Podcasts True Crime This Is Actually Happening 171: What if you saw inside the belly of the beast?

171: What if you saw inside the belly of the beast?

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 8:01 a.m.

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\\u201cLooking down the barrel of a gun is devastating\\u2026.Although I was a kid it was very clear that there was lots of hate, and I was kind of frozen.\\u201d


Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits


Episode Summary: Growing up surrounded by racism and police brutality, a man tries to understand and heal his past by seeing what\\u2019s really inside the belly of the beast.


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Today\\u2019s episode featured scholar and novelist Dr. Michael Datcher. Michael is author of the critically-acclaimed  New York Times Bestseller Raising Fences, the novel AMERICUS and the book of literary theory ANIMATING BLACK AND BROWN LIBERATION: A Theory of American Literatures. You can find out more about Michael and his work at www.michaeldatcher.com


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Content/Trigger Warnings: violence, lynching, police brutality, explicit language


Intro Music: "Illabye" \\u2013 Tipper

Music Bed: \\u201cCylinder Four/Five\\u201d \\u2013 Chris Zabriskie

 

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