Miller Aud-cast #42: Black Guy White Guy Talking

Hello and welcome to Miller Aud-cast, the Missouri Review podcast where we listen to and discuss the finalists for the 2021 Miller Audio Prize. Happy New Year, writers, readers, listeners, and friends. May 2022 look favorably on us as we try to put it all back together, or dismantle it with just purpose. We’re back with episode 42 of the Miller Aud-cast, featuring the latest finalist for the 2021 Miller Audio Prize in Audio Documentary, “The History of Policing Black People in America - with David A. Love,” a segment from the podcast Black Guy White Guy Talking, from Elwyn Laud-Hammond and Zachary Watterson, featuring a conversation with David A. Love. BGWGTalking was born of a friendship across color lines which developed between two fathers willing to deeply unpack truths and untruths and discuss the important personal impact race and race relations have on their lives. Elwyn Laud-Hammond and Zachary Watterson both live in Philadelphia and raise daughters who are about the same age. Elwyn is an appraiser and entrepreneur, and Zach is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer who also works in construction. The audio documentary “The History of Policing Black People in America - with David A. Love - BGWGTalking #10” is a segment of an episode from the podcast, 'Black Guy White Guy Talking,' originally published on September 24th, 2020. In this segment they welcome distinguished professor, journalist, and commentator David A. Love to discuss American Policing; the history of law enforcement in America, the police as an occupying force, and the desperate need to transform racist and violent policing. The beatmaker brainorchestra composed the beats: “Galaxy Tee” is the intro and “2 Sugars” the outro. BGWGTalking is available on Spotify, iTunes and Apple Music. David A. Love is a professor, journalist and commentator who writes investigative stories and op-eds on a variety of issues, including politics, social justice, human rights, race, criminal justice and inequality. He is a writer for CNN, The Appeal, theGrio, First Boulevard, Al Jazeera and BlackCommentator.com. In addition, Love's work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Nation, The Guardian and HuffPost, and he has been quoted by The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic and The New Republic. Aud-cast 43 is right around the corner, so BE ALERT. Thanks as always to the Missouri Review contest editor, Bailey Boyd, and to Patricia Miller, for her generous support for the Miller Audio Prize. A quick reminder: TMR is open for submissions year-round, and we remain dedicated to discovering and publishing the best contemporary writing in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Be heard. Give us the opportunity to discover you: subscribe or submit your work today! In addition, we have tons of marvelous (and free!) creative content to read, listen to, and even watch on our website. Learn more at missourireview.com.