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Podcast: BBCollective
Episode: Low Block to the Cell Block; A Russian Hostage Crisis
Description: Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week we focus on the ongoing plight of American basketball star Brittney Griner. Unjustly detained in Russia for months under suspect charges of drug possession, Griner’s “trial” has now come and gone, and the result is a conviction and sentence of nine years. Your hosts cover this troubling situation from an assortment of angles: the trial and conviction; what to make of negotiations between the State Department and Russian officials with regard to the prospect of a prisoner exchange; American right-wing reaction to Griner’s circumstances reeking of racist and anti...