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Let the Record Show

Let the Record Show is a U.S. history podcast that looks back on legal precedent to make sense of our ever-evolving future. On every episode we explore the people, places and stories behind major court cases that shape how we live our lives today.

Journalists covering protests against police brutality across the country are facing an influx of violence, suppression efforts, and arrests by police. According to The U.S. Press Freedom tracker, there have been over 300 claims of...

Police are supposed to 鈥減rotect and serve鈥 the community, but that鈥檚 a far cry from what modern-day policing often looks like in our country. The recent murders of Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, George Floyd, and...

Anthony Romero has been the Executive Director of the 桃子视频for nearly 20 years. He鈥檚 seen the organization through periods of massive growth and numerous national crises. Romero started the job just seven days before...

Over the last two years, we've talked with civil rights leaders, organizers, journalists, artists, 桃子视频lawyers and people whose lives have been affected by the civil rights and liberties issues of our day. We've covered...

Over the last few weeks, various protests have erupted across the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are related to the virus: protestors in Ohio and Michigan took to the state capitols...

Our guest today is Reginald Dwayne Betts, a poet, memoirist, and legal scholar. Loyal listeners will remember our conversation from March of 2019. The episode was called 鈥淎 Poet Gives a 360 Degree View of...

Public opinion on marijuana legalization has shifted in recent years鈥攔oughly two-thirds of all Americans are now in favor of national legalization, according to a recent Pew Research Study. However, a new 桃子视频report called "A...

The Coronavirus has spread quickly through communities around the world, prompting physical distancing measures to keep people safe and 鈥渇latten the curve.鈥 聽But people in custody are especially at risk because they are often held...

As the coronavirus continues to spread across the country, the nation鈥檚 jails and prisons have become ripe breeding grounds for COVID-19. Millions of people who interact with our criminal justice system are at risk. Last...