#015 - Jarrett Adams - The Prison Industrial ...

Physicist Professor Melvin Vopson joins Peter McCormack to discuss information physics, simulation theory, AI, digital life, consciousness, God, free will, and death.Melvin argues that the universe may be governed by information and computation, and that recent advances in brain ...  Show more

Roman Yampolskiy believes reality itself may not be real.One of the world’s leading AI safety researchers, Roman has spent years warning that humanity is racing toward systems we may never be able to control. But we go somewhere much stranger than artificial intelligence.He belie ...  Show more

Glenn Ford, a Black man, spent thirty years on Louisiana’s death row for a crime he did not commit. He was released in 2014—and given twenty dollars—when prosecutors admitted they did not have a case against him. Ford’s trial was a travesty. One of his court-appointed lawyers spe ...  Show more

Despite best intentions, our criminal justice system is not perfect. Innocent people are frequently accused, convicted, and sent to prison for crimes they didn’t commit. On this show, we explore how this happens by talking with real-life exonerees, famous attorneys who fight for ...  Show more

Hollywood & Crime host Tracy Pattin interviews Lanie Jacobs' defense attorney, Ed Shohat. The veteran criminal lawyer shares his firsthand experience and the daunting challenges he faced in mounting Lanie’s defense during the high-profile murder trial.  

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On February 18, 2001, Robert Hanssen’s career as an FBI agent came to an end. His next tour of duty would be served in the federal penal system as inmate #48551-083. Supermax, the notorious Colorado prison housing terrorists and drug lords, would become his home for two decades. ...  Show more