3 chapters across the catalog
Madison Grant is introduced as an influential American conservationist and the author of "The Passing of the Great Race." Grant is credited with inventing wildlife management and applying those principles to humans through eugenics. The segment details his role in the New York Zoological Society and his involvement in displaying Ota Benga, a Congolese man, in the Bronx Zoo.
The story of Khalif Browder is presented as a counterpoint to the Rittenhouse trial to illustrate the failures of the justice system for those without resources. Browder spent three years on Rikers Island without a trial for a crime he did not commit, eventually taking his own life after his release. The hosts use this to explain why many people feel the system is racially biased, even when the Rittenhouse case itself was legally sound.
Karen Ames, a longtime Bronx school superintendent, filed a $150 million lawsuit claiming she was fired for refusing to perform the "Wakanda Forever" salute during meetings. The segment details how Ames was allegedly targeted by Chancellor Richard Carranza's "disrupt and dismantle" campaign. The hosts discuss the absurdity of a fictional movie salute becoming a mandatory professional requirement and its historical roots in the Egyptian symbol for Osiris.
