Policing - as both an action and a concept - has been on the front page and at the front of many of our minds over the last several years, as we've reexamined our assumptions around its utility and purpose. When is law enforcement actually needed? When does it go too far? And what does good policing look like? Criminology professor and former Baltimore police officer Peter Moskos has combined his academic training with on-the-ground experience to try and answer those very questions.Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District, by Peter MoskosBroken Windows, by George Kelling and James WilsonWalking in a Police Officer's Shoes: A Conversation with Dr. Peter Moskos - YouTubeGhettoside: A True Story of Murder in AmericaNeighborhoods and Police: The Maintenance of Civil Authority, by George Kelling and James StewartTwo Shades of Blue: Black and White in the Blue Brotherhood, by Peter MoskosIn Defense of Flogging, by Peter Moskoscopinthehood.comPeter's Twitter: @PeterMoskos----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

The first episode of Where We Go Next was recorded just over a year ago. We've talked about a range of subjects since then - from nuclear power, to mRNA vaccines, from Maslow's hierarchy of needs to Montessori's method, just to name a few. But a recurring theme of the podcast - guest after guest - has been identity. How do we understand ourselves and how do we understand one another? How do we create a diversity that strives for common ground while respecting the very things that make us who we are? How do we speak truth to the power of our ego when it threatens to get in the way of progress? Bestselling author and founder of the Moral Courage Project Irshad Manji shows others how to have the courage to do exactly that.Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars, by Irshad ManjiMoral Courage ProjectMoral Courage ED - Diversity Without DivisionIrshad Manji on Firing Line, with Margaret Hoover - VideoWhy the Writer Richard Rodriguez Refuses to Be Put Into a Box - American Magazineirshadmanji.comIrshad's Twitter: @IrshadManji----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Should a storyteller's identity define what stories they're allowed to tell? Does our sex, race, or sexuality set the boundaries around either the fictions we can dream up or the nonfictions we investigate and explore? Filmmaker Nadia Gill is speaking out against a worrying trend within her industry that suggests storytelling might be better off if we all simply kept to "our own."Encompass FilmsSoul Deep, by Encompass FilmsClimbing Out of Disaster, by Encompass FilmsLast Call For The Bayou, by Encompass FilmsWho Are you to Tell That Story?, by Nadia Gill"Decolonize" the Documentary?, by Nadia GillBabies - TrailerCartel Land - TrailerWhores' Glory - TrailerThe Act of Killing - TrailerCutie and the Boxer - TrailerDonald Trump Made Inroads in South Texas This Year. These Voters Explain Why. - Texas TribuneNadia's Twitter: @Egypxican----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

What happens when you're suddenly thrust into the spotlight at the intersection of two of the most pressing topics of our day - the criminal justice system, and the COVID-19 vaccine? Emergency medical physician Dr. Hasan Gokal found himself in the middle of a firestorm after he spent one fateful evening trying to do the right thing.The Vaccine Had to Be Used. He Used It. He Was Fired. - The New York TimesCleared of Accusation He Stole Vaccine, Dr. Hasan Gokal Wonders if His Reputation Will Recover - Houston ChronicleDr. Hasan Gokal on The View - YouTubeHow Israeli Hospitals Administered Leftover Vaccine Doses - Twitter@gokalmd----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Being a "heterodox thinker" often involves being exceedingly content with a whole bunch of people disliking you. Sometimes it's people to the Right of you, then people to the Left, and folks who were your strongest allies two days ago may suddenly hate your guts next Thursday. This is not to say that people who are consistently in one camp aren't principled - far from it. It's more that all of that "going against the grain-ing" can be rather... draining. Author and podcast host Meghan Daum shares what drives her to keep speaking about so many unspeakable things.The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum - SubstackThe Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars, by Meghan DaumThe State of American Friendship: Change, Challenges, and Loss - SurveyI Don't Know What To Think Anymore: A Few Words From Your Host - The Unspeakable PodcastNuance: A Love Story, by Meghan DaumI Left New York for Greener Pastures — and a Puppy, by Meghan DaumSelf Care: A Novel, by Leigh SteinThey Shall Not Grow Old, a documentary by Peter JacksonThe Delve podcast, with guest Meghan Daummeghandaum.comMeghan's Twitter: @meghan_daum----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

It's good to push yourself to think differently - to reexamine your priors, question your beliefs, and change your mind. But it's not enough to switch from Right to Left, or Left to Right, or from Heterodox Pepsi to Heterodox Coke. Introspection is a train without a station - something that should keep going. Writer and YouTube host Brittany Talissa King returns to discuss the sometimes difficult but rewarding task of remaining a work in progress.2 Perspectives, Let's Talk - Live Show with Kimi Katiti - #AmericanShadeDarkHorse Podcast with Brittany Talissa King and Bret WeinsteinFree Black Thought, by Brittany Talissa King for Tablet MagazineA Panel Discussion on Critical Race Theory - #AmericanShadeBlack Like Them, by Malcolm Gladwell for The New YorkerBrittany Talissa King on MediumBrittany's Twitter: @KingTalissa----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

While the United States is now recovering from a year of death, disease, and economic destruction, we still don't know exactly where or how Covid-19 actually began. Molecular biologist Dr. Alina Chan has spent the last year investigating the true origins of the virus, long before it was politically convenient to do so.COVID-19 CoV Genetics - Global Lineage SurveillanceCoronavirus: Facebook Reverses Ban on Posts Claiming COVID-19 Came From Chinese Lab - South China Morning PostMore Questions Than Answers On COVID-19 Origin - The Mehdi Hasan ShowMany Scientists Still Think The Coronavirus Came From Nature - NPRGain of Function Research - WikipediaAlina's Twitter: @ayjchan----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Have you ever found yourself so gripped in the throes of a conflict - with a friend, a family member, some stranger online - that you're blinded by a kind of rage that feels like it could overtake you at any moment? Have you found yourself questioning the other person's sanity, baffled as to why they would ever believe what they believe? Then you've experienced what is known as High Conflict. Bestselling author and investigative journalist Amanda Ripley has spent the last several years figuring out why we get trapped in this kind of conflict, and how we can work together to find our way out.High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, by Amanda RipleyThe Least Politically Prejudiced Place in America, by Amanda RipleyResetting the TableA Guide to Divorce Mediation, by Gary FriedmanNational Association for Community MediationFind Mediators at Mediate.comamandaripley.comAmanda's Twitter: @amandaripley----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Aaron Rabinowitz, host of the Embrace the Void podcast, discusses the philosophical and moral implications of luck. They explore moral luck and its impact on moral judgment, the existential crisis of free will, rethinking education, understanding privilege, and the complexity of ethics and decision-making.

How do we define our "tribes"? That's a word that gets thrown around a lot these days - political tribes, ideological tribes, religious tribes, national tribes... it's just tribalism all the way down. Tribalism, factionalism - whatever you want to call "strong loyalty to one's own social group" - has been with us forever, and we'll never be rid of it. But we can redefine and expand our tribes to include more people, and decrease the animosity we may feel toward our "outgroups." Writer and filmmaker Jay Shapiro has been thinking a great deal about how to do just that.Who Gets to Wear the Hat?: Replacement and Representation, by Jay Shapiro (companion essay to this episode)Opposite Field - a film by Jay ShapiroAre Humans Hard-Wired for Racial Prejudice? - Los Angeles TimesPolitical Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, by Amy ChuaI Can Tolerate Anything Except the Outgroup, by Scott AlexanderYour Roots Are Showing, by Razib Khan"50% of the 5,000 pilots we train in the next decade to be women or people of color." - United AirlinesDeficit Gives a Tarnish to Golden Gate Bridge - The New York TimesFrom “Is” to “Us” the Words That Define Impeachments, by Jay ShapiroMoral Saints, by Susan WolfDilemma Podcast - hosted by Jay Shapiro----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast