Ep 580: The Alabama Solution

Lock in for our prison industrial complex conversation spurred on by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman's Oscar nominated "The Alabama Solution"! Revisiting a topic also prompted by our episodes on "Sing Sing" and "Where to Invade Next" we get political while examining what Eric Shlosser calls "a set of bureaucratic, political, and economic interests that encourage increased spending on imprisonment, regardless of the actual need" and what Angela Davis described as "a vicious cycle of punishment which only further impoverishes those whose impoverishment is supposedly "solved" by imprisonment." Click the links to find out more about Kinetic Justice and the Free Alabama MovementIf you’re enjoying the show, consider buying us a coffee, sending us an email or hitting us up on Letterboxd, Twitter(X), BlueSky or Instagram!You can catch our episodes early and ad free over on Nebula! Sign up with the link below. It really helps out the pod so we thank you in advance!https://go.nebula.tv/theonlypodcastaboutmoviesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.