Episode 407: Brandon Soderberg and Baynard Woods

Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 5:43 p.m.

Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg are the co-authors of the new book\xa0I Got A Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad.\u201cWe really wanted to create some kind of leftist, anti-racist true crime story that we really haven\u2019t seen. The conventions of the thriller often smuggle in all of this really right-wing, pro-police propaganda that all of our cops were raised on\u2014the story of cops having to crash cars and break rules in order to get the bad guys. We wanted to take that and subvert it, using its methods to blow it up from the inside while also being rigorously reported.\u201d\n\nThanks to\xa0Mailchimp\xa0and\xa0The Jordan Harbinger Show\xa0for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@baynardwoods\n@notrivia\n5:30\xa0"Even After the Remaining Charges Were Dropped in Freddie Gray's Death, Mosby Received a Hero's Welcome in Sandtown While the FOP Countered SAO's Arguments"\xa0(Baynard Woods\xa0\u2022 Baltimore City Paper \u2022 August 2016)\n7:00\xa0"Freddie Gray: Judge Declares Mistrial in Case Against Baltimore Police Officer"\xa0(Baynard Woods\xa0\u2022 The Guardian \u2022 December 2015)\n8:00\xa0"What Happened to Tyree Woodson?"\xa0(Baynard Woods\xa0\u2022 Baltimore City Paper \u2022 May 2017)\n8:15\xa0"The Detective and the Rapper"\xa0(Baynard Woods\xa0\u2022 Baltimore City Paper \u2022 October 2014)\n8:15\xa0Longform Podcast #395: Wesley Lowery\n18:00\xa0The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.\xa0(Evan Ratliff \u2022 Random House \u2022 2019)\n28:30\xa0"A Documentary About Baltimore's Notorious Urban Dirt Bike Riders"\xa0(Baynard Woods\xa0\u2022 Baltimore City Paper \u2022 March 2013)\n28:30\xa0Coffin Point: The Strange Cases Of Ed Mc Teer, Witch Doctor Sheriff\xa0(Baynard Woods \u2022 River City Publishing \u2022 2010)\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices