About this episode

The episode features a discussion with a lawyer about corruption in the Oakland Police department and pays tribute to KALW's Audio Academy fellows.

Today, we speak with one of the lawyers that exposed a culture of corruption and racism in Oakland’s Police department. Then, for the past year, our Audio Academy fellows have been working hard to report sound rich stories from all over the bay area. Today, we pay them a tribute of thanks.

People in this episode

Guest: lawyer

Topics covered

• corruption
• racism
• audio storytelling
• graduation
• community

Keywords

• Oakland
• Police department
• corruption
• racism
• Audio Academy
• graduation
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oakland’s Police department, KALW

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