4 chapters across the catalog
A personal anecdote describes a drive through West Virginia with six Black basketball players who were visibly anxious about speeding and police encounters. The story highlights the difference in "real-time calculations" made by Black men versus the host's own oblivious perspective as a white man from Amsterdam. The segment transitions into how "woke culture" has now forced similar speech and behavior calculations onto everyone.
Leaked audio from a 2015 Aspen Institute appearance captures Michael Bloomberg defending "stop and frisk" by claiming 95% of murderers and victims fit a specific minority profile. Bloomberg argued that the most effective way to remove guns from the streets was to "throw them up against the walls and frisk them." While Bloomberg later apologized as he entered the 2020 race, the audio confirms his long-standing commitment to the controversial policing tactic.
The hosts compare their upbringing regarding the police. Adam describes being told to look for an officer if he was ever lost, while Mo explains "The Talk" given to Black children, which emphasizes avoiding police to stay safe. They discuss the "gut physical reaction" triggered by seeing blue lights in a rearview mirror, even when no laws have been broken, and how media coverage exacerbates this fear.
Conservative pundit Larry Elder argues that police are statistically more hesitant to shoot black suspects than white suspects due to fears of racial profiling accusations. Mo pushes back against these statistics, arguing that such talking points are ineffective and alienating to the average Black American. The hosts discuss the difficulty of quantifying these encounters given varying circumstances like location and crime type.
