Cited

Cited is no more. We had a great run — over 100 episodes of one sort or another, major awards, and stories we are really proud of — but it’s time to move on. Still, Cited’s legacy lives on through the new projects our team makes, including Crackdown [https://crackdownpod.com/] and Darts and Letters [https://dartsandletters.ca/]. Today, we celebrateCitedand play you a recent episode of Darts & Letters calledDerailed: The Crisis in Forensic Expertise. Subscribe today. [https://dartsandletters.blubrry.net/subscribe-to-podcast/] When it comes to complex social problems, us sensible well-educated book-learnin’ types turn to the experts; we ‘believe science’ — unlike those snorting, hooting, semi-literate dunces. But over the next two weeks, we have two stories that will make you think twice about putting blind faith in experts. What if they don’t actually know what they’re talking about? That happens to be the case with many forensic experts.You know, the folks who work on blood spatter, ballistics, hand-writing analysis, fingerprints, etc. They aren’t Gods, they aren’t magicians, they ain’t anything like what you see on CSI. In fact, they get things terribly wrong; and when they do, the consequences can be catastrophic. We’ll reveal the crisis in forensic expertise, and look for ways to fix it. * First, Brandon Mayfield is an American lawyer who was accused of the Madrid train bombings in 2004. He was later released from prison, given an apology by the United States, and paid restitution. He takes us through his ordeal and the failures of forensic science in his case and beyond. * Next,Judge Nancy Gertner [https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10303/Gertner]was a United States District Judge in Massachusetts and is now Senior Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. She talks about forensic science and its limitations, the structural problems of expertise, and the biases that shape court proceedings. * Then,Gary Edmond [https://www.law.unsw.edu.au/staff/gary-edmond]is a law professor in the School of Law at the University of New South Wales, where he directs the Program in Expertise, Evidence, and Law. He talks about forensic evidence and the tests such evidence is put through — or not. He says forensic science is essential for detecting and resolving crime, but that doesn’t mean experts and their methodologies shouldn’t be challenged, and improved. * Finally, Kevin Flynn is the author of five true crime books and the co-host of the podcastCrime Writers On… [https://twitter.com/CrimeWritersOn?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]He takes us into the changing world of true crime writing and podcasting, including the cultural expressions of — and fascination with — crime. ———-MORE FROM CITED———- If you’re feeling nostalgic to look back, here are some Cited’s best episodes: * The Heroin Clinic [https://www.citedpodcast.com/podcast/the-heroin-clinic/] * The Battle of Buxton [https://www.citedpodcast.com/podcast/the-battle-of-buxton/] * Exiled in America [https://www.citedpodcast.com/podcast/exiled/] —————————-CONTACT DARTS & LETTERS————————- To stay up to date, follow us onTwitter [https://twitter.com/dartsandletters]andFacebook [https://www.facebook.com/dartsandletters]. If you’d like to write to us, email dartsandletterspod@gmail.com or tweetGordon [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en]directly. —————————-DARTS & LETTERS CREDITS—————————- Darts and Letters’ is hosted and edited byGordon Katic [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]. Our lead producer isJay Cockburn [https://twitter.com/JayCockburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor], our assistant producer isPolly Leger [https://twitter.com/pollyleger?lang=en], and our chase producer isMarc Apollonio [https://twitter.com/marcapollonio?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]. Our lead research assistant wasRoland Nadler [https://twitter.com/rolandnadler?lang=en]and we had academic advising fromProfessor Emma Cunliffe [https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/emma-cunliffe], each from the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. We had further research support fromDavid Moscrop [https://twitter.com/david_moscrop?lang=en]. Our theme song was created byMike Barber [http://mikebarber.ca/]. Our graphic design was created byDakota Koop [https://www.dakotakoop.com/]. This episode received support by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research, which is funding our mini-series on the state of forensic science. The scholarly lead on that project is Professor Emma Cunliffe. Darts and Letters is produced in Toronto, which is on the traditional land of Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples. It is also produced in Vancouver, BC, which is on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

***This concludes our run of playing Darts and Letters on Cited. You will see the occasional episode cross-posted, but not each and every week. So now, if you’ve been listening to Darts and Letters here, it ends! You’ve got to subscribe to the new feed [https://dartsandletters.blubrry.net/subscribe-to-podcast/], otherwise you will miss out.*** What’s the matter with Catholics? They are strangely over-represented in the conservative intellectual ranks. From William F. Buckley to Steve Bannon and many others, Catholics have long been the brains of the modern American right. On this holiday episode, we look at the Catholic intelligentsia, and the battle between left and right Catholic voices. * First, in hostGordon Katic’s [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en] opening essay, he discusses his Catholic upbringing. The young atheistic Gordon waged a war of attrition against his parents, and eventually won. Now, he looks at his Catholic upbringing and the broader Catholic intelligentsia with a certain amount of pride, and a certain amount of shame. * Next (@), Kaya Oakes [https://twitter.com/kayaoakes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] was raised Catholic, left the church, and then returned when she found Catholic leftists who did actually share her values. Today, Kaya is a writer, teacher, and essayist closely watching the contemporary battle for the soul of the church; battle between a well-funded Catholic right; and humble grassroots Catholic left. * Then (@), Patrick Allitt [http://history.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/allitt-patrick.html] is an historian of the modern American conservative movement. He too has noticed Catholics dominate the intellectual ranks, and his first book was on this very subject. He discusses William F. Buckley and the anti-Communist conservative Catholics, and explains why Catholicism and conservatism has become a match made in heaven. * Finally, (@) Patrick O’Neill [https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/about/bios/patrick-oneill/] is a writer, journalist, and Catholic peace activist. On April 4th, 2018, he and 6 other Catholic activists broke into the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia to symbolically disarm the nuclear weapons there. He faces 14 months in prison, which will begin in January 2021. It wouldn’t be the first time. Patrick tells us the story of his midnight sleuthing, of being in prison, and the broader movements of left-wing Catholic peace activism. ——————-SUPPORT THE SHOW——————- We need your support. If you like what you hear, chip in. You can find us onpatreon.com/dartsandletters [https://www.patreon.com/dartsandletters]. Patreon subscribers usually get the episode a day early, and sometimes will also receive bonus content. Don’t have the money to chip in this week? Not to fear, you can help in other ways. For one: subscribe, rate, and review our podcast. It helps other people find our work. —————————-CONTACT US————————- To stay up to date, follow us onTwitter [https://twitter.com/dartsandletters]andFacebook [https://www.facebook.com/dartsandletters]. If you’d like to write us, emaildartsandletterspod@gmail.com [dartsandletterspod@gmail.com]or tweetGordon [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en]directly. —————————-CREDITS—————————- This week, Darts and Letters was produced byAlex de Boer [https://twitter.com/alexmdeboer?lang=en] andGordon Katic. [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en]The lead research assistant on this episode was Isabelle Lemelin, with consulting and support from David Moscrop [https://twitter.com/david_moscrop?lang=en] and Andre Gagne [https://twitter.com/profagagne?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]. Our theme song and music was created byMike Barber [http://mikebarber.ca/], and our graphic design was created byDakota Koop [https://www.dakotakoop.com/]. This episode received support by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research,  which provided us a research grant to look at the concept of “public intellectualism.”Professor Allen Sens [https://twitter.com/sensorship?lang=en]at the University of British Columbia is the lead academic advisor. We are also supported by a wider project looking at the rise of far political ideologies – that project is run by Professors Andre Gagne [https://twitter.com/profagagne?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]., Ronald Beiner [https://twitter.com/ronald_beiner?lang=en], and A. James McAdams. [https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/a-james-mcadams/] This show is produced by Cited Media, which makes other great shows likeCited Podcast [https://twitter.com/citedpodcast?lang=en] andCrackdown [https://twitter.com/crackdownpod?lang=en]. Darts and Letters is produced in Toronto, which is on the traditional land of Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples. It is also produced in Vancouver, BC, which is on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

***We’re continuing to play the first few episodes of our new show, Darts and Letters. We’ll run this to the holidays. If you like Cited, you’ll like this. Sosubscribe today. [https://dartsandletters.blubrry.net/subscribe-to-podcast/]*** I can point you to mountains of research about prisons. I can also recommend at least a dozen Netflix documentaries, and highlight a handful of radical activists and scholars. There’s a lot of intellectual work done about prison. But what about intellectual work done in prison? * First, in the opening essay, hostGordon Katic [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en] discusses the long history of radical intellectual though produced in prisons. From Thoreau to Gramsci, MLK, Oscar Wilde, Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, and even Wittgenstein. * Next, Chandra Bozelko [https://twitter.com/chandrabozelko] served 6 years, three months, and 11 days in a women’s prison in Connecticut. While inside, she started an award-winning newspaper column. She tells us what writing did for her, and what everyday prison intellectualism really looks like. * Then, Justin Piche [https://twitter.com/justinpicheh?lang=en] edits one of the most amazing academic journals you will ever come across. It’s called the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons [http://www.jpp.org/]. It has been around for over thirty years. In each and every edition, you will see brilliant scholarly work—it just so happens that this work is written by prisoners themselves —————————-SUPPORT THE SHOW—————————- We need your support. If you like what you hear, chip in. You can find us onpatreon.com/dartsandletters [https://www.patreon.com/dartsandletters]. Patreon subscribers get the episode a day early, and sometimes will also receive bonus content. Don’t have the money to chip in this week? Not to fear, you can help in other ways. For one: subscribe, rate, and review our podcast. It helps other people find our work. —————————-CONTACT US————————- To stay up to date, follow us onTwitter [https://twitter.com/dartsandletters]andFacebook [https://www.facebook.com/dartsandletters]. If you’d like to write us, emaildartsandletterspod@gmail.com [dartsandletterspod@gmail.com]or tweetGordon [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en]directly. —————————-CREDITS—————————- Darts and Letters’ lead producer is Jay Cockburn [https://twitter.com/JayCockburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]. Research and support fromDavid Moscrop [https://twitter.com/David_Moscrop?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]andAddye Susnick [https://twitter.com/addyesusnick?lang=en]. Our theme song and music was created byMike Barber [http://mikebarber.ca/], and our graphic design was created byDakota Koop [https://www.dakotakoop.com/]. This episode received support by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research, which provided us a research grant to look at the concept of “public intellectualism.”Professor Allen Sens [https://twitter.com/sensorship?lang=en]at the University of British Columbia is the lead academic advisor. This show is produced by Cited Media, which makes other great shows likeCited Podcast [https://twitter.com/citedpodcast?lang=en] andCrackdown [https://twitter.com/crackdownpod?lang=en]. Darts and Letters is produced in Toronto, which is on the traditional land of Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples. It is also produced in Vancouver, BC, which is on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

***We’re continuing to play the first few episodes of our new show, Darts and Letters. We’ll run this to the holidays. If you like Cited, you’ll like this. Sosubscribe today. [https://dartsandletters.blubrry.net/subscribe-to-podcast/]*** You know McKinsey and Co. They worked for a company that was fixing the price of bread in Canada. [https://www.vice.com/en/article/epgggz/canadians-are-convinced-mayor-pete-buttigieg-helped-fix-bread-prices]They helped on Trump’s immigration policies, but their ideas were too extreme even for ICE. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/mckinsey-ICE-immigration.html] More recently, they proposed that Purdue Pharma “turbocharge” their sales of OxyContin by offering $14,810 rebates for ODs. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/business/mckinsey-purdue-oxycontin-opioids.html] Yeah, that’s McKinsey. We could go on and on. They have a long and sordid record as ‘capitalism’s willing executioners [https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/02/mckinsey-company-capitals-willing-executioners],’ to quote a Current Affairs article by an insider. Now, they’re coming onto our turf: higher education. So, we take a closer look. What is even is ‘management consulting,’ and is there anything to their methods? * First, in his opening essay, hostGordon Katic [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en]reminds listeners of the infamous case of General Motors and the side saddle gas tank defect of the 1970s and 80s. This story takes us to the world of cost-benefit analysis; a cold, hard logic that puts profits over people. * Next, (@8:20) Kate Jacobson is co-host of the podcast Alberta Advantage [https://albertaadvantagepod.com/], a left-wing podcast in the heart of Canadian conservatism. She warns us that Premier Jason Kenney is using McKinsey as a pretext for his slash-and-burn approach to higher education. * Then, (@31:07) Matthew Stewart turned away from a potential career in academic philosophy to enter the world of management consulting. His tell-all book The Management Myth: Debunking the Modern Philosophy of Business [https://mwstewart.com/books/the-management-myth/] takes us through his own time in consulting, and the broader intellectual history of management science—AKA the art of wringing every last ounce of labour from workers. * Finally (@53:44), Joel Westheimer [https://twitter.com/joelwestheimer?lang=en] is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa. His work asks the basic, core question “what is education for?” He thinks McKinsey does not know how to measure what really counts about education—because ‘not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.’ —————————-SUPPORT THE SHOW—————————- We need your support. If you like what you hear, chip in. You can find us onpatreon.com/dartsandletters [https://www.patreon.com/dartsandletters]. Patreon subscribers get the episode a day early, and sometimes will also receive bonus content. Don’t have the money to chip in this week? Not to fear, you can help in other ways. For one: subscribe, rate, and review our podcast. It helps other people find our work. —————————-CONTACT US————————- To stay up to date, follow us onTwitter [https://twitter.com/dartsandletters]andFacebook [https://www.facebook.com/dartsandletters]. If you’d like to write us, emaildartsandletterspod@gmail.com [dartsandletterspod@gmail.com]or tweetGordon [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en]directly. —————————-CREDITS—————————- This week, Darts and Letters was produced byJay Cockburn [https://twitter.com/JayCockburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]. The lead research assistant on this episode was Franklynn Bartol, with support from our research coordinator David Moscrop [https://twitter.com/David_Moscrop?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]. Our theme song and music was created byMike Barber [http://mikebarber.ca/], and our graphic design was created byDakota Koop [https://www.dakotakoop.com/]. This episode received support by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research, which provided us a research grant to look at the concept of “public intellectualism.”Professor Allen Sens [https://twitter.com/sensorship?lang=en]at the University of British Columbia is the lead academic advisor. This is also part of a wider project looking at neoliberal educational reforms, led by Professor Marc Spooner [https://twitter.com/drmarcspooner?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] at the University of Regina. Professor Spooner provided research consulting on this episode. This show is produced by Cited Media, which makes other great shows likeCited Podcast [https://twitter.com/citedpodcast?lang=en] andCrackdown [https://twitter.com/crackdownpod?lang=en]. Darts and Letters is produced in Toronto, which is on the traditional land of Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples. It is also produced in Vancouver, BC, which is on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

***We’re continuing to play the first few episodes of our new show, Darts and Letters. If you like Cited, you’ll like this. Sosubscribe today. [https://dartsandletters.blubrry.net/subscribe-to-podcast/]*** You’ve seen hilarious videos of the evangelicals for Trump. You might be inclined to ignore them, mock their excesses, or dismiss their threat. But the evangelical right is a force to be reckoned with, even with Trump on his way out. So, who are these evangelicals? What do they believe? For years, evangelicals have been plotting a political course, a far-right “theology” that includes Christian nationalism and spiritual warfare. It’s paying off. And we need to understand why it works, and for whom. This is the first in a series of episodes we’ll be releasing that examine the political philosophies of radical right-wing movements. * First (@8:16), Andre Gagne [https://twitter.com/profagagne?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] is a former evangelical, once “saved,” who turned away from the light of the Church to become a professor. He talks about what he found in the church, the power of “narrative theology,” why he left the church, and why so much of the evangelical experience is powerful – and disconcerting. * Then (@37:24), Chrissy Stroop [https://twitter.com/C_Stroop?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] is an author, activist, and former Christian who has gone from Jesusland to Twitterland. She shares her journey with Gordon, including her creation of #emptythepews, a hashtag that marks the stories of people leaving the church. She warns of the power of fundamentalist enclaves, powerful ecosystems that exist on their own but also reach into the world to draw entrants into them. * Finally (@1:03:21), Bradley Onishi [https://twitter.com/BradleyOnishi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] is a pastor turned professor turned podcaster who Ben Shapiro calls “that religion professor.” He takes on the so-called intellectuals of the far right through his academic research and the podcast he co-hosts with Dan Miller, Straight White American Jesus [https://straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/]. Onishi doing his part to keep the discourse honest, a job that is as essential as it is Sisyphean. ——————-SUPPORT THE SHOW——————- We need your support. If you like what you hear, chip in. You can find us onpatreon.com/dartsandletters [https://www.patreon.com/dartsandletters]. Patreon subscribers get the episode a day early, and sometimes will also receive bonus content. Don’t have the money to chip in this week? Not to fear, you can help in other ways. For one: subscribe, rate, and review our podcast. It helps other people find our work. —————————-CONTACT US————————- To stay up to date, follow us onTwitter [https://twitter.com/dartsandletters]andFacebook [https://www.facebook.com/dartsandletters]. If you’d like to write us, emaildartsandletterspod@gmail.com [dartsandletterspod@gmail.com]or tweetGordon [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en]directly. —————————-CREDITS—————————- This week, Darts and Letters was produced byJay Cockburn [https://twitter.com/JayCockburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] andGordon Katic. [https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en] The lead research assistant on this episode was Isabelle Lemelin, with support from David Moscrop, [https://twitter.com/david_moscrop?lang=en] and consulting from Andre Gagne [https://twitter.com/profagagne?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]. Our theme song and music was created byMike Barber [http://mikebarber.ca/], and our graphic design was created byDakota Koop [https://www.dakotakoop.com/]. This episode received support by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research,  which provided us a research grant to look at the concept of “public intellectualism.”Professor Allen Sens [https://twitter.com/sensorship?lang=en]at the University of British Columbia is the lead academic advisor. We are also supported by a wider project looking at the rise of far political ideologies – that project is run by Professors Andre Gagne [https://twitter.com/profagagne?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]., Ronald Beiner [https://twitter.com/ronald_beiner?lang=en], and A. James McAdams. [https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/a-james-mcadams/] This show is produced by Cited Media, which makes other great shows likeCited Podcast [https://twitter.com/citedpodcast?lang=en] andCrackdown [https://twitter.com/crackdownpod?lang=en]. Darts and Letters is produced in Toronto, which is on the traditional land of Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples. It is also produced in Vancouver, BC, which is on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.