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This week we feature two segments, first up we got to chat with Hill Brown about Asheville’s response to the pandemic in terms of public health, drug use and the houseless communities. Then, Jason Renard Walker talks about his journalism, activism and troubles in the Texas prison system.

We have an astonishingly fun show for ya this week…

First we hear from Deja, the fiance of incarcerated copwatcher Ramsey Orta (who has been persecuted for recording the police killing of Eric Garner in 2014) who is currently being denied personal cleaning items by staff at Midstate CI in New York state. Deja is seeking support to pressure NY to releases Ramsey who is less than 90 days from the end of his sentence for a nonviolent conviction. Then, two members of Unemployed Humans Organizing Help who are organizing rent resistance and lobbying for housing relief for houseless members of the community.​

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