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Podcast: Thinking Out Loud
Episode: What Hath a Russian Penal Colony to Do With the US?
Description: In August, eight-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison on drug charges in Russia. Now in a penal colony in Mordovia, Griner’s circumstances have grown more grim as the negotiations for her release continue. Join us as we explore this complex case and consider some of its uneasy parallels in our own nation.