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Pod People 3.19.18

Caught: “I Just Want You to Come Home” – This new podcast is about children caught in the criminal “justice” system in America. Picture “The New Jim Crow” in podcast form, told in small stories, with the voices of the kids themselves at the front and center. It isn’t fun listening, but it’s important.

The Dollop #319: The Missouri Mormon War – I just read about this in Under the Banner of Heaven!

Here Be Monsters #94: The Fatigue of Violence – This episode is just an edited conversation between two private investigators about their jobs, and it’s fascinating and heartbreaking.

General recommendation: as it ends it’s second season, I again recommend the really fun, funny, insightful By the Book podcast. The concept is that the hosts live by various self-help books for two weeks, then talk about their experiences with them. The hosts are hilarious and have some great things to say about how self-help books seem to focus only on the experiences of privileged people. It’s a great time to catch up, so give it a listen!