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June 12, 2020

Here, Again

An exhaustingly familiar story. Maybe it’ll have a different ending this time, but maybe not. We hear what different people said and did one weekend in reaction to the killing of George Floyd.

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Adrian Brandon

Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION.

Prologue

Prologue

Host Ira Glass introduces the show and goes straight to Act One.

Act One

Letter From America

Bim Adewunmi talks about the feeling of now. (10 minutes)

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Bim Adewunmi

Song:

“Breathing While Black” by Mononeon
Act Two

Before Sunrise

Producers Diane Wu and Lina Misitzis spend the night at a corner grocery store in Brooklyn, New York and talk to some of the people that pass by. (25 minutes)

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Diane Wu
Lina Misitzis
Act Three

Grand Army

Ira watches videos of police behavior at protests. The videos were pulled from a Twitter thread (and corresponding spreadsheet) created by T. Greg Doucette, who has collected more than 600 of them to date.

Then, a protest that wasn’t supposed to happen. An organizer with no experience organizing. Dana Chivvis tagged along on one demonstration in Red Hook, Brooklyn. (15 minutes)

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Dana Chivvis
Act Four

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200

Writer Kimberly Jones provides context with a brief history of the American economy, told through a popular board game. (5 minutes)

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Kimberly Jones

Song:

“Walking In The Snow” by Run The Jewels

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