*The first episode of "On the Issues with Michele Goodwin" is available now!*


As you've come to expect from our reporting here at "Ms". magazine, "On the Issues" is a show that reports, rebels, and tells it like it is. In each episode, host Dr. Michele Goodwin will tackle a different, critically important and newsworthy topic, in conversation with the thought leaders of our time, including leaders and activists, elected officials, scholars and other special guests. The overarching theme of the podcast will center listeners' concerns about advancing the promise of equality and rebuilding our nation.


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*The first episode-available TODAY, Tuesday, June 30 on Apple Podcasts [ [link removed] ], Spotify [ [link removed] ] and MsMagazine.com [ [link removed] ]*-tackles an issue that is critically important in this current moment: *ending police violence in the United States.*

Professor Goodwin is joined in conversation by *Laura Goodman*, who served in criminal justice for 35 years as a police officer, sergeant and deputy chief of police in major metropolitan police departments; *Deirdre Fishel*, director and producer of the documentary film, "Women in Blue"; *Anne Li Kringen*, assistant dean and associate professor of criminal justice at the University of New Haven; and *Song Richardson*, dean and chancellor's professor at University of California, Irvine School of Law.


In this one-hour premiere episode, Dr. Goodwin and her guests explore critical questions about the roles of race and sex in policing, as well as why it matters that there are so few women in law enforcement across the country. They also take on police unions and the hazing that women officers experience.

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