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Motive

Motive

49 Episodes • By WBEZ Chicago • www.wbez.org/shows/motive/8c9f44...
Chicago gangs: Real people. Real stories. A way forward. The new season of Motive explores violence on the streets of Chicago and the former gang members working to stop it.
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Introducing - You Didn't See Nothin
Here's another podcast we think you'll find interest... more
May 1 2023 2m
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6: Aftermath
Host: Patrick SmithProducer: Marie Mendoza...
Mar 2 2023 40m
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5: Collateral Damage
A 14-year-old boy whose father was wounded in a gang... more
Feb 23 2023 37m
The Feeling of Insecurity
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4: Getting In And Getting Out
The gang murder of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams shook Chi... more
Feb 16 2023 32m
Inheriting Street Life
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3: Underpaid And Underappreciated
Host: Patrick SmithProducer: Marie Mendoza...
Feb 9 2023 35m
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2: De/Escalation
Host: Patrick SmithProducer: Marie Mendoza...
Feb 2 2023 35m
A Life-Long Friendship
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1: After the Gunfire
Host: Patrick SmithProducer: Marie Mendoza...
Jan 26 2023 36m
The Consequences of Gang Violence
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'Motive' Season 5 Podcast Trailer
Producer: Marie MendozaHost: Patrick Smith...
Jan 17 2023 1m
Chicago's Gun Violence
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Bonus: Prisoncast
In this bonus episode of Motive, we bring you some e... more
Dec 14 2022 29m
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Motive Presents “Through the Cracks”
From our friends at WAMU and PRX. When 8 year old Re... more
Jun 2 2022 34m
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7: Where Life is Precious, Life is Precious
Prisons helped rural towns, while Black communities ... more
May 19 2022 35m
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6: The Prison Sweepstakes
In the 1980s Illinois leaders held a competition, wh... more
May 12 2022 41m
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5: The Trial
Two Illinois prison guards were tried for beating La... more
May 5 2022 37m
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Update: The Trial, and Other News
A short update on Motive Season Four.
Apr 25 2022 2m
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4: No Justice in Politics
A man goes into prison with a 7 year sentence. But e... more
Apr 18 2022 44m
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3: The Major and Her Crew
State investigators interrogate a high-ranking priso... more
Apr 11 2022 46m
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2: Us and Them
Damaria Bates and Jimia Stokes started their jobs as... more
Apr 4 2022 40m
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1: The Blind Spot
Men in an Illinois prison said they were beaten in a... more
Mar 28 2022 40m
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'Motive' Season 4 Podcast Trailer
Exposing violence and cover ups, the new season of M... more
Mar 14 2022 1m
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8: Bloodlines
Clark Martell was at the vanguard of reviving the wh... more
Oct 23 2020 36m
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7: Tipping Point
Atomwaffen was the most extreme white supremacist gr... more
Oct 16 2020 37m
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6: The New Nazis
How did President Trump, the border wall, and the 20... more
Oct 9 2020 43m
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5: What To Do With Christian
Christian Picciolini grew a violent hate movement fo... more
Oct 2 2020 35m
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4: Boots To Suits
Daytime TV discovered neo-Nazi skinheads and it was ... more
Sep 25 2020 39m
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3: Union And Division
The Chicago Area Skinheads are, by some accounts, th... more
Sep 18 2020 36m
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