Daphne Duret, a staff writer for The Marshall Project, joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss why jobs from garbage collectors to first responders are falling out of favor, and what’s being done to boost numbers.
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How to have police reform and lower crime rates, too
Sociology professor Neil Gross joins us to discuss how three police departments have taken on reform efforts, trying to change police culture from the inside.
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Eric Garner’s daughter on the power of protests
Emerald Garner, executive director of the non-profit We Can’t Breathe Inc. discusses her personal essays about the community that rallied around her in the wake of her father’s death.
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The Night 5 Officers Died In Dallas
Jamie Thompson, a contributing editor for D Magazine, joins us to talk about the viewpoints of bystanders and key players to offer a 360-degree view of events.
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We Ask A Lot Of Police — Here’s What We Can Outsource
Patrick Sharkey, professor of sociology and public affairs at New York University and founder of AmericanViolence.org, joins us to talk about strategies for offloading elements that stand in the way of effective policing.
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Policing: What Not To Do
Seth W. Stoughton, an associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law and a former Tallahassee Police Department officer, joins us to talk about his research into why he believes the current playbook for police training is too focused on force rather than community.
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When Cops Join Hate Groups
Will Carless joins us to talk about the online hate groups that active-duty police officers are part of.
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Trading A C-Suite For A Cop’s Beat
Sarah Cortez joins us to talk about her reflections on what it means to protect and serve.
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The Life And Death Of Eric Garner
Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, discusses Eric Garner’s life and death.
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Getting To Know Renee Hall, The New Police Chief Of Dallas
Renee Hall joins us to talk about what she sees as the biggest challenges to her job as the new Dallas Police Chief and about her approach to policing.
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The Body Cam Market
This hour, we’ll talk about Taser – the leader in producing both body cameras and stun guns – with Karen Weise, whose story about the company appears in Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Our Shared Tragedy
This hour, in partnership with WRKF in Baton Rouge and WWNO in New Orleans, KERA will air “12 Days in July: Our Shared Tragedy,” an hourlong special looking at how residents of Baton Rouge and Dallas are coping with the violence that visited their cities – and how all Americans might learn and move on from the events.
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