RadioWhoWhatWhy: “If you think you know what’s going on in Mexico, you’re misinformed.”
Reading Time: < 1 minute There’s more to the second prison break by Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo than meets the eye. A podcast.
RadioWhoWhatWhy: Civil Unrest and the Violation of Civil Liberties
Reading Time: < 1 minute While covering the Baltimore riots, journalist Shawn Carrie was shot in the head by a police pepperball and held without being charged. These, however, are just two of the very many violations of civil liberties taking place in the wake of civil unrest.
RadioWHO: The Longest-Running War in America’s History—Rebecca Gordon
Reading Time: 2 minutes The War on Drugs has caused just as much damage, destruction, and loss of life as any war in the traditional sense. Rebecca Gordon, University of San Francisco professor and author of the book Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States, joins us to discuss.
RadioWHO: The American Dream’s “Golden Cage” for Immigrants
Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. is the only home of the “American Dream,” a concept still so powerful that millions of illegal immigrants take grave risks to achieve just a tiny semblance of it. RadioWHO host Guillermo Jimenez interviews filmmaker Diego Quemada-Diez about his award-winning film examining the phenomenon, originally entitled “The Golden Cage.” It will debut on HBO this summer as “The Golden Dream.” Which is it? That depends on how you translate it.
RadioWHO: CIA Crack Kingpin Ricky Ross
Reading Time: < 1 minute Before “Freeway” Ricky Ross gained infamy as a $3 million-a-day Los Angeles crack dealer with hidden CIA support, he was headed to college on a tennis scholarship. In the most explosive episode of RadioWHO yet, Ross gives host Guillermo Jimenez his definitive answer about the CIA’s motives to sponsor drug dealing. Was it just to support Read More
RadioWHO: Hollywood’s Most Unique Agent
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most people know what Hollywood agents do: but how Paul Alan Smith does it is unlike anyone else.