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Latest Episodes

Episode 24: Talking Marvel Comics with Dr. Todd Stephen Burroughs
November 26, 2019

Since October 2019, filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola have been making it known in the press their disdain for Marvel Comics superhero films and how they are impacting the film industry. Read more @ Washington Babylon...

Episode 23: Dr. Tony Monteiro on 2019’s Domestic and Foreign Policy
November 14, 2019

This week, we sit down for an extended conversation with Dr. Anthony Monteiro about our contemporary domestic and foreign politics. Monteiro brings to his analysis a lens informed by the writings of W

Episode 22: John Prince and Shannah Kurland on the Community Safety Act & the Gang Database
October 31, 2019

In part two of our report on the Providence Community Safety Act and the illegal so-called “Gang Database” maintained by the Providence Police, we speak with longtime African American radical community organizer John Prince about being Black

Episode 22: John Prince and Shannah Kurland on the Community Safety Act & the Gang Database
October 24, 2019

Folks, we are approaching the end of the year, meaning it is time for tax-deductible charitable donations. If you have the ability, please consider supporting members organizations of the coalition responsible for passing the Community Safety Act and hol

Episode 21: Vanessa Flores-Maldonado on the Community Safety Act & the Gang Database
October 17, 2019

Vanessa Flores Maldonado is a brave freedom fighter and organizer with the Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM). Read more @ Washington Babylon...

Episode 20 Preview
October 06, 2019

After an extended summer hiatus we are coming back at you very shortly with your irregularly scheduled Washington Babylon podcast! Read more @ Washington Babylon...

Episode 19: Catarina Lorenzo and Arely on the Wyatt in Central Falls RI, Ken Interviews Silky Shah and Dr. Peggy Mustelier about ‘The Shock Corridor’ and Krome Detention Facility [Extended]
August 22, 2019

This week, we bring you an extended special report on the immigration-incarceration industrial complex. Read more @ Washington Babylon...

Episode 18: Elliot Sperber and Andrew Stewart on Utopia & Dystopia
August 01, 2019

This week, Ken is in transit and recovering from jet lag after a whirlwind worldwide reporting trek to parts unknown. Read more @ Washington Babylon...

Episode 17: Margaret Kimberley
July 25, 2019

Andrew sits down to interview Margaret Kimberley. She is a senior columnist and editor with Black Agenda Report whose Freedom Rider column is essential reading for progressives during these interesting times. Read more @ Washington Babylon...

Episode 16: Heather Roberson Gaston
July 18, 2019

Heather Roberson Gaston writes on human rights and has previously published a graphic novel with Harvey Pekar about the Balkan Wars of the 1990s. Read more @ Washington Babylon...