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Deep Cover (feat. Adam Serwer)

Deep Cover (feat. Adam Serwer)

FromUnclear and Present Danger


Deep Cover (feat. Adam Serwer)

FromUnclear and Present Danger

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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Sep 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jamelle, John and special guest Adam Serwer of The Atlantic watch one of the great crime movies of the 1990s — Bill Duke’s “Deep Cover” — and talk about post-Cold War anxiety over the drug trade, Black “tough on crime” politics, and the war on drugs.Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.Contact us!Follow us on Twitter!John GanzJamelle BouieLinks from the episode!New York Times front-page for April 15, 1992James Forman’s book on the Black politics of the early 1990s, “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”“THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Candidates' Records; Four Years of Bush’s Drug War: New Funds but an Old Strategy”
Released:
Sep 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (69)

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and freelance writer John Ganz delve into the world of 90s post-Cold War thrillers with Unclear and Present Danger, a podcast that explores America in an age of transition to lone superpower, at once triumphant and unsure of its role in the world.