Ep. 9 Copaganda

Hello! This week we're talking TV Copaganda. We talk about Bones, but also a lot of other shows including Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Law and Order: SVU. We're joined this episode by Ashley Frye, a prison abolitionist and fellow Bones lover.

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Some of the articles and resources that we mention:

Mariame Kabe, "Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police," NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html

(And Mariame Kabe is @prisonculture on Twitter)

Emily Nussbaum, "Trauma Queen," NYer

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/10/trauma-queen

Kathyrn VanArendonk, "On TV, Cops Are Always the Main Characters," Vulture

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/tv-cops-are-always-the-main-characters.html

Lara Zarum, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine Made Viewers Sympathize With Cops. That’s a Minor Miracle," Villiage Voice

https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/05/11/brooklyn-nine-nine-made-viewers-sympathize-with-cops-thats-a-minor-miracle/

Harry Waksberg, "Can Brooklyn Nine-Nine Ever Accurately Portray the NYPD?" Vulture

https://www.vulture.com/2015/02/can-brooklyn-nine-nine-ever-accurately-portray-the-nypd.html

Funké Joseph, "The Complications of Liking 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' as a Black Man," Vice

https://www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/funke-joseph