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  Contributors are listed here: Danielle S. Castillejo (Rueb), Cyon Edgerton, Rachael Reese, Chasity Malatesta, Debby Haase, Kim Frasier, Briana Cardenas, Holly Christy, Clare Menard, Marjorie Long, Cristi McCorkle, Terri Schumaker, Diana Frazier, Eliza Cortes Bast, Tracy Johnson, Sarah Van Gelder, Marwan, and more Welcome to the Arise Podcast, conversations on faith, race, justice, gender, and spirituality. You'll notice there's going to be some updated changes and different voices on the podcast this season. It's season five. It's October 1st, 2024. I haven't recorded a podcast since June of 2023, and at that time, if you've been following along in my town in Kitsap County, we were working through what would prove to be an extensive and prove to be an extensive fight for justice in our school district. And at this time, we have made some very significant shifts. I want to get into this episode to kind of catch you up on where I'm at, where the podcast is at, and hopefully as you listen to myself and some different voices on these upcoming podcasts, you understand that we have this fundamental common theme amongst us, which is our humanity. And when we drop down into that humanity, because our work, our lives, our families, there's all these poles and all these different ways for us to separate ourselves from our humanness and be busy or accomplish this or accomplish that.(00:01:52):And I know because I'm in there too, we actually separate ourselves from our neighbor. And so I'm hoping as we engage tough topics of politics and we get into the sticky points of it, that there's a sense that, yeah, I don't agree with that person or I agree with that person, but there is a sense that there is shared humanity. And so as we talk about these different subjects, I wanted to emphasize that first, an article was released in the fall last year saying in September of 2023 saying that there was, the school district's investigation had concluded and they had deemed that there was no racism in the North Kitsap School district. As you can imagine, a report like that on the front page of the paper, after all we'd been through after sitting through numerous hours of meetings listening to families and their experiences was disheartening.(00:02:45):We came to find out that some of the families felt or experienced what they deemed to be threatening tones from the investigators or understood that they could possibly be under penalty of perjury depending on what they answered. And I'm not saying that this was always the case, but the threat was on the table. And when you're dealing with working with majority world peoples who are marginalized in the United States, that threat can be very real. And the impact of it is very great. So I began to understand that this investigation wasn't actually looking for the truth and how to solve the problem. It was actually looking for a way of complete and utter defense against what these families had reported their students had experienced. It's a very different thing. And I think there were rumors like were these families going to sue the district, bring a lawsuit to the district?(00:03:41):And we've seen in neighboring school districts, just in recent times, lawsuits have been filed for much less. I mean, we had 90 original complaints. We have more people that had come forward as time had moved on. And yet there was never a move to actually file a lawsuit. We didn't file a lawsuit. We continued to move forward with our lives and think about our students. I think at some point in last fall of 2023, there was just a sense of deep despair like we put in years of effort. And the result was this report that basically attempted to delegitimize all the stories of all these families. It was horrible and heartbreaking and followed the fall. And in the late winter there was going to be a vote for this school bond. And as the yes for the bond campaign rolled out, led by a committee of yes folks, which included some Paul's Bowl rotary members and then the superintendent, it became clear to different community members that there were a lot of questions still to be asked, a lot of information we wanted to have and a lot of things that just felt like they were missing.(00:04:57):I'm not saying they were all missing, but there were pieces and details that appeared to be missing. And when we asked the questions similar to what happened with the complaints, we didn't get answers. The answers were couched in long paragraphs or explanations, and the architects seemed like they didn't have access to the buildings. Again, we didn't know all the details of what happened. And this is just a general recap. You can look at the ensuing political drama online. If you Google superintendent signs and polls Bowl, Washington, P-O-U-L-S-B-O Washington, you will find articles on NBC to Fox News to video clips, all of the above. There were signs all over our county, as I'm sure in your different counties or if you live in Kitsap, you've seen them political signs, vote yes on the bond, vote no on the bond, et cetera. And it appeared that signs were going missing.(00:06:02):And in one case, the signs were going missing often in one particular location and a pair of folks who are not married who became allied because they were both against the bond and had been putting up no on bond signs, decided to put up a wildlife cam and we're able to capture a person destroying the signs on video. And again, Google sbo, Google signs, Google Superintendent look for February 20, 24 articles and you'll see the ensuing reports of what happened. This became a chance for us actually to revisit our story because there's a theme of dishonesty from the top leadership. There was a theme of hiding. There's a theme of not giving all the information a theme of there's any extent we can go to that bumps up against the law. By the way, I think it's against the law to destroy political signs. So there's just this theme that you could break the law and get away with it.(00:07:08):We've seen in the top politics of our country down to the low level politics of our country. And what was our community going to do with all of this? We rallied together. For the first time in many years, there were literally hundreds of people on a zoom call for a school board meeting. News agencies showed up again, and sadly, our district was in the news for something else negative related to the top leadership. And it was very sad. The process. The superintendent was put on leave and resigned in June, but stopped working essentially closely with the school board. I think it was in March or April of 2024. I just remember that when the harm stops, when someone harmful is told by law enforcement or the law or someone else in a higher power to stop harming it, it's a relief. But also that's the time when all of the residual trauma sets in the trauma that you've been going through to be in proximity to someone in leadership and you're literally powerless to address it.(00:08:19):And I guess I bring this up to say that as we think about politics nationally, locally, whether it's a school board member or a president, I remember feeling challenged When I live in a small town, paulville was a small town. It is not like Seattle size. It's like got rural folks. There's folks that commute into the city of Seattle. We're, we're a mix of all different kinds of socioeconomic backgrounds. Our school district is now 38% Spanish speaking this year. There is a genuine mix. So when you're out and about in this small container, Kitsap's also very small too. It's rural, it's small. We're kind of contained on our own peninsula. When you're in this environment, the chances that you're going to see someone that you're know are really high, it's not like if you hate someone about, you're not going to run into Donald Trump here.(00:09:11):You're not going to run in here, run into Kamala Harris here. It's not like you're running into those folks, but you might run into your representative. You might run into the school board member from this district or another district. And how are you going to see that person that actually you not only disagree with, but you felt has been unjust to you? Costs a lot. I mean, money's one thing, but time, effort, family, reputation, allies, there is so much time involved and the way forward. You think it's clear when you're fighting on behalf of kids, you're advocating on behalf of kids. That feels really good. But the process to work through that advocacy often doesn't feel that great. You have to become allies with people you don't agree with. And so I think that just brings me back to where do we find our common humanity?(00:10:06):Where do we find space to occupy a same piece of land or a same meeting or a similar, we have similar causes, but maybe there's deep hurt between us and maybe that hurt is to the point where we're not going to ever talk to that person again, and how do we still see them as human? How do we still see them as valuable in this world? How do we still gain compassion? Those are things I ask myself and I don't have the answers. So I've included a number of folks asking a similar questions about humanness, about politics, about where they locate themselves in their various positions, their race, ethnicity, et cetera, and how do they come at this? And I hope you enjoy the following conversations because I conversations or talks from these people, commentary from these people as we hear all different perspectives. Now you may hear someone and be like, I can get down with that. I agree with that. And then there's another person you might be like, no way, no effing way. And so I encourage you to listen, stay curious with yourself and have talks with your family about how you're going to engage this political season.Speaker 2 (00:11:26):Danielle asked me how I see being human in the age of politics, and I'm struggling answering this because A, I am not a politician or have really any experience as a politician. I have experience as a community based organizer. So I am speaking on this on the outside of things. And then also I'm a white woman able bo, heterosexual woman. And the politics and the systems of power were built for me as a white person to thrive. And so I just want to locate myself in that because my view is of a privileged view. White folks can step in and out of politics without it really harming us. And that's a problem, obviously, and it distorts our view of politics.(00:12:55):But with this question, I have become more and more angry and upset with politics, policies, systems of power, the more that I unlearn and learn about my internal white supremacy culture and ways of being. And as the genocide in Palestine and other countries continue, I don't think the political structures are here for us. They're not people centered, they're not community centered. I think all politics are really about power. And so as an outsider, as not a politician and as a white woman, so those are flawed views. I'm coming from a flawed view. I see how politics change people or they make bad people even worse. I know local white folks that are in it for power and just continue on searching for more and more power. And I've witnessed community organizers join politics to really try to change the systems. But I don't think politics or the system was made to help humans. I don't think the system is for humans. And it hurts people, it divides people. I don't really know how to answer this question because I don't think politics and humanists can actually go together, not the way that they're set up now.Speaker 3 (00:15:09):These questions are so beautiful and just so right on time for this time, we're in right before an election where there's so much stress. My name is Sara Van Gelder and I am a friend of Danielle's and a resident of Kitsap County for many years have I was one of the founders of YES magazine. I also founded a group called People's Hub, which teaches community folks how to do local organizing, actually peer to peer teaching. I didn't do the teaching, but connected people together to teach each other and been associated as a ally of the Suquamish tribe at various times in my life, but I did not ever speak for them.(00:15:54):So my own humanity in the context of this political moment, I like to stay in a place of fierce love and do when I can. I can't say I'm always there. I'm often triggered. I often go into a place of feeling really fearful and anxious about what's going on in the world and more particularly the polarization and the rise of which what I don't like to call, but I think is actually a form of fascism. And when I talk about fierce, it means being willing to say the truth as I see it, but also love, which is that that is the motivator. I don't like seeing people get hurt and I'm willing to stand up and be one of the people to say what I see, but not in a way that is intended to degrade anybody. I am a mother, I'm a grandmother, I'm a daughter, I'm a sister. And being connected to people through love and that sense of willingness to protect one another, that's at the core. So even if I disagree with you, I'm not going to wish you harm.Speaker 1 (00:17:12):Wow. Wow. Even if I disagree with you, I'm not going to wish you harm. And I think what I've heard just particularly lately around the talk of immigration, let's say for an example, is the talk about immigration in the context of a particular city. For instance, they've used Springfield, Ohio over and over. It's come up many times and the demonization, the dehumanization of those immigrants, the miscategorizing of their status, it seems like some of this can get point hyper-focused on one particular example to make a political point or to drive fear home across different context, different communities. So when you think about that, do you wish those people harm that are making those accusations? How do you engage a tough subject like that?Speaker 3 (00:18:15):Yeah, it's a really hard one, and I could tell you what I aspire to do and what I actually do a lot of times is avoid people who have that level of disagreement with, because I'm not sure I have enough in common to even have a good conversation. So I don't feel like I'm as good at this as I'd like to be. But what I try to do is to first off, to recognize that when we're in the fight or flight sort of reptilian brain, when we're super triggered, we have the least capacity to do good work of any kind. So I try to get out of that mindset, and in part I do that by trying to listen, by trying to be an active listener and try to listen not just for the positions. The positions are ones that will likely trigger me, but to listen for what's beneath the positions, what is somebody yearning for?(00:19:10):What is it that they're really longing for beneath those positions that I find so harmful and so triggering. So in many cases, I think what people are looking for in this immigration debate is a sense of belonging. They want to believe that their community is a place where they belong and somehow believe that having other people who are from different cultures move in reduces the chances that they'll be able to belong. So what would it mean if they could feel like they belonged along with the Haitians in their community that it didn't have to be an either or is there a way to have that kind of conversation that what if we all belong(00:19:54):In that respect? The thing that I am sometimes most tempted to do, which is to cancel someone, if you will, that actually feeds into that dynamic of not belonging because I'm telling that person also, you don't belong in my life. You don't belong in my community. So it's not easy to do, but I do feel like we have a better chance of doing that locally than we have doing it nationally because locally we do have so many things we have in common. We all want to drink clean water, we want clean air. We want places our kids can go to school where they will belong and they will feel good. So if we can switch the conversation over to those deeper questions, and I think one thing I've learned from hanging out with indigenous folks is the way in which they think about the seven generations and how much more expansive of you that can give to you when you think that way.(00:20:54):Because instead of thinking about again, that immediate threat, that immediate personal sense of anxiety, you start thinking, well, what's going to work for my kids and my grandkids? I don't want them to be experiencing this. Well, that means something about having to learn how to get along with other people, and we want our kids to get along with each other. We want them to have friends and family, and when they marry into a different culture, we want to feel good about our in-laws. I mean, we want our neighborhood to be a place where our kids can run around and play outside. I mean, there's so many things that once you start expanding the scope to other generations, it makes it so clear that we don't want that kind of society that's full of hate and anxiety.Speaker 1 (00:21:44):Wow, seven generations. It is true. I do a lot of reading and I think about res, are you familiar with Resa and my grandmother's hands? And he talks about that the shifts we want to make in society, the shifts towards being more in our actual physical bodies and present with one another and the reps that it takes, the way we're disrupting it now to make a dent in the 400 plus year history of slavery and the act of embodying ourselves from the harm that has been done is going to take five to seven generations. It's not that he's not for change now. He absolutely is. And just having that long term, almost like marathon view perspective on what change has either for ourselves that can give ourselves grace and that we can also give others in our proximity grace, while also not engaging in active harm. I think there's an important part there. Does that make sense?Speaker 3 (00:22:51):Oh, it makes so much sense. And it's like that long-term view doesn't suggest we can put off working. It only even happens in the long term if we start today, we take the first steps today. So yes, absolutely makes sense. I'm not sure I'm patient enough to wait for all those generations, but I want to be keeping them in my mind and heart when I act. How is this going to contribute to their possibilities? So part of that is by thinking about these questions of belonging, but it's also questions of exclusion more structurally. I think the fact that our society has such deep exclusion economically of so many people, there's so many people across the board who feel so precarious in their lives. I think that sets us up for that kind of scapegoating because ideally what we'd be saying is, if you can't afford to go to college, if you can't afford a medical bill, if you can't afford a place to rent, there's a problem with our economy.(00:23:56):Let's look at that problem with our economy and do something about it. And I believe people have gotten so disempowered. So feeling that that's beyond them to do that. Then the next thing that the demagogues will do is say, well, let's look for a scapegoat then. Let's look for a scapegoat of somebody who's less powerful than you and let's blame them because that'll give you a temporary sense of having power. And that's how, I mean it's not unique to our situation. It's how fascism so often unfolds and how historically groups have been scapegoated. And I think we need to turn our attention back to what is the real cause of our anxiety. And I think the real cause of our anxiety is economic and political disfranchisement. Once we can actually tackle those topics, we can see how much more we can do when we work together across all isms and make things happen for a world in which everyone has a place.Speaker 1 (00:24:55):So then if you know people in your sphere, let's say, and don't name them here, that border on the narrative that says, if you disenfranchise someone less powerful than you, that will bring you some relief. If you have people like that in your life, Sarah, how do you approach them? How do you engage with them if you're willing to share any personal experience?Speaker 3 (00:25:28):Yeah, so my biggest personal experience with that was working as an activist alongside the Suquamish tribe when a lot of their immediate neighbors were trying to keep them from building housing, keep them from building relationships with other governments and actually took them to court trying to actually end their sovereign right to be a tribe. So that was my most direct involvement and that was 20 years ago. So it seems like ancient history, but I learned a lot from that, including from working with tribal elders who provided a lot of leadership for us and how we should work. And one of the things that I've learned from that and also from being a Quaker, is that the notion of how you talk to people in a nonviolent way, and a lot of that starts with using I statements. So when people in my neighborhood would say really disparaging things about the tribe, I would respond with, I feel this. I believe the tribe has sovereign rights. I believe they have always been here and have the right to govern themselves and build homes for their members. And it's harder, it's not as triggering when somebody says, I instead of starts with a word(00:26:58):When somebody says, you immediately have this responsive defensiveness because it's unclear what's going to come next and whether you're going to have to defend yourself when you say I, you're standing in your own power and your own belief system and you're offering that to someone else with the hope that they might empathize and perhaps even perhaps be convinced by part of what you have to say. But in the meantime, you haven't triggered a worsening of relationships. And one of the things I really didn't want to do was create anything that would further the violence, verbal most cases, violence against the tribe, sort of getting people even further triggered. So it was just really important to always be looking for ways to be very clear and uncompromising on really important values, but be willing to compromise on ones that were not important. So for example, when we were working on getting the land return to the tribe that had been a state park, we asked people what's important to you about how this park functions in the future? Because the tribe can take that into account they, but the idea that it is their land, the home of chief Seattles, that was not something we could compromise on.Speaker 1 (00:28:17):I love that using I statements intentionally checking in with yourself so you're not engaging in behaviors that trigger another person further into more defensive mode. Sarah, what are some resources or recommendations you could leave with me or us? When you think about engaging people and staying very present, it's a very human stance to say, I think I believe this versus an accusatory tone like you are this, you are that.Speaker 3 (00:28:50):I think the nonviolent communication that Marshall Rosenberg developed is very powerful. He has a very specific technique for having those kinds of conversations that are very focused on that notion about the I statement and also reflecting back what you hear from other people, but then being willing to use statements about what I need because saying that puts me in a position of being vulnerable, right? Saying I actually need something from you. You obviously have the choice of whether you're going to give it to me or not, but I need to be in a place where I can feel safe when we have these conversations. I need to feel like I live in a community where people are so then the other person has that choice, but you're letting them know and you're again standing in your own power as somebody who's self-aware enough, it also invites them to be self-aware of what they need.Speaker 1 (00:29:46):I love that. Yeah, keep going.Speaker 3 (00:29:50):I think there are other resources out there. I'm just not calling 'em to mind right now, but I think nonviolent communications is a really good one.Speaker 1 (00:29:58):And locally, since you talked locally, what are maybe one or two things locally that you regularly engage in to kind of keep up your awareness to keep yourself in a compassionate mode? How do you do that for youSpeaker 3 (00:30:16):Being out in nature? Okay,Speaker 1 (00:30:19):Tell me about that.Speaker 3 (00:30:22):Oh, in Japan, they call it forest bathing, but it's just a fancy term for being in some places it's really natural. There's beautiful walks. We're very fortunate here in the northwest that there are so many beautiful places we can walk. And when you're surrounded by preferably really intact ecosystems where you can feel the interactions going on among the critters and the plants and just let that wash over you because part of that as well, it kind of helps take some of the pressure off. It sort of releases some of us being kind of entangled in our own ego and lets us just have greater awareness that we're actually entangled in this much larger universe. It's much, much older and we'll go on way after we're gone and extends to so many different ways of being from a bird to a tree, to a plate of grass, and we're all related.Speaker 4 (00:31:33):Hey, this is Kim. So just a brief background. I am a 41-year-old biracial woman. I am a mom, a nurse, a child of an immigrant, and I identify as a Christian American. Thanks Danielle for asking me to chime in. I just wanted to touch base on this current political climate. I would say as a liberal woman, I really enjoy diversity and hearing and seeing different perspectives and engaging in meaningful conversation. Unfortunately, I feel like right now we are so polarized as a country and it's not like the air quote, good old days where you could vote for a politician that you felt like really represented your ideals and kind of financially what you value, policies, et cetera. Now I feel like it has become really a competition and an election of human rights, and I think for me, that's kind of where I draw my own personal boundary.(00:32:40):I think it's important to share different perspectives, and I think I do have a unique perspective and I enjoy hearing others' perspectives as well, but for me, I do draw the line at human rights. So I have learned over the years to just not engage when it comes to issues of individuals being able to choose what to do with their body, women in particular, it's terrifying to me as a nurse and a woman and a mother of a daughter who could potentially be in a situation at some point and not be allowed to make choices about her own body with a doctor. Also as the child of an immigrant, I was raised by a white mother, Irish German Catholic, and my father is an immigrant that has been here since 19 76, 77. He is from Trinidad and Tobago. He's actually served in the military and I have a hard time with vilifying people of color trying to come to this country and make a better life for themselves and for their future and their future generations, which is exactly what my dad was doing. So to me, it's a no-brainer, right? Not to tell anybody what to do or how to vote, but I think that it's really hard right now to hold space for individuals who may be attacking my rights as a woman, my ability as a nurse to be able to care for patients and really what this country was supposedly built on, which is being a melting pot and allowing any and everyone here to be able to pursue the American dream and make a life for themselves and their loved ones.Speaker 5 (00:34:34):As soon as the topic turns to politics, I feel myself cringe, and then I want to internally retreat a bit. Looking back over the past eight plus years, I realize I have been feeling like this for a long time. My body holds memories of heated, uncomfortable confrontive distancing and sometimes horrifying conversations with friends and at times, even with family, I'm tired as most people tired from the collective traumas. We have all lived through political, racial, and pandemic related. Eight years ago, I think I worked to try and remain objective. I told myself that my job was just to hear the other person with curiosity, but doing that was not enough to help me stay well in the midst of what I truly could not then and cannot still control. I've come to realize that I have to stay connected to my own feelings, to my own limitations.(00:35:37):I have to make space to feel my disappointment, my disgust, my fear, my sadness, my powerlessness, my ache, even my longing still when it comes to the realm of politics, I have to make room for my own humanity and then I have to be willing to share that, not simply be a listening ear for others. What's been most difficult for me as politics has driven division and disconnection is the loss of healthy dialogue and conversation. It feels to me like relational loss is there where it doesn't seem like it always has to be. I am passionate about the table, about creating and cultivating space at a table for all the voices and for all of the stories to belong. I still believe in this, and when I'm connected to my own humanity, it makes me far more open to the humanity of another, knowing my own stories that are being stirred up and activated by injustice, by what I perceive to be irresponsible politicians and policies that don't make sense to me and at times scare me when I'm in the presence of those who hold very different political views from me.(00:37:02):I have to actively choose to not just tolerate listening to them, but instead to try and listen for something more. I try to listen for the fear that often fuels their positions. The fear is always storied and the stories offer taste of their humanity and oftentimes their experience of suffering, which always offers the opportunity for empathy. I can't do it all the time. Some situations don't afford the time for curiosity and sharing. When that happens, I need space afterwards, space to release what I don't need or want to hold that I heard space to feel my own humanity again, and then space to choose to remember the humanity of the other person, and that is all an active practice. I think that othering people into political camps and categories is easily available and every time it happens, we lose more and more of our collective humanity and we feed the machine of hate that profits from our conversational and emotional laziness.Speaker 6 (00:38:11):I can't say it's always easy, that's for sure. What I try to do is see another person, whether it's around the political views or other things that I may not agree with somebody about or I might even actually see them as a quote enemy, is for one thing, I drop into my heart and get out of my head about ideas, views, and just try to be present in my heart as much as possible with as little judgment as possible and recognize the essence of the other person, the essence that's inside all the beliefs and the views, and recognizing also that we all have some sort of wounding from our lives, maybe our lineages, our generations, maybe even past lives and or trauma, and that that can obscure the essence of who we are, and I try to really remember that essence in another person.(00:39:34):And in relation, how do you see your own humanity? The other question you ask, how do you see your own humanity in the context of political dialogue? I have to say that's not really a question I thought about. I thought about how to see the humanity in others, so I really appreciate this question. I think if I start othering the other, if I get into too much judgment, I feel like I lose my own sense of humanity or at least the type of human I hope and wish to be. What helps me to I guess, discern when I'm in my own humanity, when I'm in the best of places, I guess I don't know how else to word that is I tune into my values. What do I value most and am I living by those values in the way that I want to be human In this world, for example, for me, integrity is super important as well as respect and compassion.(00:40:44):I'm not saying I'm always in this place, but these values that I aspire to live by help bring me into my own humanity and almost like check, checking in, tuning in checkpoints in a way, when I speak about compassion, sometimes people, all of what I'm saying, I want to, even though I'm maybe trying to see the essence of someone, I do try to discern that if there's being harm done, I'm not okaying any harm at all. And when I try to live by compassion, I feel like that's when I can really see the humanity in others and compassion for myself. I view compassion as a very active verb, a little bit different than empathy. Just that compassion is seeing the suffering, but wanting to do something about it and doing something for me. Compassion includes action, and sometimes that action is helping to disrupt or interrupt harm that's happening, and that's how I can show up in my humanity for others is the best I can do is acting as well as being that balance both, andSpeaker 7 (00:42:23):I'm Diana, she her and I didn't use to see myself in politics the way that I do now. It took decades for me to really start to get a grasp about who I actually am and how the ways I view politics, the ways I vote, who I support, how it actually affects me, and I spent a lot of years voting for things that hurt me without even realizing I was doing that because I was following the messaging and believing it. Ultimately that being a good fill in the blanks meant voting for fill in the blanks or being a good fill in the blanks meant donating to or supporting or whatever, fill in the blanks. And I hurt myself by doing that because I wasn't listening to my own knowing or my own intuition or looking in the mirror at who am I? What kind of world do I want to live in? I didn't ask myself those questions. I did what I thought I was supposed to do to fall in line, and there were people in my life during that who spoke truth, and it was true because it was individual to them. It was, here's what I know about me and here's what this policy means for me. And I didn't get it. I certainly didn't get it.(00:44:09):I judged it inside my own head, and yet those people who spoke their own individual truth are the people who were able to shed light through the cracks in my facade. And years later, I remember some of the things that people said or that they posted or whatever because those were the light that I saw through the cracks and it was so memorable, even though at the time I might have been irritated by it, it was memorable because I loved and respected these people and so their words didn't matter to me, even though at the time I very much disagreed and I hope that I will be allowed to be the light in some people's cracks because I know for a fact there's so many people like me who haven't actually looked at who they are, what they want, what kind of world do they want to live in if they separate themselves from the ideology of where they work or where they go to church or their family of origin or what their spouse is telling them, no honey, who are you? What do you want? And when people can be brave enough to do that, its everything up.Speaker 8 (00:45:46):My name is Marwan Cameron, and I was asked to answer a couple questions here, and the first question was, how do you see your own humanity in the context of political dialogue? And I had to think about this question. Our humanity is front and center when we talk about politics primarily because the issues that affect us, meaning the black community are often sidelined or ignored. I'll share some examples of that. Democrats and Republicans both speak about healthcare, the economy crime, but when they have centered those conversations around the realities they face, when do you actually see that take reparations. For example, we hear a lot about tax cuts or healthcare reform, but nothing about reparations for chattel slavery, for foundational black Americans which are owed to black people for centuries of exploitation. You can even look at our prison system where men are going to prison without HIV and very low percentages and then coming out several times higher when they are released from jail and prison, and I'll get into some of those stats. Also.(00:47:15):When we look at black men that are falsely accused of sexual assault, unfortunately we go back to Emmett Till and we never really talk about the contemporary men. I have a list of a hundred black men that have been falsely accused in the last five years alone. Albert Owens 2023, Christian Cooper, 2020, Joshua Wood, Maurice Hastings, Jonathan Irons, 2000, Anthony Broadwater, 2021, Mark Allen, 2022, Franklin, west 2020, Michael Robertson, Shaw, Taylor, Dion, Pearson 2021, Stanley Race 2019 Rashan Weaver 2020. Henry Lee McCollum, 2020. David Johnson, Jamel Jackson, Charles Franklin, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Corey Wise, you, Celine, Aron McCray, Brian Banks, which is a pretty famous name, Wilbert Jones. That's just 20 names in the last five years of a list of a hundred that I have that have been falsely accused of sexual assault, these aren't things that we talk about. Question two, how do you make space for folks in your proximity who did not share your political views as a heterosexual black male in this country, you really have no choice but to make space for others' Political views as in question number one, we are really only allowed to speak about injustices or political needs in the framework of the black community as a whole.(00:49:25):Matter what side you find yourself on, whether you're a Republican, we're oftentimes they straight up say, we're not acknowledging what your needs are. We're not going to do anything about your needs. You can come over here and vote with us if you want. As Trump said, what have you got to lose? What have Democrats done for you? Or you can look at the democratic side where in the last three elections, it's been existential against Donald Trump. And when Donald Trump won and then lost and is running again, we still haven't seen things like the repeal of qualified immunity, things like atoning for the most heinous crimes that the United States has committed in chattel slavery against black men. I've made space. We have made space as black men in regards to those who do not share our political views. Black men have fought in every war for the United States of America. We have stood up, stood behind, been sacrificed for the good of almost every cause, and we're told not yet. It's not the right time. We too need, have needs, and it becomes a zero sum game.Speaker 9 (00:51:19):Growing up, we had Sunday dinners at my grandparents. Conversation was always lively with my family, talking loudly, fast, and often right over each other. We talked about everything, what was happening around us, our community, what was in the paper and on the news that evening. We didn't always agree. In fact, I think my grandparents debated opposite sides. Just for fun, I fondly remember my grandmother saying, your grandpa and I are canceling each other's votes at the polls. They would both smile and sometimes laugh. Considering my upbringing, I was surprised to hear my instructor at cosmetology school lay down the law. Politics and religion were never to be discussed, not in school, and certainly not if we wanted to be successful professionally. I learned to smile and nod. I strive to find common ground with the opinion of guests. I was raised not to look for any offense with ideas that contrasted my own.(00:52:16):It takes both a left and a right wing to make the eagle fly and what a boring world this would be in if we all agreed. But then Trump happened up until he achieved power. Generally speaking, whether the law or policy was written by conservatives, liberals, moderates, there was a basis of bettering the American way of life. To be clear, this wasn't always the advancement of protection we agreed with, but we could see the logic of it. For the most part, Trump's leadership consists of a hatred for people who are not like him. Early on in his campaign, he told Americans to police their neighbors if they were of a specific religion he has built upon dehumanization and vilification every day sense. My mother lived in Germany for a few years and a town not far from Dau. It was the early 1960s and not yet recovered from World War ii.(00:53:21):This quaint little town overlooks the Bavarian Alps with architects right out of a storybook and a stunning view of Munich. It was evidence that the residents of this charming quiet village were aware that 800,000 people came in and no one left. History books paint the picture that everyone was scared of speaking up for fear they would be next. But with critical thinking, we know many of those approved. They've been listening to the nonsense of their leaders, their beliefs that Jews, the disabled homosexuals, immigrants were a burden on the healthcare system, education system, taking their German jobs, businesses, and homes. They were demonized so strongly, so powerfully. They were no longer human, no longer their neighbors, doctors, teachers, bakers seamstresses their talents, their skills and their very humanity no longer existed. We know this to be true, but what we don't talk about is the slope that good people slid down that enabled this to take place in the coffee shops, birthday parties, sitting with friends, playing cards, Sunday family dinners, these words came up.(00:54:43):Hitler's rhetoric spread and thoughtful kind people did not correct their friends, family, guests and clients. There were Nazis and sympathizers, but there were good people that saw through Hitler's dumpster fire of lies. These are the people I wonder if they ever slept well again. Could they ever look at themselves with honor and integrity? Trump proudly uses this method. He has people willing to do his bidding. He has sympathizers, but what he doesn't have is my silence, my obedience. My voice is the born power. I have to stand strong and correct the lies he tells and the people in my circle repeat. I will lose clients and friends taking this action, and that's a price I'm willing to pay, but I'm not willing to live out the rest of my days knowing that I didn't do everything in my power to stop in.Speaker 10 (00:55:49):How do you make space for folks in your proximity who don't share your political views? I am lucky that I live next to my parents and that my mother-in-law lives in a small home on our property. For years, there was a constant strife between my parents, myself, husband, and my mother-in-law due to political and religious beliefs, uncomfortable dinners, having to watch what you say, an aura of judgment that would seem to permeate family gatherings. They were quite the norm. And each time that they would leave, I would feel a sense of relief. Sometimes someone would decide not to come or just tell us that they needed a break. This would create less tension, but I worry that someone would feel left out or that they would feel judged if they weren't present. And actually that would happen more often or not, especially in my time of anger before and during Covid.(00:56:40):As mentioned before, when I decided that I needed to focus on my own sense of happiness and live up to my values and beliefs, I decided that my home would become a politics, religion free zone. I wanted my home to be a safe for everyone. And this was a tough transition. And what was most difficult was creating boundaries for our parents, having the hard conversations about why we're asking people to withhold their opinions on politics and religion and to focus on grandkids sports and family celebrations, et cetera. For the first few months, I was constantly reminding everyone of the rule, but eventually we all seemed to settle in and even catch ourselves when we deviated from how sex expectations, dinners and events became more pleasant. And when our guests would leave, I didn't have to decompress or worry about how to fix an issue or soothe someone's feelings.(00:57:27):This one simple step has been a game changer, and it's not always perfect, and sometimes people will slip up, but instead of taking on the issue, we will move the conversation to another topic. Some would say that we need to talk about the issues and debate their merits so that we can grow and come together. But no, after finding my purpose, I don't believe that being right is more important than someone else's feelings. I want everyone who sits at my table and breaks spread with me to feel loved and valued. It's not perfect because we're human, but we're trying one dinner at a timeSpeaker 11 (00:58:03):To how do I hold my own humanity? In the context of political dialogue, one of the first things that comes to mind for me is, at least in political conversations, what defines my humanity? When I think about politics, much of our politics is really about power and privilege, of which I happen to have both. And so when I'm thinking about politics, I'm thinking about my social location as a able-bodied, middle class, heterosexual Christian White woman, I carry privilege in almost every aspect of that identity, at least here in the United States. And so when I'm thinking about humanity and political dialogue, our political system has historically always been and continues to be set up to serve people with my type of humanity very well. The thing that I'm constantly trying to keep in my mind is what about the humanity of my brothers and sisters experiencing oppression, marginalization when it comes to my voice and my vote in political situations, I have over the years had to learn to think less about how can I use my vote and my voice to engage in politics in a way that benefits me because I'm already benefiting from our system.(00:59:42):Our system is set up to benefit people like me who carry great levels of social privilege. What I really want to know as I'm trying to use my voice and my vote wisely now, is how do I leverage both of those things, my voice, my vote, as well as my power and privilege to engage in political dialogue in ways that fix broken systems. So I am oftentimes not actually voting or advocating for the things that would benefit me the most or necessarily align perfectly with my theological or political ideals. I'm looking at where are the most broken places in our system? Where is our government currently oppressing individuals the most? And how can my vote and my voice be used to leverage our politics in such a way that those broken systems begin to get fixed and healed over time so that those whose humanity looks different than mine are receiving the same amount of privilege of assistance of power that they should be.(01:00:57):And when it comes to dealing with those that I'm in proximity with who have very different political ideologies than myself, of which I will say in my current context, there are quite a few. I am constantly having to remind myself to focus on core values, values over stances that our conversations and our engagement with one another centers not so much around opinions about specific political stances or issues as much as the core values that we share. If my core value is for equality and equity, if my core value is that we're caring for the poor and the marginalized, then regardless of what stances I might have on certain issues, my voice and my vote represents those core values. And I've found that even when certain stances might be different, when we dig into the core values that are at the root of our decision-making, there's oftentimes a lot more common ground than I ever expect there to be.Speaker 12 (01:02:06):This recording is for the fabulous Danielle Castillo. I think what I am seeing right now as I think about how to welcome people's humanity and politics are a few key things that are both shocking and I would say disappointing in a day and age where we seem to want to tolerate people not being locked into binary spaces, we have relegated differences and opinion and viewpoints into a bipartisan politic. And what that does is that means that there are people who are in and who are out. And we've had to embrace things that we both love and hate if we ascribe to any one of those bipartisan objectives. And so we've had to in some ways, in our own humanity, violate pieces of ourselves to say, well, I align this part one way, but even though I categorically reject their views on this another way. And then regardless of whatever spectrum you're on inside of that political continuum, and it's hard because at that point, if we say in a lot of other spaces that there's space for nuance and there's space for gray, then why here do we land in those spaces?(01:03:16):And so that would be the first that it is an either or, and we seem to be comfortable, most comfortable that way. And then to demonize and villainize somebody who's in the either or space, instead of allowing for the gray, you're either all for me or all against me, and you can't live somewhere in the middle. The second thing that would be shocking and disappointing for me is the way that we've been able to start arranging the things that we can tolerate. And so I can say, well, I love this candidate because I love these three things and I agree with them and I hate these four things, but they're not that bad. And you love this candidate, you love the other candidate for these three things, but you hate them for those four things. And the fact that you don't hate 'em enough over those four things means that you're a terrible person.(01:04:02):And I find that just so interesting and so sad that we've been able to say, well, the four things I can stomach that I don't like are somehow more or less worse than the four things you feel like you could tolerate or not tolerate. And so my list of sins or offenses that are easily navigable, somehow I get to become the moral compass over what should be enough or not enough to disqualify somebody for public service. I think at the end of the day, what makes us hard is that we see people in the middle as somehow exhibiting some sort of cowardice. And I think we're pushing people to violate their own humanity and say, as my experience changes and as the neighborhood changes and the people around me change, and my own philosophy changes that I can't stand in a faithful middle and say, well, I agree with some of this, but I don't agree with some of that.(01:04:54):And we've called those people cowards instead of principled moderates, and we've shamed them into saying, well, you have to choose something. And I think that is so unkind. And I think really at the end of the day, we are asking people to violate their own humanity and their own understanding of who they are and their own sense of who they are as a person by saying that they have to agree one way if they want to be a human or be a woman or be a person of color or be a person of faith. And I think it's both sides. I think every side is complicit. At the end of the day, what is really hard is that I think most people want to vote for the person that is going to lead well, and they want that person to be a good person. They want them to be an upright person.(01:05:37):They want them to be an authentic person, the same person behind closed doors as they are in the public face. And I would say, I don't think that's most people who choose politicking as a vocation, I believe that so much of their job is diplomacy and having to be a lot of faces in a lot of places. And so asking for that kind of authenticity and consistency in a social media world is almost asking the impossible. I don't think it totally is impossible, but I think it's exceptionally hard. Many of the things that we want to ascribe to one individual and how they uphold or represent their own party are carefully crafted narratives by a team of people who are professional politicians and marketers, and to ask them to give you an authentic person, their job is to not give you an authentic person. Their job is to give you an avatar that you feel you can most connect with so you can make the decision they want you to make.(01:06:33):And that is really for me, the reality of what we're up against right now is that we want to say we're voting for ideologies, and in reality we're voting for a carefully crafted narrative that is crafted by people who want you to believe a particular way. And I know that feels kind of negative, and that makes me so sad to even voice that out loud and to vocalize that out loud. But I would say that I hope in some way that we experience real freedom and real understanding of what it means to be a global citizen and to be a citizen of this country, is that we understand that. And the complexity of who I am as a person and how I interact with other people and how they understand their own complexity and their own humanity means that I can believe a lot of things that belong in a lot of different camps.(01:07:19):And that's okay. That's what honestly, being intrinsically American means, but also just to understand our own humanity in the global context is there are things that I will feel one way about and they squarely belong in one camp, but there are other things I believe that belong in another camp. And both of those things can be true for me without somebody demanding that I carry some sort of alliance or allegiance to one person. I think that's so gross and so foul at the end of the day. I think what makes America so interesting and so fascinating, but I also think so beautiful and so compelling and so desiring for people who are coming into our borders, is that there is this understanding that I can stand squarely as an individual person and be able to express myself as who I am as an individual and also belong to a collective that makes space for that.(01:08:14):And that is intrinsically what it means to be America. I'm free to be us, but I'm also free to be me. And so I think politics pushes us into a narrative that is against intrinsically who we say we are, and that really is the basis of freedom. And so that's what I would feel about that. Now, this is an added bonus, and I know you didn't ask for this, Danielle, but I'm going to give it to you anyways because I firmly believe this. I think it is more dehumanizing, and I think it is so incredibly sad that we don't allow for people to be principled moderates. That we are sanctifying the ability to castrate people's ability to be able to stand in the middle. And we vilify them as being weak or vilify them as being cowards because their understanding of what is actually evil is.(01:09:09):It's a broad spectrum. And to say that there is good everywhere, it is true to say there is evil everywhere is true. And how people interface with both of those things is true. And so I hate that we have become okay at using our theology and using our social media platforms and using our politicking as throwing stones for people who say, I want to hold a faithful middle. And that faithful middle means that I can believe a multitude of things and that I stand in the own gray and the nuance of who I am and how I understand my neighbors and what that looks like. And we know that some of those people are standing with compassion and with courage. And to call those people cowards, I think is the most ignorant, I'm trying to find the kindest way to say this, right? So I think it is just absolutely ignorant.(01:10:00):And then we've used quotes out of context and scriptures out of context to tell those people that somehow they're bad and evil people. And it's just not true that they're honestly sometimes the bridge builders and the unifier in places where they are trying to be peacemakers and they're trying to be people of peace. They're trying to be people of belonging and welcome. And so they're holding a faithful middle to say, my heart is going to take enough of a beating where people may misunderstand me, but I'm going to make it big enough and available enough where everybody can come sit under my tent. And I think that's brave work. I think that is courageous work, and I think that is humbling work that we could learn more from instead of castigating really more than anything else. So those are my 2 cents, honestly, more than anything else.(01:10:51):The last 2 cents I could probably give you that I think is so shameful is I am tired of any political party that tells me that they are doing more for working class Americans or doing more for poor people, and yet they're spending 2 billion to fly somebody around and send me junk mail to my home. I would much rather you stop buying ad space and then you actually go and serve the poor and somebody takes a picture of you doing that on accident. And I actually get to see that and go, oh my gosh, they're actually serving the poor. Do not tell me you're serving the poor or serving working class Americans and you haven't talked to one or seen one in a very long time. And my God, you have not lived in our shoes. You have not lived on our pay scales. You have not come in and volunteered regularly, and you only show up when there's a camera crew doing that.(01:11:34):That is so gross to me, and I hate that you send me mail about it and spend 2 billion fundraising for things like that. And yet that money could go to the poor and that money could go to programs. If there's one thing that makes me want to soapbox so bad, it is that more than anything else, I don't want to hear what your fundraising dollars have done to actually help your campaign. And that thing becomes a total waste when you lose. And that money doesn't go into the pockets of people. That money goes into the pockets of advertisers and radio stations and TV stations and social media influencers and all sorts of nonsense and actually doesn't go into the pockets and the hands of people who are feeding the poor that is garbage. So I feel very strongly about that, but I dunno if this is what you need, but that's how I make space. I make space for people who live at Principled Middle because I think blessed are the peacemakers and I want them to feel safe with me.Speaker 13 (01:12:26):Good morning. My name is Luis Cast. How do I see my own humanity in this political context? Well, it's simple as that. I'm a human being. I'm not a pawn or a little peace on a game. I'm a human being born and raised in Mexico, but I live here in the United States over half of my life now, and I'm a human being. And no matter what the promises they give me or what they're going to do in government, I'm still just a human being that wants the best for me and my family. And that's what they need to address the human being in us regarding not regarding color or race or where they come from. Treat us a as human beings. And the other question, how do I make space for folks who do not share my political view?(01:13:46):Well, again, it's just simple. I was taught that love whoever disagree with you or even your enemy. But to be honest, that's the hardest thing to do. People that don't agree with you or you don't agree with them, and sometimes they even hurt you. But I try to do my best, honestly, just to listen and sometimes put myself in their shoes because everybody has been brought up differently in families, cultures, regions of the country from the south, from New England, they call in the west in California. So we all have different views. So I just don't have an ear and sometimes an opinion, but mostly an ear so they can really listen to what they, I believe, where they come from, where they come from. So that is what I try to do. No, perfect, but that's what I try to do.Speaker 14 (01:14:59):Hi, my name is Claire. I am a white, cisgender, heterosexual woman. I live in Paulsboro, Washington. So the first question is how do I see my humanity in the context of this current political moment? And I'd start off by saying I come from a pretty privileged place, like my own personal humanity isn't very threatened just because I'm white, I'm straight, and yeah, my own family background. I have a lot of support and I'm not ever threatened with becoming homeless or something if I can't pay my bills. But still things are really scary for so many people right now. So I definitely feel that all the time. And I would say that it's just a really disheartening time. A lot of the, I mean, pretty much all politicians, I'd say are very untrustworthy at a local and national level. And I think we're all seeing that, especially in the context of what's happening in Gaza.(01:16:26):For the last over a year now, all these politicians that felt like they were progressive and would speak out when heinous things happened, most of them have gone silent or completely denied what's happening in Gaza, or just said really brief empty words, always proceeded by talking about Israeli hostages. So yeah, it's been terrifying because we realize the extent of politicians care for the general public and for the global wellbeing of humanity. And it only stretches so far because first and foremost, they're concerned about their own and standing in the political world because we've seen a lot of people lose their reelections for standing up for Palestinians.(01:17:38):And I think what's really disheartening is seeing it at a local level. In some ways, we expect national politicians to be pretty sleazy and skirt around really big, terrible, important issues. But seeing it at a local level has been really terrifying because I mean, they said it was then a couple decades ago, like 30, 40 years ago, there's more crises going on. And that really, for me, I've always thought, well, this is how it's always been. There's just the media reports on more stuff. We have social media, we can't hide a lot of things. So I don't know if that's true or not, but I mean, it probably is. We're in a time of climate crisis too, so it makes sense that things are just, they're not slowing down.(01:18:49):I don't know where I was going with that, but yeah, I guess I would just say humanity. It feels threatened on so many levels for my queer friends, for my friends of color, for any women or female identifying people just on so many levels, it just feels like our rights are being threatened and everything feels tenuous. If Trump wins, what the hell is going to happen to this country? And if Kamala wins, what the hell is going to change? I don't believe in politicians. They're not going to save us. That's how it feels. We have to save each other that are diehard Trumpers or something. I'd say all those people are my relatives that live in Wisconsin or a couple of coworkers, and we don't talk about politics, but on a deeper level, I try to remember that it's hard, right? Because hard, it's hard not to hate people for what they believe. I guess that's a horrible thing to say, isn't it? But I see the consequences of people who vote for Trump and put him in office the first time, their direct consequences because they voted for Trump and because of their beliefs and because of what they repost online. That just has bred so much hatred, and it's led to people being terrified for their lives and people losing their lives. There's so much propaganda being shoved down people's throats, the people that have Fox News plane 24 7.(01:21:06):I don't know the last time I watched Fox News, but I've overheard it. That stuff is crazy. They're being fed lie after lie after lie. So yeah, it's like people are also a product of their culture and it's hard to fight against your culture. So I try to give people some grace with that, but I also don't know how they can't see their own beliefs as harmful and full of hatred. I really don't understand. So yeah, it's hard. It's hard to remember people's humanity, but I have obviously my own blind spots and my own ways that I'm super ignorant and willfully ignorant in the things I look away from and the things like I'm resistant to learning because it's inconvenient or uncomfortable for me. So I try to hold that space for people too, because we're all learning. Yeah, it's a process of trying to remember people's humanity. And I think, yeah, but it just feels like when people support someone that spews so much hatred, it's really hard not to pin that blame on them as well, because they're also at fault for putting people like that in power. So I don't know. Yeah, it's a tough one.Speaker 15 (01:22:55):I feel like as somebody with various subordinated identities, whether that's being queer, being Latina, having a disability, being a woman, all of those things are increasingly politicized. And so for me, I find that political discourse specifically is often really dehumanizing and even performative on the other end of the spectrum. So our two major parties, Republican and Democrat with Republican, it's we well known that those political parties as they exist currently are working to strip away rights from people in all of those identity and affinity groups. While the Democrats, which I won't even say left, because current Democrats are right of center, when you look at a global pe

Dr. Yusef Salaam is on his way to a seat on Harlem's City Council. A stark turnabout for one of the famous Exonerated Central Park 5. They lost their freedom, their dignity, and their lives but they persevered and now they're truly free. Salaam and Raymond Santana talked to me just before the release of the film When They See Us, a film by Ava Duvernay that told their story. We talk about everything in this amazing interview. Toure Show Ep 76: The Central Park 5 - We Are Free Original Air Date: June 19, 2019 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meg discusses the aftermath of the attack on the Central Park Jogger. Part 2 of 2. Jessica MacGyvers her radio to reach WLIR: Long Island Radio.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

Meg tracks the events of the evening of April 19th, 1989 when Trisha Meili jogged into Central Park. Part 1 of 2. Jessica tells of the meteoric rise and all too brief career of fashion icon Perry Ellis.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

The Exonerated 5, formerly known as the Central Park 5, now have an entrance into Central Park named in their honor, a stunning turnaround for men who spent years in prison, convicted of crimes they did not do. In 2019 I spoke with two of them, Dr. Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana, about their extraordinary experience. These men survived a nightmare. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 76: The Central Park 5 - We Are Free Original Air Date: June 19, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode, we have reality star, entrepreneur, artist, and model London Santana, better known as Deelishis! You may remember her having her big break in fame by winning Season 2, Flavor of Love, or being in popular music videos like "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne. Beautiful inside and out, Deelishis had her fair share of boss-like boyfriends like rappers Drake, Wiz Khalifa, and Rick Ross. Still, she married Raymond Santana. You may have heard of his story from watching the two-time Emmy award-winning Netflix TV series When They See Us. Raymond was 1 of 5 males who was wrongfully convicted and exonerated for a deadly assault in Central Park after spending five years in jail. Take some time to dig into Deelishis's experience with her mirage marriage and why this relationship caused her depression while slowly losing herself. There is so much to unpack in this interview, so we split it into two parts! Thanks for rocking with us another episode, and if you love what you're watching and hearing, please comment, share, comment, review, and subscribe! We truly appreciate all the support and love! Love, The Beys!Support the showFollow @marriageonmiragepodcast on Instagram. For the video, please go to our YouTube Channel: The Bey's TV. Don't forget to like, comment, share, and most importantly, subscribe!

It's been twenty years since five men who were convicted as kids in the “Central Park jogger case” were exonerated. Their story has resonance in today's crime-panicked United States. In 1989, amid a national and local panic about crime, five Black and Latino teenage boys were accused of a raping a woman in New York's Central Park. Despite inconsistencies in their coerced, false confessions and other evidence, they were convicted. Their images were held up in national media as representative of urban chaos, in which wild Black and Brown youth threatened white America. It wasn't until December 2002 that DNA evidence finally established their innocence. They are now known as the Exonerated 5 and advocates for justice reform. Host Kai Wright speaks with two of the five, Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana, about their story and how anxieties about crime still affect today's politics.  Companion listening for this episode:  People Feel Unsafe–and It's More Than Crime (5/14/2022) The social fabric is torn. People nationwide are scared, some going as far as to arm themselves. What can we learn from our history as we react to this fear? Scholar James Forman Jr., author of the book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, helps break down what's real, vs perception, about the rise in violent crime.  “Notes from America” airs live on Sunday evenings at 6pm ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts. To catch all the action, tune into the show on Sunday nights via the stream on notesfromamerica.org or on WNYC's YouTube channel.   We want to hear from you! Connect with us on Instagram and Twitter @noteswithkai or email us at notes@wnyc.org.

Special Guest: Mp3nut - Jason Mamoa in Fast and Furious - Don Cheadle in Armor Wars - Snoop bought Death Row Records - Metaverse assault - Deelishis and Raymond Santana divorce - Leslie Jones vs. NBC   DISCUSSION: Archive 81 & Spider-Man No Way Home     www.negrojusticeleague.com www.twitch.tv/blacknerdcast  www.twitter.com/blacknerdcast www.facebook.com/negrojusticeleague www.instagram.com/negrojusticeleague  

TaylorCares is dedicated to stepping up their efforts in addressing all opportunities for fundraising for individuals living with multiple sclerosis. Founder and director, Bridgette Taylor, knows what it's like to live with MS all too well, and that's why she's so passionate about assisting others and providing them with valuable resources for their care. Learn more about MS and Taylor Cares in this sit down interview with Arnya and Fancy. News: WNBA Phoenix Mercury's Brittany Griner is possibly jailed in Russia Kyrie Irving hires his stepmom, Shatellia Riley-Irving Deelisha and Raymond Santana divorce announcement Connect with Taylor Cares: Website: https://www.taylorcares.net Instagram: TC4MS Facebook: TaylorCares Theories and Thoughts Podcast airs EVERY Tuesday in SwagHer's FB Live at 7 pm CST. Theories & Thoughts Podcast is proudly produced in part by SwagHer Magazine and Media and LadiCEO Media. Theories & Thoughts Podcast brings “Girl Talk” and everyday conversation together to enhance the black community. We discuss topics that may be taboo and/or not commonly discussed in public. “Witness the black girl magic that happens when women (and sometimes men) come together and share.” TAT “Never Thirsty” Tumblers are available here https://swagher.net/product/theories-thoughts-personalized-never-thirsty-tumbler/ $35 Connect w/ the Hostesses: Arnya T.M. Davis IG: @ladi.ceo FB: @LadiCEO Twitter: @Im_a_ladiceo YouTube: LadiCEO Media Website: www.ladiceo.com IG: @mzthangzboutique Francheska “Fancy” Felder IG: @fancyswagher FB: @fancythegogetta Twitter: @FancySwagHer SwagHer Magazine Website: http://swagher.net --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode we break down the gender war between men and women in regards to dating and relationships.  We also react to the viral video about successful women disqualifying themselves from being datable and the news that reality show star Deelishis is getting divorced from her husband Raymond Santana of the Exonerated Five.   Support the podcast by donating: Cash App: $hoetohusbandpodcast PayPal.me/hoetohusbandpodcast Order the It's Not That Complicated audiobook at Audible.com and iTunes. https://www.audible.com/pd/Its-Not-That-Complicated-Audiobook/B09DQCJFK4?qid=1630590559&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=5C5QK1KAMTAGCBJWWM2H Download the Terry DeRon Dating & Compatibility Guide at www.terryderon.com Order your copy of Forensics of Cheating on Amazon https://rb.gy/jqeutr

On this episode the crew discusses Jason Lee and Hollywood Unlocked's royal sources, the re-emergence of the Megan thee Stallion and Tory Lanez drama, Deelishis divorcing Central Park Five's Raymond Santana, Summer Walker not performing her new songs because they make her sad, new albums from Kodak Black and King Von and more.

Arican women and children were forced to wait for the next train while trying to flee the war. Delicious from flavor of love is getting a divorce from Raymond Santana, childhood friends reunited, one went to prison and one went to college.

.25 introduction with Lalaa Shepard, Boss Britt, DJ eXeL .45 Women's History Month 1:23 Lalaa act different with the ponytail 1:56 weekly evaluation 2:19 Kanye West is bullying Pete Davidson 4:23 Did you believe in Deelishis and Raymond Santana's interview? 6:56 Once and for all, Pete Davidson is handsome 8:01 is Kanye West/ Coodie ‘Jeen-Yuh's Netflix documentary 10:16 Making The Band old clips resurface, Day26, Danity Kane 14:42 Should 50 Cent stay with Starz or get his own network? 16:54 P-Valley, Euphoria 17:41 Thoughts on Laverne Cox's Will & Jada Smith comments 19:55 OMB Bloodbath owes Boss Britt & DJ eXeL money 21:02 Da Baby & NBA YoungBoy 21:51 Rest in Peace Snootie Wild --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theprogressreportpodcast/support

We start today's conversation with an analysis of the pending divorce between Deelishis aka London Charles aka Chandra Davis and Raymond Santana, 1/5 of the Exonerated 5. In this conversation we talk about the importance of alignment. Follow The Ladies Locker Room on all social media platforms:IG: @ladieslocker_roomIG: @official_ms_jonesIG: @lrogersglobalTwitter: @llrpodcastFacebook: The Ladies Locker Room

We start today's conversation with an analysis of the pending divorce between Deelishis aka London Charles aka Chandra Davis and Raymond Santana, 1/5 of the Exonerated 5. In this conversation we talk about the importance of alignment. Follow The Ladies Locker Room on all social media platforms:IG: @ladieslocker_roomIG: @official_ms_jonesIG: @lrogersglobalTwitter: @llrpodcastFacebook: The Ladies Locker Room

Josh Adams show is Old School tonight Khary and Josh and talking sh*t. Deelishis and Raymond Santana love does not last. WTHA? Song of the Day and the usual laughs. Josh Adams the comedian shares his takes, stories, and thoughts on life weekly. The Josh Adams Podcast is hosted by Josh Adams with co-host J Bell and other guests.

This week's Word on the Street, Torey Lanez and Meg the Stallion are tussling about what really went down on that alleged night when she was shot. How about, everyone just be quiet until the trial is done... Just my little 2 cent. Next, Deelishis and Raymond Santana are getting divorced. Are we really surprised. In the Hot Cup of CoCo we are kiki'ing about first impressions and how important they are. Just because someone else doesn't agree with how you operating, don't let that deter you. Drink with CoCo - 1/2 cup lemonade - 1 to 2 shot Tequila I'm using Teramana CoCo's IG/Twitter: @kikiingwithcoco Facebook: www.facebook.com/kikiingwithcoco Email: kikiingwithcocopod@gmail.com URL: www.kikiingwithcocopodcast.com Samara's IG: @samara.curtiss Samara's TikTok/Twitter: @samaracurtiss

On the latest episode of the Rex Chapman Show with Josh Hopkins, the guys are joined by their Basketball News brother, Etan Thomas who just came out with his latest book, "Police Brutality and White Supremacy." Joining Etan today is Raymond Santana, one of the former "Central Park Five" to discuss his life and how he was wrongfully convicted. A powerful conversation on social justice and racial quality at a time when we need to hear it. You can follow Etan Thomas on Twitter, Instagram, and listen to Etan's Podcast "The Rematch" on BasketballNews.com 4:00 - Growing up, Etan first became aware of social justice and police brutality as a result of the "Central Park Five", wanting to become a champion for those who didn't have his voice and his platform. 6:30 - Using Raymond's story and many others who experienced police brutality, Etan wanted to capture first hand accounts to ensure there are less and less of these kinds of sad and cruel stories. 11:00 - Raymond chronicled his arrest at 14 years old, where he was coerced into an admission of guilt, and put behind bars. He had a clean record and zero interactions with police, and felt he was taken advantage of by experienced police detectives that were hungry for a conviction. 16:30 - The impact of having support from someone like Rex Chapman or Josh Hopkins can be so important to advance these conversations and to champion these causes for racial equality and social justice. 25:40 - In the many portrayals of the story of the "Central Park Five", Raymond says Ken Burns' documentary was the most accurate and detailed where Raymond felt like he finally had a voice and a platform to stand on. 31:15 - How the insurrection of our nation's Capitol on January 6th is portrayed in a specific light because it wasn't 100,000 black and brown people that bought into "The Big Lie". 35:30 - At 14 years old, Raymond's life came to a screeching halt, and his hopes and dreams as a young kid just couldn't come to fruition. Within the first two weeks of the arrest, he was painted as an animal, and called "one of the five most hated human beings on Earth". 39:30 - How Etan's conversations with former police sheds light on reform, and getting past what weaponizing "Defund The Police'' is really about. The Police are tasked with mental health and wellness checks that can ultimately create more problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a black love episode with one of the coolest couples in the land! Deelishis of Flavor of Love fame and Raymond Santana of the Exonerated 5 talk about their life in love. Plus Karlous gets into one of the greatest alien conspiracy theories of all times. Hit Our Website for more info: https://www.85southshow.com/ Get our custom merchandise: https://85apparelco.com/ Subscribe To our Channel: bitly.com/85tube WATCH KARLOUS' MILLER's COMEDY SPECIAL! https://vimeo.com/ondemand/karlousmil... FOLLOW THE CREW KARLOUS MILLER - https://www.facebook.com/karlousm/ DCYOUNGFLY - https://www.facebook.com/DcYoungFly1/ CHICO BEAN - https://www.facebook.com/OldSchoolFool/ Director - JOE T. NEWMAN - www.ayoungplayer.com Producer CHAD OUBRE - https://www.instagram.com/chadoubre/ Producer - LANCE CRAYTON - https://www.instagram.com/cat_corleone_/ It's Jon - https://www.instagram.com/holaj_o_n/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

VH1 Couples Retreat celebrates Black love in a brand new six-episode series. During a week-long vacation, cast members will take part in an honest and uncensored conversation on how celebrity couples showcase the challenges and triumphs of their relationships, navigating the complex waters of love, heartache and communication. In a high-tech world where everyone is living in the public eye and on social media, VH1 Couples Retreat takes a deep dive into the real conversations and candid, intimate moments that these very public couples have never revealed. The cast includes Rasheeda and Kirk Frost (Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta); Yandy Smith-Harris and Mendeecees Harris (Love & Hip Hop); Michael Blackson (Coming 2 America) and Rada; and Deelishis and Raymond Santana. Two of the stars of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Kirk & Rasheeda Frost have had a roller-coaster, 20-year marriage. Kirk, the CEO of D-Lo Entertainment, has helped Rasheeda break into the mainstream music scene and take her career to the next level since the two met in the late 90s.

VH1 Couples Retreat celebrates Black love in a brand new six-episode series. During a week-long vacation, cast members will take part in an honest and uncensored conversation on how celebrity couples showcase the challenges and triumphs of their relationships, navigating the complex waters of love, heartache and communication. In a high-tech world where everyone is living in the public eye and on social media, VH1 Couples Retreat takes a deep dive into the real conversations and candid, intimate moments that these very public couples have never revealed. The cast includes Rasheeda and Kirk Frost (Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta); Yandy Smith-Harris and Mendeecees Harris (Love & Hip Hop); Michael Blackson (Coming 2 America) and Rada; and Deelishis and Raymond Santana. Two of the stars of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Kirk & Rasheeda Frost have had a roller-coaster, 20-year marriage. Kirk, the CEO of D-Lo Entertainment, has helped Rasheeda break into the mainstream music scene and take her career to the next level since the two met in the late 90s.

VH1 Couples Retreat celebrates Black love in a brand new six-episode series. During a week-long vacation, cast members will take part in an honest and uncensored conversation on how celebrity couples showcase the challenges and triumphs of their relationships, navigating the complex waters of love, heartache and communication. In a high-tech world where everyone is living in the public eye and on social media, VH1 Couples Retreat takes a deep dive into the real conversations and candid, intimate moments that these very public couples have never revealed. The cast includes Rasheeda and Kirk Frost (Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta); Yandy Smith-Harris and Mendeecees Harris (Love & Hip Hop); Michael Blackson (Coming 2 America) and Rada; and Deelishis and Raymond Santana. Two of the stars of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Kirk & Rasheeda Frost have had a roller-coaster, 20-year marriage. Kirk, the CEO of D-Lo Entertainment, has helped Rasheeda break into the mainstream music scene and take her career to the next level since the two met in the late 90s.

The war for a peaceful transition of war powers goes on in the American capitol - is it theater? Is it real? Ted discusses, and then hosts someone with first hand knowledge of Donald Trump's violent racism, former Central Park Five aka The Exonerated Five member Raymond Santana!   Bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/tedalexandro Follow Ted! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedalexandro/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tedalexandro Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TedAlexandro Merch: https://www.tedalexandro.com/merch #tedalexandroshow #tedalexandro

False Confessions. The remarkable story of the Central Park 5, and how they were convicted as teenagers of raping an Investment Banker in New York's famed Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years behind bars, for a crime they did not commit. One of the 5, Raymond Santana talks with Dominic Carter sharing his painful story.

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 78: Bradford Young, PART 2 Bradford Young continues our conversation from his busy household. One lesson he's learned is that the cinematographer's job is to make the director happy. Bradford was drawn to the science fiction film Arrival because it had an intimacy and a perspective about who we are that many sci-fi movies lack. Arrival takes us on a journey of discovery while keeping the human experience at the center of the film, with the camera following Louise, played by Amy Adams, the entire time. At first, Bradford found it difficult to find the visual language of the story, since it was so much about decoding the aliens' language. But his collaboration with Denis Villeneuve and the rest of the team makes Arrival feel cohesive and engaging. When Bradford was approached to shoot Solo: A Star Wars Story, he knew it would be a power move for his career, although it was uniquely challenging to work with four cameras plus huge action sequences and special effects. He also had to adjust to the turmoil of Lucasfilm's decision to fire directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were replaced by director Ron Howard in the middle of the Solo shoot. But Bradford felt fortunate to be able to continue shooting Solo and to work with a seasoned and respected director like Ron Howard. Bradford was happy to work with director Ava DuVernay again on When They See Us, which was his first episodic series. He and DuVernay wanted to bring weight and care with their approach to the story of the Central Park Five, using minimal lighting, composed photographic shots and anamorphic lenses. For Bradford, When They See Us was a hard story to tell and they told it the best way they could. He feels that while films are powerful, they are also fleeting- sometimes it takes longer to tell and inform a story, and the injustices done to Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray and Yusef Salaam was better served as a series. Find Bradford Young https://luxartists.net/bradford-young/ You can stream When They See Us right now on Netflix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHbOt2M8md0 You can find Selma streaming on Amazon, Vudu, or iTunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6t7vVTxaic Bradford Young was featured in the May 2020 issue of American Cinematographer. https://ascmag.com/magazine-issues/may-2020 Find out even more about this episode, with extensive show notes and links: http://camnoir.com/ep78/ Sponsored by Hot Rod Cameras www.hotrodcameras.com Website: www.camnoir.com Facebook: @cinepod Instagram: @thecinepod Twitter: @ShortEndz

One year ago, Raymond Santana (Exonerated 5) joined our #TellBlackStories podcast to discuss Ava DuVernay’s, When They See Us, its cultural impact, and the importance of prosecutor accountability.

The Central Park 5 aka the Exonerated 5, are symbols of both pain and redemption. The system rushed to convict them but years later new evidence uncovered their innocence and led to a multi-million dollar settlement that left them comfortable and empowered. And then Ava Duvernay’s Netflix film about them When They See Us gave their story new oxygen. After that they felt truly liberated. On June 19, 2019 I spoke with two of the Central Park 5, Dr. Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana, in Atlanta. This is one of my favorite interviews in the history of the show. Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

S10Bonus4 - Dr Yusef Salaam in the Time of COVID Conflicting survival instincts and an internet full of misinformation has left many of us in disagreement over what is the best path forward. Once again, Jason Flom taps the wisdom of our wrongfully convicted community, while so many struggle. In the 4th and final interview of our mini series from Wrongful Conviction Podcasts, one of the Central Park. 5, now the Exonerated 5, Dr Yusef Salaam, pulls from a deep reservoir of philosophical and spiritual learning to guide us all in making lemonade out of the lemons that we find ourselves with today. You can hear his story in both his own interview, season 6 episode 8, through the voice of his co-defendant Raymond Santana in our podcast’s premiere episode, or in the Netflix mini series “When They See Us.” Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of LAVA For Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co Co1 and PRX. Learn more and get involved at https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com.

This episode I discussed Shake Shack gives back $10million loan from the government, Testicles may make men more vulnerable to coronavirus, Mayor Bill De Blasio emphatically called out the sitting president for his lack of effort to help the city. And Much more! I've also sat down briefly with Raymond Santana of Exonerated Five, to speak what does on the 31st anniversary(4/19/89) mean to him. Also Mario, join me to discuss some of the projects hes working on. Send your questions to: QuarantineNightly@gmail.com SUBSCRIBE...RATE... COMMENT!!!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/quarantine-nightly/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/quarantine-nightly/support

Don’t be a SIMP(someone idolize mediocre p***y) example, Deelishis from Flavor of love publicly humiliated Raymond Santana during an IG interview --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lee-green89/message

John Kiriakou, former CIA analyst, on intelligence community tensions // Feliks Banel, All Over the Map - Northgate // Michael Medved's review of Downhill // Dose of Kindness -- an impromptu baby shower on an airplane // Ryan Gustafson, president of the Seattle Dragons, live  // Raymond Santana, one of the Central Park 5 // Ask Ali -- single on Valentine's Day

Eminem vs Nick Cannon. Who you got in dis beef? 2. Should we let him be? Raymond Santana engaged to Deelish from Flavor of Love. 3.Kanye West Silver Sunday. Are we concerned or no? 3a. What's buzzin' 4. Lizzo's Bootygate 5. Is glamorizing obesity causing more harm than good? 6. SPORTS CORNER: Michael Vick being Treated unfairly or is this what he deserves? 7. Best Christmas Movies of All time. Talkin' with Da Guru 8. Orgasms save lives! Meep Meep --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brunchingpod/message

We make our triumphant return!! We discuss every topic this week and involve a scenario with it. This episode you are going to love!! The Chicken Wars Continues No2K: Omarion decides the best revenge is served cold…goes on tour solo Silver Surfer Kanye Lizzo: Secret Genius Delishis and Raymond Santana get engaged Eminem and Fofty vs. Nick cannon Should men be able to have multiple wives? A Ghanian gospel singer is on a campaign to make it happen This Week in Racism: George Zimmerman sues Trayvon Martin’s family   Subscribe to the show on any podcast catcher or streaming service Leave us a comment on I-TUNES and let us know what you think about the show!! Follow us on twitter @straightolc email us at straightolc@gmail.com  Hit the Voicemail at 641-715-3900 Ext. 769558

What's the Holidays without fabness & foolery?!  Natasha and YBF's New York Correspondent James Terrell chop it up from Samsung 837's Podcast Studio about "Real Fish" queen Tanqueray, engagement queen Toya Wright, engagement clout queen Deelishis and Central Park 5's Raymond Santana, Jordyn Woods (finally) letting Khloe Kardashian have it ever so politely,  Justin Timberlake thinks we're dumb about his (semi) cheating with his blackish co-star, open relationships being more common than we think, what qualifies as cheating exactly, "Home-cumming," why people need to stop asking Billy Dee Williams questions, Jason Derulo's thirst trap gone wrong (or right?) and more. Plus, Ish You Should Be Watching But You're Not is back.  You gotta listen for the new Netflix show Natasha's promises you'll be obsessed with if you stopped scrolling past it. SUBSCRIBE: Spotify, Google and anywhere you get your podcasts!   VISIT: TheYBF.com for ALL the updates on the latest celebrity, pop culture & entertainment news.   Buy the hair, Mayvenn Hair will cover your install! Music from https://filmmusic.io "Werq" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Welcome to Episode 15 of The Skorpion Show. On this episode we discuss Billy Dee Williams setting the record straight that he's not gay or gender fluid. Also, Ashanti will be joining the upcoming Millennium Tour. Jason Derulo claims he was semi-erect in his Instagram photo that was flagged.  Singer Michelle Williams was unmasked on this week's episode of The Masked Singer. Raymond Santana, of the Exonerated Five is engaged to former reality TV star Delicious. WHY???? We answer your questions and more. 

In this very special episode, we talked to Raymond Santana - one-fifth of the group now known as The Exonerated Five. Raymond and four other young men from NYC were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989. They are now the subject of Ava DuVernay's Netflix series, When They See Us.Seventeen years after being fully exonerated, they are finding their voices again. Raymond was in town for a few hours recently and agreed to give us a few minutes of his time. We think you'll love what he had to say.

INTERNETS! On this episode of The Premium Pete Show, Pete sits down with Returning Guest and Friend RAYMOND SANTANA of The Exonerated 5! Raymond speaks on the importance of continuing to fight the criminal justice system, why he chose Ava Duvernay to tell their story and linking up with her via Twitter, Oprah coining the phrase 'The Exonerated 5', his clothing company Park Madison NYC, how 'When They See Us' changed his life + so much more! Kick Back, Relax + PRESS Play! CHEA!

This story is a sad but triumphant story about 5 boys who were wrongfully convicted of a horrendous crime they did not commit. Khorey Wise confession https://youtu.be/UTpulyO_0kA. Kevin Richardson confession. https://youtu.be/PlGpLtbc_XM. Raymond Santana's confession https://youtu.be/1AyAJZXVxbs. Anton McCrays confession https://youtu.be/0py3G0tIUFIWEBSITE: http://atruesideofcrime.com INSTAGRAM:   https://www.instagram.com/atruesideofcrime FACEBOOK:  https://www.facebook.com/atruesideofcrimePATREON: https://www.patreon.com/atruesideofcrime PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=6G47HLFYBVGCE¤cy_code=USD--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atruesideofcrime/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atruesideofcrime/supportSupport the show

S1E1: UPDATED EPISODE: Raymond Santana: The Central Park Jogger Case Raymond Santana served 7 years in prison after being falsely accused of the rape and brutal beating of the Central Park Jogger in 1989. Raymond was just 14 years old when he was arrested for the attack on Trisha Meili in New York City’s Central Park. Despite a lack of evidence, the prosecution pursued his conviction of rape and assault. He was finally exonerated in 2002 when serial rapist and murderer Matias Reyes confessed from prison that he was the one who attacked Meili. Raymond is now an activist, clothing designer, and public speaker, and is featured in the hit Netflix series When They See Us. www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava For Good Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1 and PRX.

April Ryan speaks with Dr. Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, and Raymond Santana of the Exonerated 5.

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So Mouse is OT without the Guys, and taps in with @NY_Wiseass, and one of the Exonerated 5, Mr. Raymond Santana. They speak about the movie, life after the movie, and the real about what happened before and after the case. This is Part 1 of 3. Stay tuned! --- This episode is sponsored by · Zhou Nutrition: At Zhou Nutrition, we believe greatness comes from within. We make supplements in our own facilities in the heart of Utah with carefully crafted formulations to support essential wellness, mind, mood, beauty, and the keto lifestyle. https://www.zhounutrition.com/ · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Lamont Banks, Cliff Stewart, and Lisa Stewart of the Colorado exoneration firm A Just Cause discuss what happens when the wheels of justice trample unbridled over the rights of innocent Americans.   Although the American system of justice is the most-respected worldwide, it is still a system designed, and operated, by humans, which means it's not perfect. Lamont, Cliff and Lisa will highlight ongoing struggles against "the system" and what happens when justice miscarries against our American citizens. A Just Cause is currently campaigning for IRP6," who are wrongly imprisoned in Florence, CO for a crime they didn't commit. Read full story: www.freetheirp6.org.  For more information, about A Just Cause and to Donate to the IRP6 legal defense fund, visit www.a-justcause.com. Follow us on Twitter: @AJCRadio, @A_JustCause, @FreeTheeIRP6,  @FreeeTheIRP6 and Like our Facebook Pages: https://www.facebook.com/AJustCauseCoast2Coast, https://www.facebook.com/AJustCauseCO, and https://www.facebook.com/FreetheIRP6 Thank you for your support!

Our thoughts on the riveting docu-series of Ava Duvernay's "When They See Us" and criminal justice as a whole. We discuss the inequities and redemption specifically of  Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, and Korey Wise. Let's Talk!

The Central Park 5—We Are Free Dr. Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana are two of the Central Park 5, men who are portrayed in the amazing new film When They See Us. They lost their freedom, their dignity, and their lives but they persevered and now they’re exonerated and they’re the subjects of a film by Ava Duvernay. We talk about everything in this almost two hour interview. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 76Host & Writer: ToureSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Brandon TagoePhotographer: Chuck MarcusThe House: DCP Entertainment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This special podcast episode features the first-ever conversation between Oprah and the five exonerated men who were once known as The Central Park Five. Their story is dramatically told in the Netflix series, “When They See Us,” a historical account of the five teenagers wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in Central Park in 1989. The four-part Netflix series focuses on the young men—Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise—who were sentenced between five and 15 years in prison and juvenile detention centers. In 2002, all five men were exonerated of their crimes after DNA evidence and a confession from the lone attacker, Matias Reyes, proved their innocence.  

Lamont Banks, Cliff Stewart, and Lisa Stewart of the Colorado exoneration firm A Just Cause discuss what happens when the wheels of justice trample unbridled over the rights of innocent Americans.   Although the American system of justice is the most-respected worldwide, it is still a system designed, and operated, by humans, which means it's not perfect. Lamont, Cliff and Lisa will highlight ongoing struggles against "the system" and what happens when justice miscarries against our American citizens. A Just Cause is currently campaigning for IRP6," who are wrongly imprisoned in Florence, CO for a crime they didn't commit. Read full story: www.freetheirp6.org. For more information, about A Just Cause and to Donate to the IRP6 legal defense fund, visit www.a-justcause.com. Follow us on Twitter: @AJCRadio, @A_JustCause, @FreeTheeIRP6,  @FreeeTheIRP6 and Like our Facebook Pages: https://www.facebook.com/AJustCauseCoast2Coast, https://www.facebook.com/AJustCauseCO, and https://www.facebook.com/FreetheIRP6 Thank you for your support!

This special podcast episode features conversations with When They See Us creator, co-writer and director Ava DuVernay together with the talented cast of the four-part docu-drama from Netflix. Since its release on May 31st, Netflix says When They See Us has been the most-watched series on the platform. Based on a true story, When They See Us is an historical account of the five teenagers wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in Central Park in 1989. The four-part series focuses on the young men – Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise – who were sentenced between five and 15 years in prison and juvenile detention centers. In 2002, all five men were exonerated of their crimes after DNA evidence and a confession from the lone attacker, Matias Reyes, proved their innocence. Vanity Fair said, “But even the most eloquent and evocative documentaries don’t involve the viewer as deeply as a brilliant acting performance, the kind that DuVernay gets from Jharrel Jerome (as Korey Wise), Marquis Rodriguez (Raymond Santana), Ethan Herisse (Yusef Salaam), Asante Blackk (Kevin Richardson) and Caleel Harris (Antron McCray). Empathy springs from the tiny emotional inflections that make it all so agonizingly real.” In the second episode, Oprah speaks with the real-life exonerated five.

On Episode 56 of “That’s What I’m Saying!” the podcast, The Ratchet Minute congratulates Yung Miami, Cassie and Wendy Williams on their new editions. [06:03] On the Woke Minute, the ladies discuss Ava Duverney’s important film, “When They See Us” the true story of the 5 black boys, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Mcray, Yusef Salam and Korey Wise, who were falsely arrested and convicted of raping a 28 year old white woman in Central Park. [26:50] On the Weekend D**k Report, the ladies give advice to a male listener who believes his girlfriend may be cheating on him. [36:44] On the “I Reminisce, I Reminisce” Minute, Ny brings us back to 1993 to Wu Tang Clan’s “The Mystery of Chessboxing”. [40:28] The episode ends with the ladies showing their support for UnSun.

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"When They See Us" is a powerful mini series on the so called Central Five a name given to them by the media to categorize them but they have names: Korey Wise, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, and Raymond Santana. We are going to call them the fighting five as they never stop fighting or accepted what so many labeled them as, animals, monsters, or thugs instead of little boys who had their youth taken for a crime that it was clear from the beginning they didn’t commit. When They See Us is a story of the dehumanization of black men. It's the story of the dehumanization of those incarcerated and formerly incarcerated. It’s the story of how mass incarceration affects not just the individual incarcerated but entire families. It’s the story of systemic failures we continue to see; the failure of prosecutors, police, the press and politicians. It's the story of fear and race and how they two always seem to converge in America. When they See Us is an indictment on justice and the ideals we supposedly have of a free country in America.

Lamont Banks, Cliff Stewart, and Lisa Stewart of the Colorado exoneration firm A Just Cause discuss what happens when the wheels of justice trample unbridled over the rights of innocent Americans.   Although the American system of justice is the most-respected worldwide, it is still a system designed, and operated, by humans, which means it's not perfect. Lamont, Cliff and Lisa will highlight ongoing struggles against "the system" and what happens when justice miscarries against our American citizens. A Just Cause is currently campaigning for IRP6, who are wrongly imprisoned in Florence, CO for a crime they didn't commit. Read full story: www.freetheirp6.org.  For more information, about A Just Cause and to Donate to the IRP6 legal defense fund, visit www.a-justcause.com. Follow us on Twitter: @AJCRadio, @A_JustCause, @FreeTheeIRP6,  @FreeeTheIRP6 and Like our Facebook Pages: https://www.facebook.com/AJustCauseCoast2Coast, https://www.facebook.com/AJustCauseCO, and https://www.facebook.com/FreetheIRP6 Thank you for your support!

As we embark on week two of our "C'Mon Son!" Complex Con seven-week summer series, we're running back our interview with Raymond Santana. Dubbed "the Central Park Five," Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise were coerced into giving false confessions by prosecutors, before spending a number of years behind bars. Everyone is talking about Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us" since it's release, so it's only right we recap our teary-eyed interview with Mr. Santana. Brace yourselves everyone, this is rough to get through. REMINDER: One lucky C’Mon Son! listener PER WEEK can email Ed Lover directly at CMonSonThePodcast@Gmail.com, tell us why you want to be at ComplexCon, Ed will pick the best response, read it on NEXT week’s episode AND there’s a high chance – Ed Lover will hand deliver your passes to you right here in Chicago. Seven weeks. Seven episodes. Seven pairs of Complex Con passes. It’s that simple!

Heat Heat and more Heat!!!!!!!!!!! Your two favorite Nobodies are standing with the "Central Park 5" Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kory Wise. We take a deep dive into the Netflix series. What took the United States years to figure out, The Nobodies figured it out in one podcast. The CONpod has the answer to Reparations!!!!!!!!!! And one of us says Bye Bye to social media, All that plus much much more!!!!!!!! @theconpodcast @pretty_boy_boogie

On this bonus episode of Kickin’ & Streamin’ Podcast, Jocelyn & Graham discuss the gut-wrenching, absolutely heartbreaking Netflix mini-series “When They See Us,” created, and directed by the phenomenal director Ava Duvernay (Selma). This series tells the story of five teenagers: Korey Wise, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusuf Salaam, and Raymond Santana, four blacks and one Latino who were falsely accused of raping a 28 year-old white Central Park jogger in April of 1989. Jocelyn and Graham make a full disclaimer by telling how neither of them were able to watch the series in its completion due to the inevitable sensation of anger, impotence, and frustration one experiences while watching the series. Jocelyn exhorts young listeners to make sure to watch the series or at least read about the real-life case; which went on to be dubbed “The Central Park 5.” Graham tells Jocelyn how he only learned about The Central Park 5 case during the 2016 election cycle as result of Donald Trump’s candidacy and eventual ascent to the presidency of the United States. The Central Park 5 was a frequent reference during said election cycle because at its height, Donald Trump took a full-page ad in several New York City newspapers demanding the death penalty for the five teenagers. Graham also explains how very little was known about The Central Park 5 case in the Caribbean at the time it occurred because people are taught to idealize the United States as a place where such grave miscarriage of justice doesn’t occur, not in modern times at least; therefore it was more painfully disappointing for Graham to learn The Central Park 5 case was very recent history. The conversation continues and Graham talked about the guilty feelings he experienced after the killing of Trayvon Martin, and Tamir Rice, Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rss/kickinandstreaminpodcast?auth=QVLr3ZF4bBkffNZls4lBWTuUc2Tb0MD0)

This is not an easy one to write about.In 1989 case of Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray and Kevin Richardson has taken new life in the form of of a Netflix TV series. Whenever I talk about the film, I can’t help but mistakenly call it a documentary. Rather that’s a slip of the tongue or just pure negligence on my part, I wont ever know. But what I do know is one thing: This story should be required viewing for everyone, anywhere.In case you haven’t heard the story of the Central Park Five or what is also known as the Central Park Jogger Case, a young woman, Trisha Meili went jogging one night and was brutally attacked. At the same time, several kids were out at night hanging out in the park or wilding as the investigators would later refer to it as they mock the kids in the investigation room. The prosecutor and police decided to convince the boys that they committed the crime and then hang these boys out to dry.A few things happen here: Ava shows us in stark detail how these boys were treated. Ava shows us how their families reacted. Ava shows us how much time as past when the boys (yes they were kids) are locked away and the world passes them by. You are forced to stare as Ava shows you the reality of solitary confinement. And then finally, in one scene that will crumble the soul, we are forced to reckon with the question: What if I had just not gone to the park…Watch this documentary. Watch it all. Don’t forget it. You don’t have a choice. Watch.The HBO miniseries Chernobyl is full of creeping dread as strong the radiation that’s being pumped out. We follow Valery Legasov and Boris Shcherbina, played Jared Harris and Stellan Skarsgard, as they try to clean up the worst man-made disaster ever. What many don’t realize is how close the world could have come to an end. A quick fact check shows the show is pretty accurate. How’s that for a history lesson?Chernobyl highlights two things, the sacrifices the Russian people made to save the world from their own mistake and the ludicrous, backstabbing, paranoid people who run their government. With every triumph Legasov makes another unforeseen problem arises. The water supply is infected, another even larger explosion happens, killing the world with radioactive fallout. I was on the edge of my seat watching him try to calmly think the problem through as the geiger counter clicks louder and louderOne aspect that I love about this show is the almost still life shots of the abandoned areas. Seeing the empty streets, classrooms, and homes with food on the table creates this haunting eerie motif that carries you through from scene to scene. In the back of your mind you keep telling yourself that they’ll be alright knowing full well that these men were being bombarded with massive doses of radiation shortening their lives.Chernobyl has a supernatural quality to it. It’s real life horror story. Five episodes 1 hour apiece available on HBO. Watch

In today's episode, we discuss the movie "Ma" and the Netflix series "When They See Us". "Ma" ended up being "Carrie" but WITHOUT the logic, great narrative and with tons of plotholes (but "crazy" Octavia was fun to watch). Also, Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us" is brilliant with superb acting all around even though it is a story that is hard to watch. And, the irony that Felicity Huffman plays Linda Fairstein. No desserts today, but want to shout out Raymond Santana's clothing line @parkmadisonNYC Please visit us at @4layeredtakes and don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes and Google Play! 

TBB Talks to Reece Noi about his Initial reluctance to take a role in Ava DuVernay's Central Park Five Netflix series 'When They See Us' . When They See Us (originally Central Park Five) is a 2019 American drama web television miniseries created, co-written, and directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix. Premiering on May 31, 2019 When They See Us is based on the true story of the Central Park jogger case from 1989 which resulted in five teenagers - four African-American - Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise and one Latino, Raymond Santana convicted of a rape they did not commit.  After the five spent between 6 and 13 years in prison, in 2002, Matias Reyes, a convicted murderer, and serial rapist, confessed to raping the jogger. Resulting in their exoneration and a $41million settlement.  British actor Reece Noi (Waterloo Road, Game of Thrones) was headhunted by DuVernay herself to join the cast of When They See Us eventually landing the role of Matias Reyes.  When They See Us is on Netflix now

Hosts Shaka, Alexis, Aj, and Kittie discuss Ava Duvernay's WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the true story of the Central Park Five! Join us for Ava DuVernay's brand new mini series that tackles the hard hitting issues of the criminal system during the Central Park Five case. On the WHEN THEY SEE US AFTERBUZZ TV AFTERSHOW PODCAST, we'll be discussing the dynamics and facts from an analytical standpoint as well as touching on the political undertones and conversations sparked by each episode. Subscribe, rate, and comment with your thoughts on the show! About When They See Us: When They See Us extends from 1989 when five Harlem teens were, according to Dominic Patten, “convicted first in the media and then twice in the courts for the brutal rape of a jogger in the NYC park to 2014 when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise saw their names finally cleared. Having been vilified by New Yorkers back in the late 80s and forced to spend years in jail each, the five sued New York City and settled for just over $40 million about four years ago. Before you take another breath, take into account that sum that works out to around $1 million for every year they collectively spent tossed behind bars for a terrible crime they never committed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Shaka, Alexis, Aj, and Kittie discuss Ava Duvernay's WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the true story of the Central Park Five! Join us for Ava DuVernay's brand new mini series that tackles the hard hitting issues of the criminal system during the Central Park Five case. On the WHEN THEY SEE US AFTERBUZZ TV AFTERSHOW PODCAST, we'll be discussing the dynamics and facts from an analytical standpoint as well as touching on the political undertones and conversations sparked by each episode. Subscribe, rate, and comment with your thoughts on the show! About When They See Us: When They See Us extends from 1989 when five Harlem teens were, according to Dominic Patten, “convicted first in the media and then twice in the courts for the brutal rape of a jogger in the NYC park to 2014 when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise saw their names finally cleared. Having been vilified by New Yorkers back in the late 80s and forced to spend years in jail each, the five sued New York City and settled for just over $40 million about four years ago. Before you take another breath, take into account that sum that works out to around $1 million for every year they collectively spent tossed behind bars for a terrible crime they never committed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Shaka, Alexis,and Kittie discuss Pt. 3 of Ava Duvernay's WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the true story of the Central Park Five!  Join us for Ava DuVernay's brand new mini series that tackles the hard hitting issues of the criminal system during the Central Park Five case. On the WHEN THEY SEE US AFTERBUZZ TV AFTERSHOW PODCAST, we'll be discussing the dynamics and facts from an analytical standpoint as well as touching on the political undertones and conversations sparked by each episode. Subscribe, rate, and comment with your thoughts on the show! About When They See Us: When They See Us extends from 1989 when five Harlem teens were, according to Dominic Patten, “convicted first in the media and then twice in the courts for the brutal rape of a jogger in the NYC park to 2014 when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise saw their names finally cleared. Having been vilified by New Yorkers back in the late 80s and forced to spend years in jail each, the five sued New York City and settled for just over $40 million about four years ago. Before you take another breath, take into account that sum that works out to around $1 million for every year they collectively spent tossed behind bars for a terrible crime they never committed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Shaka, Alexis, and Kittie discuss the final episode of Ava Duvernay's WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the true story of the Central Park Five!  Join us for Ava DuVernay's brand new mini series that tackles the hard hitting issues of the criminal system during the Central Park Five case. On the WHEN THEY SEE US AFTERBUZZ TV AFTERSHOW PODCAST, we'll be discussing the dynamics and facts from an analytical standpoint as well as touching on the political undertones and conversations sparked by each episode. Subscribe, rate, and comment with your thoughts on the show! About When They See Us: When They See Us extends from 1989 when five Harlem teens were, according to Dominic Patten, “convicted first in the media and then twice in the courts for the brutal rape of a jogger in the NYC park to 2014 when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise saw their names finally cleared. Having been vilified by New Yorkers back in the late 80s and forced to spend years in jail each, the five sued New York City and settled for just over $40 million about four years ago. Before you take another breath, take into account that sum that works out to around $1 million for every year they collectively spent tossed behind bars for a terrible crime they never committed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Shaka, Alexis, and Kittie discuss the final episode of Ava Duvernay’s WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the true story of the Central Park Five! Join us for Ava DuVernay's brand new mini series that tackles the hard hitting issues of the criminal system during the Central Park Five case. On the WHEN THEY SEE US AFTERBUZZ TV AFTERSHOW PODCAST, we'll be discussing the dynamics and facts from an analytical standpoint as well as touching on the political undertones and conversations sparked by each episode. Subscribe, rate, and comment with your thoughts on the show! About When They See Us: When They See Us extends from 1989 when five Harlem teens were, according to Dominic Patten, “convicted first in the media and then twice in the courts for the brutal rape of a jogger in the NYC park to 2014 when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise saw their names finally cleared. Having been vilified by New Yorkers back in the late 80s and forced to spend years in jail each, the five sued New York City and settled for just over $40 million about four years ago. Before you take another breath, take into account that sum that works out to around $1 million for every year they collectively spent tossed behind bars for a terrible crime they never committed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hosts Shaka, Alexis,and Kittie discuss Pt. 3 of Ava Duvernay’s WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the true story of the Central Park Five! Join us for Ava DuVernay's brand new mini series that tackles the hard hitting issues of the criminal system during the Central Park Five case. On the WHEN THEY SEE US AFTERBUZZ TV AFTERSHOW PODCAST, we'll be discussing the dynamics and facts from an analytical standpoint as well as touching on the political undertones and conversations sparked by each episode. Subscribe, rate, and comment with your thoughts on the show! About When They See Us: When They See Us extends from 1989 when five Harlem teens were, according to Dominic Patten, “convicted first in the media and then twice in the courts for the brutal rape of a jogger in the NYC park to 2014 when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise saw their names finally cleared. Having been vilified by New Yorkers back in the late 80s and forced to spend years in jail each, the five sued New York City and settled for just over $40 million about four years ago. Before you take another breath, take into account that sum that works out to around $1 million for every year they collectively spent tossed behind bars for a terrible crime they never committed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hosts Shaka, Alexis, Aj, and Kittie discuss Ava Duvernay’s WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the true story of the Central Park Five! Join us for Ava DuVernay's brand new mini series that tackles the hard hitting issues of the criminal system during the Central Park Five case. On the WHEN THEY SEE US AFTERBUZZ TV AFTERSHOW PODCAST, we'll be discussing the dynamics and facts from an analytical standpoint as well as touching on the political undertones and conversations sparked by each episode. Subscribe, rate, and comment with your thoughts on the show! About When They See Us: When They See Us extends from 1989 when five Harlem teens were, according to Dominic Patten, “convicted first in the media and then twice in the courts for the brutal rape of a jogger in the NYC park to 2014 when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise saw their names finally cleared. Having been vilified by New Yorkers back in the late 80s and forced to spend years in jail each, the five sued New York City and settled for just over $40 million about four years ago. Before you take another breath, take into account that sum that works out to around $1 million for every year they collectively spent tossed behind bars for a terrible crime they never committed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hosts Shaka, Alexis, Aj, and Kittie discuss Ava Duvernay’s WHEN THEY SEE US, which tells the true story of the Central Park Five! Join us for Ava DuVernay's brand new mini series that tackles the hard hitting issues of the criminal system during the Central Park Five case. On the WHEN THEY SEE US AFTERBUZZ TV AFTERSHOW PODCAST, we'll be discussing the dynamics and facts from an analytical standpoint as well as touching on the political undertones and conversations sparked by each episode. Subscribe, rate, and comment with your thoughts on the show! About When They See Us: When They See Us extends from 1989 when five Harlem teens were, according to Dominic Patten, “convicted first in the media and then twice in the courts for the brutal rape of a jogger in the NYC park to 2014 when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise saw their names finally cleared. Having been vilified by New Yorkers back in the late 80s and forced to spend years in jail each, the five sued New York City and settled for just over $40 million about four years ago. Before you take another breath, take into account that sum that works out to around $1 million for every year they collectively spent tossed behind bars for a terrible crime they never committed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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S6E13: Three Decades Later: Raymond Santana and the Central Park Jogger Case It’s been almost 30 years since the brutal rape and beating of the Central Park Jogger that sent five innocent men to prison—they were known as the Central Park Five. This case and their stories captivated New Yorkers. This season we heard from one of the five: the incredible Yusef Salaam. But the first guest on Wrongful Conviction was Raymond Santana, and as the sixth season of Wrongful Conviction comes to an end, we are looking back. Raymond was only 14 years old when he was wrongfully convicted of the rape and assault of the Central Park jogger in 1990. He was finally exonerated in 2002 when serial rapist and murderer Matias Reyes confessed from prison that he committed the crime. www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava For Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1 and PRX.

Tune in as we welcome Raymond Santana @parkmadisonnyc. Raymond is 1/5 of the Central Park 5. Listen as he tells the story of a tragic night in NYC that tore apart so many lives. His story is one of truth, survival, and triumph.

Famed director Ava DuVernay recently announced via social media that she's casting for her latest directorial project on Netflix about the "Central Park Five," one of the first cases to use meticulous DNA testing that led to the exoneration of five wrongfully accused teenagers. The five-part series will focus on each of the Harlem teens at the center of the story: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise. Ed Lover sat in-studio with Raymond Santana as he tells his side of the incident, his view of the justice system today, being coerced by the police as a young teen and if his payout from the city of New York compensated for what he went through after five years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Enjoy this week's episode of "C'Mon Son!" The Podcast, featuring Raymond Santana from The Central Park Five. “In their journey, we witness five innocent young men of color who were met with injustice at every turn — from coerced confessions to unjust incarceration to public calls for their execution by the man who would go on to be the president of the United States.” - Ava DuVernay

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from February 13, 2018. For more go to http://www.tytnetwork.com/join. Hour 1:  Segment 1  Cenk. Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday offered what was perhaps the most bizarre assessment yet of former President Barack Obama's official portrait by suggesting an artist included "sexual innuendo" in his depiction of the 44th president. A now-deleted post on Hannity's website claimed the portrait, painted by Kehinde Wiley, featured "secret sperm cells," seemingly referencing the detail of Obama's temple in the painting. In a since-deleted tweet on this, Hannity wrote, "Obama's portrait - a stark contrast to predecessors with inappropriate sexual innuendo." A conservative activist in Minnesota introduced a resolution last week to “minimize and eliminate the influence of Islam” in the state’s Republican Party. Jeff Baumann, a notorious anti-Muslim activist in Minnesota’s Senate District 36, also urged in the resolution that “no Islamic leader, religious or otherwise, shall ever be allowed to deliver the invocation at any Republican convention or event.” The resolution further called for “legislation, policies, and educational programs [to] be implemented... so as to evermore minimize and eliminate the influence of Islam within Minnesota, including Minnesota schools.” Two members of the Central Park Five spoke to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday night, and they argued that President Trump‘s defense of Rob Porter fits in quite well with Trump’s pattern of behavior. Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana were wrongfully convicted of raping and assaulting a jogger back in the ’90s. Trump not only called for their executions with a full page New York Times ad, but he still believes the two men are guilty despite both of them being exonerated by DNA evidence. Federal records show that Michael and Donna Nicholson, parents of the GOP candidate Nicholson, both gave the maximum $2,700 donation in December to U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the Wisconsin Democrat Nicholson hopes to unseat later this year. Segment 2  A second grade teacher from Texas died of the flu after she skipped treatment for the virus because it "cost too much." The president’s long-awaited $1.5 trillion proposal, which was released Monday, seeks to leverage $200 billion in direct federal spending over the next decade into an additional $1.3 trillion by relying on state and local tax dollars, as well as private investment. One way to attract private investors to finance infrastructure projects would be to toll roads. Trump’s infrastructure plan would give states more flexibility to toll existing interstate highways ― under the rationale that if you use a road, you ought to pay a price in order to maintain it. Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, considered a potential presidential candidate in 2020, announced Tuesday that she will no longer accept contributions from corporate political action committees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Psychosemantic Podcast (The Psychosemanticast) Join Daeton and a revolving door of guests in discussing politics, movies, and political movies. There may or may not be humor involved. In this episode, Vanessa McEnery calls down to the bomb shelter to talk about ‘The Central Park Five’ a 2012 documentary from documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon. The Central Park jogger case involved the violent assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a female jogger, in New York City’s Central Park, on April 19, 1989. The Movie: The Central Park Five Directed By:Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon The Central Park Five: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise Resources: Vanessa on Twitter and Instagram:@KnittyMnkyGrrl The innocence Project: http://www.innocenceproject.org Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow: http://newjimcrow.com   Campaign to End the Death Penalty: http://nodeathpenalty.org Psychosemantic Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Psychosemanticast

A tragic night in 1989 changed the lives of five young boys from Harlem. ⅕ of the Central Park Five stops by to tell his story of guilty until proven innocent. Raymond Santana was 15 years old when he and a group of guiltless teenagers were accused of sexuality assaulting a female jogger, in Central Park. Raymond discusses the tragic incident, going to prison and proving his innocence. He explains how he turned his life around and introduces some new ventures. The trio talks about Donald Trump's petition to have the five youths executed without credible evidence and what struggles African Americans will face if people don't exercise their right to vote. Press play and expect the unexpected

Always wanted to rap to these brothers. Looking at all their interviews, all we get is the tragedy that was their experience. Raymond Santana shares how fun it was as a kid growing up in Harlem during the late 1980’s. Then the horror. And how he became a part of the “crime of the century”. And of course, his redemption and triumphs. With the recent epidemic of police on Black murders, this story of how 5 innocent children were railroaded by #MyNYPD should be a reminder for us all to always #StayWoke. This might be The Combat Jack Show’s proudest moment for 2014.

We'd hoped to catch up with Kendra Kimbrough, whose dance company is celebrating its 15th Anniversary this weekend (smile), but we were not. Winou Wakayo, director, Rehoboth Economic Development for Women and Children or "REDWC," whose organization just had its first graduation of its first cohort of women entrepreneurs. Visit http://www.wredwc.com/about-us The fundraiser this weekend is a way for the director to support the next class, expand the project and pay for the on-going support for the children whom she is supporting financially.  The fundraiser to support these tenacious women is Saturday Oct 27th the Fund Raiser will be at 2525 8th St (at Dwight) in Studio 12 (the "Sawtooth Building") at 6:30pm EDWC will have a fundraiser for low income women and children in Ethiopia. All proceeds will go directly to the women, and their children, whose tenacity and hope in the face of great adversity is tremendous. Ms. Wakeyo is cooking delicious Ethiopian Cuisine for her guests (smile). Unique and beautiful quilted hot-pads, made by the REDWC women will be for sale. The event is for all ages. We close with an interview with Grace C. Stanislaus, Exceutive Driector, Museum of the African Disapora. She speaks about the current exhibitions: Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès Collection and Tuareg and Anima: Photographs of GRACE by Elisabeth Sunday through Jan. 21, 2013. We close with a short interview with director Ken Burns and subject in Burn's latest doc. The Central Park 5, Raymond Santana. The film is in theatres Dec. 14, 2012. Music: Amikaeyla's "Dreamer" and "Being in Love."