Pod Save the People

Go Where the People Are (with Brittany Young)

This week DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss facial recognition technology, the link between guns and racism, Johns Hopkins ending legacy admissions, and the public perception of Martin Luther King, Jr. Then, DeRay sits down with Brittany Young, who uses the Baltimore dirt bike community to inspire interest in STEM. SHOW NOTES <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider/bs-fe-stem-dirt-bikes-20181129-story.html">More about Brittany and her program </a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html">The New York TImes</a> - The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/08/racism-gun-control-dying-of-whiteness">The Guardian</a> - 'Dying of whiteness': why racism is at the heart of America's gun inaction<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-martin-luther-king-had-75-percent-disapproval-rating-year-he-died-180968664/">Smithsonian </a>- Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/why-we-ended-legacy-admissions-johns-hopkins/605131/">The Atlantic</a> - Why We Ended Legacy Admissions at Johns Hopkins

Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from Kaya Henderson, De’Ara Balenger, and others. Then he sits down for deep conversations with experts, influencers, and diverse local and national leaders. New episodes every Tuesday.