Christopher Blay.

Watching The Detectives

July 22, 2014 Uncategorized

We’ll talk this hour about how the Internet is fueling the world of DIY CSI with the author of “The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America’s Coldest Cases.”