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OFF-FIELD ISSUES WITH Mina Kimes May 07, 2021

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ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes comes on to give her hot take on how analysts should and shouldn’t talk about sexual assault and institutional bad behavior.

One idea: Never again utter the phrase “off-field issues.”

And introducing "With Adorables Like These" - interviews with Crooked staff and guests about the animal companions they love. This week's guest is Scooter and his human Dayanita Ramesh.

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

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Unf*ck the Police with W. Kamau Bell Apr 30, 2021

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“United Shades of America” host W. Kamau Bell joins to discuss the miserable job performance of the police, who are our employees! Also: how trauma can make you funnier and why marginalized folks have to have bigger and better imaginations than others.

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

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“Boys State” Star Isn’t Ready to Run Again Apr 23, 2021

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Documentary “Boys State” was short-listed for an Oscar for its engrossing portrayal of Texas teenagers’ cutthroat politics. One of its stars, Steven Garza, stops by to discuss if the kids are alright. Spoiler alert: Maybe not!

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

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How to Be Fearless with Tig Notaro Apr 16, 2021

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Stand-up Tig Notaro comes by to talk about being free and fearless, and how that makes you a better person and funnier comedian.

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

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If It’s Not Fixed, Don’t Break It (with Elizabeth Kolbert) Apr 09, 2021

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New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book, “Under a White Sky,” explores the damage to the planet humans have done (or could do) in trying to fix the damage they’ve done: everything from electrocuting carp and to sprinkling the sky with diamond dust.

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

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When Your Parents Don’t Know You (with Rebecca Carroll) Apr 02, 2021

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Rebecca Carroll grew up as the only Black person in her adopted family, and in her small town. Her memoir, “Surviving the White Gaze,” is about exactly what it says.

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Debts to Society Mar 26, 2021

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Harvard Law professor Martha Minow has an idea: what if we forgive debts to society with the same generosity that we forgive the debts of corporations?

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Toxic Avenger Mar 19, 2021

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New York Magazine's Rebecca Traister expands on her reporting about Andrew Cuomo's reckoning and suggests broadening our understanding of what sexual harassment and abuse look like.

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Love and Death in the Time of Covid Mar 12, 2021

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Intercept senior writer Liliana Segura has been reporting on the death penalty for years, including the Trump administration’s lame-duck killing spree. She comes on to discuss the legacy of putting people to death during a pandemic — and to share stories about the heroes she’s found in the darkness.

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Sympathy for the Executioner Mar 05, 2021

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Maurice Chammah, author of the NYT Editor’s Pick “Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty,” joins us to talk about how enforcing the death penalty poisons everyone who is a part of it.

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