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Trust the Process (with SaverLife) Mar 30, 2021

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DeRay, De'Ara, Kaya, and Sam dive into the underreported news of the week, including Tanzania, suture threads, Tina Turner, and the Klan at Harvard. DeRay interviews Leigh Phillips of SaverLife and Solana Rice of Liberation in a Generation.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

DeRay: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/3/25/harvard-klan-scrut/

Kaya: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/high-schooler-invented-color-changing-sutures-detect-infection-180977345/?s=09

Sam: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56444575

De'Ara: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/03/remaking-tina-turner-hbo/618432/

Tell the Truth (with Cleo Wade) Mar 23, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam dive into the underreported news of the week, including first responders, Mississippi Medicaid, pot use at the White House, and another lost Black utopia. Netta Elzie gives an update on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay sits down with Cleo Wade to discuss her new book, "What the Road Said".

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

Don't Sabotage Love (with Evan Stone) Mar 16, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam dive into the underreported news of the week, including the Royal Family, Black farmers, Mariya Russell, Aya Brown, and the Bruce family. DeRay sits down with Evan Stone, of Educators for Excellence, about the path forward for education.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

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Make Time For Friends (with Justin Fenton) Mar 09, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam dive into the underreported news of the week, including Sunday voting, Colorado bail reform, pandemic overdoses, and Arkansas vaccinations. Netta Elzie gives an update on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay sits down with Justin Fenton to discuss his new book "We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption".

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

Our Gifts Don't Require Chaos (with Johnny Celestin & Will Driscoll) Mar 02, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam dive into the underreported news of the week, including drug prosecutions, Billie Holiday, Nashlie Sephus, Black American sign language on Tik Tok. Netta Elzie gives an update on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay sits down with Johnny Celestin to discuss the political situation in Haiti. De'Ara interviews Will Driscoll about roofing reform for public health.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

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Say Thank You (with Dr. Bob Wachter) Feb 23, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, and Sam dive into the underreported news of the week, including child exploitation during a pandemic, linked fate, and jury exclusion. Netta Elzie gives an update on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay sits down with Dr. Bob Wachter, guest host of "In the Bubble" podcast on Lemonada Media, to discuss the vaccine roll-out and the dangers of upcoming coronavirus spikes.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

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Ask the Question (with Dr. Daniel Laroche) Feb 16, 2021

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DeRay, Sam, and De'Ara dive into the underreported news of the week, including protest data, Black-owned business partnerships, and Harriet Tubman. Netta Elzie gives an update on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay sits down with Dr. Daniel Laroche to discuss why glaucoma disproportionately impacts the Black community.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

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Would It Change the World? (with Tishaura O. Jones) Feb 09, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, Sam, and De'Ara dive into the underreported news of the week, including academic racism, vaccine hunters, medical distribution issues, and replacing the police with healthcare workers. Netta Elzie gives an update on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay sits down with Tishaura O. Jones, who is running for mayor of St. Louis.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Let Yourself Feel (with Maurice Chammah) Feb 02, 2021

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DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara dive into the underreported news of the week, including Seattle PD's budget, billionaire economic recovery, vaccination distribution, and immigration agents within the 287(g) program. Netta Elzie gives updates on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay sits down with Maurice Chammah, author of "Let The Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty in the United States" to discuss capital punishment.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

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DeRay: https://theappeal.org/the-lab/report/decades-of-federal-policies-turned-local-police-on-immigrant-communities-heres-how-biden-can-stop-that/

Kaya: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/business/billionaire-wealth-inequality-poverty/index.html

Sam: https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/seattle-participatory-budgeting-defund-police/

De'Ara: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/us/new-york-vaccine-disparities/index.html

You Don't Have to Always Be Right (with Mahogany L. Browne) Jan 26, 2021

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DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara dive into the underreported news of the week, including LA Sheriffs, GardnerGlobal, school reopenings, and Flint's water crisis. DeRay sits down with author Mahogany L. Browne, to discuss her debut YA novel "Chlorine Sky".

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople.

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