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Nuance - from Journalist Roberto Alejandro and Police Scientist Mike Wood
Hosted by Roberto Alejandro and Mike Wood · EN
Nuance is a current events podcast hosted by StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro (PhD, JD) and police scientist Michael A. Wood Jr.
Roberto Alejandro is a former fast food worker, transit bus driver, assistant book preservationist, hospital interpreter, and handyman. He holds a PhD in Religion and Theology from Durham University, a JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law, and is a journalist who reports from Baltimore and New York City. He is also the creator and publisher of Onbckgrnd.com.
Michael A. Wood Jr. is a former U.S. Marine and Baltimore police sergeant at the forefront of an emerging field, Police Science, and an advocate for community-led policing. Wood's work has been published in The Guardian, and he has appeared on various television news programs and talk shows, including 'The Young Turks', and 'The Joe Rogan Experience.'
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Ep. 22: Commentary on 60 Minutes Interview of Terrence Crutcher's Killer - Part 1
Apr 9, 201701:16:23Tap to summarizeIn the latest from Nuance, StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro and police scientist Michael A. Wood Jr. discuss the claims made by Betty Shelby, the Tulsa, OK, police officer who killed Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man whose vehicle had broken down on the side of the road in 2016, in a recent interview with CBS's 60 Minutes (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/officer-betty-shelby-says-race-was-not-a-factor-in-terence-crutcher-shooting/). The episode was recorded as Michael and Roberto watched the 60 Minutes segment together, and, despite the length of the episode, has been significantly edited for time. The 60 Minutes segment was broken into two parts, divided by a commercial break, in the online broadcast. This week's episode of Nuance contains Michael and Roberto's commentary on the first part of the segment.
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Ep. 21: The Problem of Fear and Rationality in Police Use of Force
Apr 2, 201700:27:46Tap to summarizeIn the latest episode of Nuance, police scientist Michael A. Wood Jr. discusses the limitations of notions like "fear" and "reasonable" in police use of force standards with StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro.
Transcribe →Ep. 20: on the Possibility of Effective Civilian Police Oversight
Mar 26, 201700:20:48Tap to summarizeOn the latest episode of Nuance, police scientist Michael A. Wood Jr. discusses the possibility of effective civilian police oversight with StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro.
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Ep. 19: On Grounds for Optimism in Social Movements
Mar 19, 201700:16:08Tap to summarizeIn the latest episode of Nuance, StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro and police scientist Michael A. Wood Jr. discuss why there is cause for optimism in the fight for social justice and reform. They even manage to keep the discussion under the 20 minute episode length threshold, which has become more of a theory than a practice.
Transcribe →Ep. 18: Hip-Hop, Language, and Bias
Mar 12, 201700:22:10Tap to summarizeIn the latest episode of Nuance, StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro and police scientist Michael A. Wood Jr. discuss the way Hip-Hop and other forms of music can challenge our biases by introducing us to alternative vocabularies. We also nominate Nas for the Nobel Prize in literature.
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