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  • Feature Episode 133

In-Studio: Police, Race and Fatal Force

by Life of the Law

  • April 16, 2018

Mothers, brothers, sons and daughters in cities across the country are suffering from the loss of a loved one to police use of fatal force. In 2017 The Washington Post reports police officers in the…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PPY3921642427.mp3
In-Studio Discussion on Police, Race and Fatal Force
  • Feature Episode 132

Death by Police: A Mother’s (audio) Diary

by Zoe Sullivan

  • April 4, 2018

Police throughout the US shoot and kill unarmed people, in Sacramento, Detroit, New Orleans and Madison. One mother of a biracial teen who was shot and killed by a local police officer, kept an audio diary following her son’s death.

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PPY7208584248.mp3
  • Feature Episode 129

Uganda – Part 4: IN-STUDIO

by Nancy Mullane

  • February 22, 2018

“The role of history is critically important, to bring in a more contemporary conversation about what’s going on now. When we disconnect what’s happening in the present moment from historical context, it allows people to…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PPY1824888638.mp3
Uganda - Part 4: In-Studio
  • Feature Episode 128

Uganda – Part 3: JUSTICE

by Gladys Oroma

  • February 8, 2018

If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would know  — Beatrice Ocwee   If I did…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PPY4520599418.mp3
  • Feature Episode 127

Uganda – Part 2: ESCAPE

by Gladys Oroma

  • January 24, 2018

“I escaped  because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan.” — Samuel Akena   “We had mothers whose children were crying.  Sometimes government troops and helicopter gunship…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PPY7644725795.mp3

Episode 127: Uganda Part 2 ESCAPE – Transcript

by Gladys Oroma

  • January 23, 2018

HOST: This is Life of the Law. I’m Nancy Mullane, Executive Producer, and as you know from our last episode, part one of our series on Uganda, we are leaving our comfort zone of the…

  • Feature Episode 126

Uganda – Part 1: ABDUCTED

by Gladys Oroma

  • January 10, 2018

“Those who were not able to walk were killed then. And then the greatest challenge was walking long distances for examples of 8 miles without any drinking water. There were those who were drinking the…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PP2497630182.mp3
  • Feature Episode 125

A Whole ‘nother World – San Quentin Live (2017 Holiday Reprise)

by Life of the Law

  • December 27, 2017

“I hate mornings. There’s nothing worse than waking up from your dreams to a cell whose 6×9 confines stretch into the horizons of your future.” — Emile DeWeaver   We share this special holiday reprise…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PP8204462665.mp3
  • Feature Episode 124

Inside San Quentin: Traditions

by Life of the Law

  • December 12, 2017

Traditions. We all have them. Some good and, well, some not so good. Think for a minute. When you were a kid, what were your holiday traditions? Do you still follow some of them today?…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PP2313840419.mp3
  • Feature Episode 123

The Battle Over Your Right to Vote

by Life of the Law

  • November 28, 2017

The polls got it wrong. What matters in the end, on election day, is who has the right to vote and who goes to the polls to cast their ballot. Due to strict voter ID…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PP2909248209.mp3
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