Obscured

We're excited to share Woke AF Daily on our feed with Danielle Moodie powered by DCP Entertainment. The podcast explores the current political climate while waking people up to their power.   As part of our From Words to Weapons series rollout, we were guests on Woke AF Daily .   Special thanks to Woke AF Daily for having us on the show to talk about From Words to Weapons , our reporting and why p...

From Words to Weapons Episode 14 is the final episode in the series.    It features a wrap-up conversation between Emily Previti and Stephanie Marudas.    They discuss the series and reporting developments since the start of the serie s.    Our deepest thanks to everyone who's been list ening ! And if you have a moment, we'd greatly appreciate you sharing Obscured with others who might be interest...

We're excited to share Archival Ecologies with you !     It's an original audio series created and hosted by Jayme Collins, who's a postdoctoral scholar at Princeton University's High Meadows Environmental Institute. Archival Ecologies is produced by Blue Lab — an environmental media and storytelling group at Princeton led by Professor Allison Carruth.   Kouvenda Media partner e d with Blue Lab on...

From Words to Weapons Episode 13 features a panel discussion about supporting survivors of violence.    The conversation focuses on how policy takes shape to support survivors of violence, how the definition of crime versus violence can affect whether someone qualifies for support, and the impact of the Victims of Crime Act or VOCA. The discussion also touches on v arious challenges including fund...

We're excited to share On Being Biracial with you !   On Being Biracial is about biracial experiences and identities in the United States and features more than thirty guests.    The show is co-hosted by Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley, who are biracial journalists based in Philadelphia. Obscured's Emily Previti worked with Daralyse and Malcolm on this podcast .   On Being Biracial is available...

From Words to Weapons Episode 12 features a panel discussion about compensation and care for people who've been wrongf ully convicted .    Our series cover ed this topic in the third episode about Chester Hollman III and the politics of wrongful conviction. If you haven't heard it, we recommend listening to that episode as well .   Obscured partnered with the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administ...

From Words to Weapons Episode 11 features Part 2 of a panel discussion about harm reduction in the context of interactions with law enforcement and solutions that could better promote community well-being and help mitigate mistrust.    Obscured partnered with the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium and the Pennsylvania Action Coalition to hold the discussion with support from the Independence Publi...

From Words to Weapons Episode 10 features Part 1 of a panel discussion about harm reduction in the context of interactions with law enforcement and solutions that could better promote community well-being and help mitigate mistrust.    Obscured partnered with the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium and the Pennsylvania Action Coalition to hold the discussion with support from the Independence Publi...

From Words to Weapons Episode 9 focuses on the parole system and mass incarceration in the United States.    Emily Previti and Stephanie Marudas talk with Chicago-based journalist Ben Austen. He's written a new book, Correction: Parole, P r ison a nd the Possibility of Change .   Ben also is the author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing and the co-host of a podca...

W e're   excited to share   How We Survive   with you! How We Survive is a podcast from Marketplace that explores solutions to the climate crisis. This season, host Amy Scott investigates how people are adapting to the water crisis in the American West.   The Colorado River feeds us and powers our lives by irrigating millions of acres of farmland, supporting 30 Tribal Nations and providing drinkin...

W e're excited to share Bad Watchdog with you!    It's produced by the Project on Government Oversight or POGO.   Season 1 of Bad Watchdog tells the story of what happens when the person tasked with investigating one of the nation's powerful agencies decides to look the other way.   In episode 1, h ost Maren Machles  takes us back to January 6, 2021, to the insurrection at the United States Capito...

From Words to Weapons Episode 8 delves into health care for returning citizens with Dr. Divya Venkat about how law enforcement trauma shows up in her patients and implementing a harm reduction care model.   Divya is a physician and works for the Allegheny Health Network's Center for Inclusion Health. Divya has treated both incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals and shares her perspecti...

From Words to Weapons Episode 7 focuses on Maija Anderson's story and her push to develop a treatment protocol for people after a law enforcement encounter.    Maija has been working on developing a protocol for more than 20 years, with mixed success and support .   Through Maija's story and talking to other researchers and reformers for this episode, Emily Previti reports and shows the obstacles...

From Words to Weapons Episode 6 focuses on how county jails treat people with mental health conditions.   Emily Previti and Stephanie Marudas talk with Pennsylvania-based journalist Brett Sholtis, who investigated this issue in Pennsylvania, about what that looks like and obstacles he's faced during his reporting.   Brett investigated interactions between corrections officers and inmates with ment...

On Episode 5 of the From Words to Weapons series, Hector Rivera shares his experiences of surviving police brutality and seeking accountability . Hi s experiences point to the lack of an effective, uniform structure for police accountability in the United States. Instead, solutions – and outcome s – vary from city to city. And experts on law enforcement oversight say it almost has t o be t hat way...

From Words to Weapons Episode 4 delves into community trauma interventions with Arturo Zinny. The conversation explores what takeaways there might be for people working to address law enforcement trauma and navigating relationships among institutions and communities with lived experience. T here's a small network of researchers and policy makers, around the United States, who are thinking about ho...

From Words to Weapons Episode 3 focuses on Chester Hollman III, who spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit, and the broader political fight over state-administered compensation for people who've been wrongfully convicted. A few years ago, Chester was the subject of a Netflix documentary; this episode picks up where that story left off. We talk with Chester about how he'...

From Words to Weapons Episode 2 focuses on barriers to law enforcement accountability with Joanna Schwartz. Law enforcement accountability in the United States is complex and challenging, especially when it comes to trying to sue the police .     O n this episode, Emily Previti and Stephanie Marudas turn to U CLA Law Professor Joanna Schwart z, a l eading expert on police misconduct litigation in...

In Episode 1 of the From Words to Weapons series, we begin with Jimmy Warren's story. It's the first time he's talking publicly about his gun case that made national headlines in 2016 when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court o verturned his conviction, ruling that p olice hadn't had reasonable suspicion to stop him in the first place. That decision attracted attention because   it estab lishe...

Fatal law enforcement encounters have understandably – and deservedly – captured our attention. But the tens of thousands of Americans who survive trauma inflicted by law enforcement every year are often overlooked. They go without the kind of support our systems offer to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and other forms of trauma. If survivors of other traumas often turn first to pol...

Over the last several years, book bans across the United States have increased. But there's been less attention paid to restrictions on the right to read within prisons and jails and perhaps even more so than before. As part of Banned Books Week , we're building on our previous reporting and bringing you the latest developments on the issue. If you want to hear more about this issue, besides this...

On this introductory episode, meet Emily and Stephanie. They tell the story of how their journalism careers crisscrossed several times before their collaboration and what led them to launching this new podcast for underreported, complex issues missed by the daily news cycle.  To stay up-to-date, make sure to subscribe to  Obscured  and Kouvenda Media's newsletter:   
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Obscured tells stories that unfold largely out of the public eye. Journalists Emily Previti and Stephanie Marudas cover critical issues that don't get much attention in the media, reveal how these issues are complex and overshadowed and aim to cultivate understanding and explore potential solutions. Obscured is produced by Kouvenda Media and mixed by Brad Linder.  Obscured's first season features...

Obscured tells stories that unfold largely out of the public eye. Journalists Emily Previti and Stephanie Marudas cover critical issues that don't get much attention in the media, reveal how these issues are complex and overshadowed and aim to cultivate understanding and explore potential solutions.   Obscured is produced by Kouvenda Media and mixed by Brad Linder. The podcast features :   • Origi...