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Imagining the Return of Serpico - A New Department of Social Justice
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Manuel Gomez, Private Investigator/Activist | Black Ops Private Investigators
Imagining the Life of Nana as a Universal Message For Our Time
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Filmmaker Serena Dykman, Director and Creator of the Award-Winning Documentary "Nana". The film retraces her grandmother's Auschwitz survival story, and investigates how her life-long fight against intolerance can be taught to the new generations.
Incarceration Nations: An International Look At Incarceration
A global look at mass incarceration, solitary confinement, the war on drugs, and prison privatization featuring host Khalil Cumberbatch and Baz Dreisinger, Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and author of Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World.
Imagining the Historian as Creative Narrator
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Blanche Wiesen Cook, Distinguished Professor of History and Women's Studies at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City of New York
Accomplices, not Allies: What the Criminal Legal System Reform Movement Needs
How can organizations outside of the criminal justice sphere work to reduce mass incarceration and promote a fairer justice system? Roy Waterman, Criminal Justice Manager at Jewish Council for Public Affairs, discusses the issue with host and Fortune's Associate Vice President of Policy Khalil...
Imagining the Universality of the Jewish Holidays
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Rabbis Perry Berkowitz and Leah Berkowitz; Founders of the East Side Synagogue in New York City
Economically Excluded
How can Airbnb better accommodate individuals with justice involvement? Marlon Peterson, founder of The Precedential Group, a social-justice consulting firm, joins host Khalil A. Cumberbatch to discuss the company's exclusionary policies.
Monetizing Misery: How Capitalism Impacts Mass Incarcertion
Host Khalil Cumberbatch interviews Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
They talk about how financial incentives drive many of the policies that perpetuate mass incarceration. How is the privatization of our criminal justice system impacting...
Wonder Women: The Impact of Women on the Social Justice Movement
In this episode, Both Sides of the Bars welcomes Carmen Perez, the Executive Director of The Gathering for Justice, a non-profit founded by legendary artist and activist Harry Belafonte. Carmen has crossed the globe promoting peace through civil and human rights, building alternatives to...