Systemic

Systemic is an award-winning podcast that uses audio diaries and interviews to document the lives of people working to create change.  In Season 3, the series dives deep into the lives of teenagers at risk of being incarcerated and the steps community leaders, police and legislators are taking to reduce youth gun crime.

 

Season 3 coming in August 2025!
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Latest Episodes

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Bridge

Jason McBride partners with Aurora Police and other Black and brown community leaders to try to keep kids from turning to violence.
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Educate

A young man started skipping school and started getting guns. Then he met Jason McBride, who helped him find a different path.

Dreams

We follow educator Paulina Lerma as she attempts to break the glass ceiling to become a Latina principal

Safe Space

We follow Naomi Lopez as she tries to steer her local school board toward equity policies while addressing her concerns that her gender-fluid child is a target because of some board members’ anti-LGBTQ comments.

No Equity, No Voice

We follow Melissa Hall, a Black parent, as she feels the full impact of withholding equity policies as a school volunteer and a mother of four kids.

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