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"Ear Hustling" for Justice with Earlonne Woods & John "Yahya" Johnson

Chasing Justice - August 10, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes
Earlonne Woods and Yahya Johnson of Ear Hustle, the acclaimed podcast, join DA Boudin and Rachel for the powerful and deeply personal Season 2 finale. The episode focuses on how the criminal legal system treats people who are incarcerated—and how it needs to improve. Earlonne and Yahya share the...

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Survivors' Justice

Chasing Justice - August 03, 2021 09:00 - 55 minutes
Following up on last week's episode on restorative justice, this week, DA Boudin and Rachel step back and look at the treatment of crime victims and survivors throughout the legal process.  To do so, they are joined by two leading advocates for crime survivors: Tinisch Hollins of Californians fo...

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Restorative Justice with Danielle Sered

Chasing Justice - July 27, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes
In this powerful, must-listen episode, DA Boudin and Rachel are joined by Danielle Sered, the Executive Director of Uncommon Justice, to talk about the process known as restorative justice. While breaking down some of the myths and facts about restorative justice, this episode explores the ways ...

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Hate Crimes & Justice with Shirin Sinnar

Chasing Justice - July 20, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes
In the wake of an increase in hate and violence against the AAPI community, DA Boudin and Rachel are joined by Professor Shirin Sinnar to discuss hate crimes.  They explore the history of hate crime laws, the limits of their use, and their impact.  Are hate crime laws helpful in deterring or pre...

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Lifelong Justice? With Keith Wattley

Chasing Justice - July 13, 2021 09:00 - 56 minutes
Season 2 returns from intermission with an insightful episode examining the impact of life sentences. DA Boudin and Rachel are joined by Keith Wattley, the Founder and Executive Director of UnCommon, who represents people sentenced to life sentences in California at their parole hearings. They d...

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Chasing Justice - June 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 minute
A podcast on criminal justice reform featuring some of the nation's most prominent thought leaders. Hosted by progressive prosecutors San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and Rachel Marshall.

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Behavioral Health Justice with Tim Black

Chasing Justice - June 08, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes
DA Boudin and Rachel are joined by Tim Black of the renowned CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets) program in Oregon, an innovative program that provides alternatives to policing by sending trained mental health first responders to handle crises involving mental illness, homeles...

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Racial Justice with Patrisse Cullors

Chasing Justice - June 01, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes
DA Boudin and Rachel are joined this week by Patrisse Cullors, the cofounder of the Black Lives Matter movement. They discuss the long-term impact of the Black Lives Matter movement for people of color in the wake of George Floyd's murder and the trial and conviction of Derek Chauvin. The conver...

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Juvenile Justice with Zach Norris

Chasing Justice - May 25, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes
DA Boudin and Rachel are joined by Zach Norris, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the author of Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons and Punishment, to talk about all of the ways the legal system impacts kids.  They discuss the criminalization of kids of...

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Immigration Justice with Raha Jorjani

Chasing Justice - May 18, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes
The first thematic episode of Season 2 focuses on immigrants in the criminal legal system. Raha Jorjani, Director of Immigration Defense at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office and an expert on “crimmigration”—the intersection of criminal and immigration law—joins DA Boudin and Rachel for...

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Redemptive Justice with Bryan Stevenson

Chasing Justice - May 11, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes
In the premiere of Season 2, DA Boudin and Rachel explore the state of criminal justice one year after the murder of George Floyd with special guest Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and the author of "Just Mercy."  It's a powerful conversation about...

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Teaser for Chasing Justice Season 2

Chasing Justice - May 04, 2021 10:00 - 1 minute
This sneak preview of Chasing Justice Season 2 teases the new, exciting episodes on criminal justice reform with some of the nation’s most prominent thought leaders. Hosted by progressive prosecutors San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and Rachel Marshall.

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Black Lives Matter with Professor Jonathan Simon

Crime Inc. Podcast - November 04, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
I am joined by Berkeley Law School Professor Jonathan Simon to talk about the Black Lives Matter movement. 

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Defund the Police with Beau Tribolet

Crime Inc. Podcast - October 28, 2020 10:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
I am joined by my dear friend Mr. Tribolet to talk about the Defund the Police movement. This is the third part in my series on the topic. 

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Defund the Police with Retired Officer Jason

Crime Inc. Podcast - October 21, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
Join us as we discuss #defundthepolice. 

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#DefundthePolice with Professor Simon

Crime Inc. Podcast - October 14, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
I am joined by Professor Simon from Berkeley Law School to talk about the #defundthepolice movement. 

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Police Unions with Retired Officer Tribolet

Crime Inc. Podcast - October 08, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
I am joined by retired police officer Beau Tribolet to talk about police unions. 

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Undercover Narcotics Officer

Crime Inc. Podcast - October 01, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
I am joined by my friend Jason who recently retired after 25 years as a police officer. We talked about his interesting career and about his extensive experience as an undercover narcotics officer. 

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Season 1 Finale: Overcoming Obstacles to Our Movement with DA Rachael Rollins

Chasing Justice - August 11, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour
In the Season 1 Finale of Chasing Justice, DA Boudin and Rachel get personal with Suffolk County (Boston) DA Rachael Rollins.  DA Rollins opens up about obstacles she has overcome as a person and as a progressive prosecutor.  Both DAs also discuss the role of familial incarceration in their live...

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The Criminalization of Poverty: Bail with Alec Karakatsanis

Chasing Justice - August 04, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour
Every day, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the United States who are in jail simply because they are too poor to buy their freedom.  In this episode, DA Boudin and Rachel discuss one of the most important issues in the criminal justice reform movement: cash bail.  For this discussio...

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Playing Ball with People’s Lives: The Three Strikes Law with Susan Champion

Chasing Justice - July 28, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes
California’s Three Strikes Law has sent thousands of people to prison for life sentences, frequently for crimes in which no one was injured.  In this episode, DA Boudin and Rachel are joined by Susan Champion of Stanford’s Three Strikes Project to break down the Three Strikes Law. They explore t...

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“For the People”: Finding the Humanity in Our Criminal Legal System with Sajid Khan and Avi Singh

Chasing Justice - July 21, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour
In this crossover episode with the cohosts of Aider and Abettor podcast, Bay Area public defenders Avi Singh and Sajid Khan join DA Boudin and Rachel to examine what it means when a prosecutor represents “the people.”  The group asks who are the people represented by the system at each stage and...

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Who’s Policing the Prosecutors? Prosecutorial Accountability with Emily Bazelon

Chasing Justice - July 14, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour
In the midst of a national conversation about holding police accountable, DA Boudin and Rachel are joined by Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine writer and Author of the book Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration to discuss prosecutorial accoun...

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An Epidemic Within the Pandemic: The Drug Crisis with Dr. Leana Wen

Chasing Justice - July 07, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutes
In this episode, we hear from nationally renowned physician and COVID-19 expert Dr. Leana Wen on the drug and opioid crisis in our nation.  Dr. Wen explains how to approach the drug and addiction epidemic from a public health perspective, and she explores with DA Boudin and Rachel the roots of t...

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The Personal is Political: One on One with DA Boudin and Rachel

Chasing Justice - June 30, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes
In this deeply personal episode, DA Boudin and Rachel share their own journeys towards criminal justice reform.  DA Boudin describes the story of his parents’ participation in a crime that led to their incarceration for his entire childhood and explains how it tied into his career as a public de...

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Prosecutorial Discretion with SA Kim Foxx

Chasing Justice - June 23, 2020 10:00 - 57 minutes
In this episode, DA Boudin and Rachel explore the role of prosecutorial discretion in the criminal justice system with one of the most well known progressive prosecutors in the country: Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.  They discuss the power of the prosecutor to determine when to use thei...

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BONUS: The Modern Civil Rights Movement with Angela Davis

Chasing Justice - June 19, 2020 09:00 - 39 minutes
In this special BONUS episode, DA Boudin, Rachel, and special guest, the iconic Professor Angela Davis, build on the conversation from last episode and focus on the movement that the death of George Floyd has spawned. Professor Davis explains the significance of this moment in the context of the...

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Race, Policing, and Protest with James Forman Jr.

Chasing Justice - June 16, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutes
In the midst of national protests over the murder of George Floyd and many other recent examples of Black people killed by police, DA Boudin and Rachel discuss race, policing, and protest with Pulitzer-Prize winning Professor James Forman, Jr., the author of the book Locking Up Our Own: Crime an...

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Teaser for Chasing Justice

Chasing Justice - June 09, 2020 23:01 - 1 minute
This sneak preview of Chasing Justice introduces the new, exciting podcast on criminal justice reform with some of the nation’s most prominent thought leaders. Hosted by progressive prosecutors San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and Rachel Marshall.

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Community Police Relations with Berkeley Law School Professor Jonathan Simon

Crime Inc. Podcast - April 27, 2020 10:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
I am once again joined by Bekeley Law School Professor Jonathan Simon. We talk about community police relations, the history of how we got to where we are, and what can be done going forward. 

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