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Podcast: New Jersey Is The World
Episode: Newark Conversations: Alexis Guerreros
Description: Growing up in West Orange in my era, Newark was this looming presence that most families (including mine) had deep roots in. But we were conditioned to fear Newark, to not go there. The stolen car capitol. America's most dangerous city. But now I'm older and wiser and realize that any statistics aside, the relationship between Newark and its suburbs is strange. Very strange, and distant, and dehumanizing. I want to untangle my feelings surrounding this, and the best way I can think to start that process is to talk one on one to people with...