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Responses to Charlottesville
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After the events of Charlottesville, Katherine Brewer, a podcast producer at WBUR and former news producer at NPR's On Point and PBS's Washington Week, compiled some of the best podcasts that responded to the events the last week.
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Friday, Aug. 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017Tap to summarizeThe Daily is one of my regular podcasts. This episode is one of their best. It’s an uncomfortably close look at the alt-right’s presence on the internet and how they organized in chat groups before they organized on the streets of Charleston.
Transcribe →Charlottesville, President Trump And Confederate History
Aug 18, 2017Tap to summarizeDisclaimer: I produce this podcast. Freak Out and Carry On attempts to react to the news of the day while putting it in history context. This week we take a deep dive into the history of the confederacy.
Transcribe →Charlottesville and White People
Aug 18, 2017Tap to summarizeNPR’s Sam Sanders is a national treasure. I always enjoy his insight and energy and this episode is no different. He chose to talk to only white people about the events in Charlottesville. He told the Columbia Journalism Review: “We thought it would be interesting to lean into the white conversations we’d been having. To flip the script, and to challenge our white listeners to hear conversations for them, about them, with them.”
Transcribe →The “Very Fine People” Edition
Aug 18, 2017Tap to summarizeAnother one of my regular podcasts: Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz give some of the best political analysis around.
Transcribe →The fallout from Charlottesville for Trump intensifies
Aug 18, 2017Tap to summarizeIt is always interesting to see how the rest of the world views what’s happening in the US.
Transcribe →Does a President Need to Unify The Country to Govern Effectively?
Aug 18, 2017Tap to summarizeListen to this episode for the analysis of Wesley Lowrey, pulitzer prize winner, and a reporter who has been following our national conversation on race for years.
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