Hi! In today's episode, we honor 4/20, the weed day, by discussing the history of 'fear of crime' politics and its impact on our society. Probably negative impact, if I had to guess!

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Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
01:00 - The Giant Crime Wave That Doesn’t Actually Exist
11:31 - What Is Crime?
18:00 - Why The Crimerate Has Actually Fallen
25:30 - The Impact Of The Fear of Crime
41:30 - The War On The War On Drugs
50:20 - Our Crime Policies Are Designed To Divide Us By Race
1:06:30 - Corporations Want to Keep The Status Quo

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