{"podcast":{"title":"Fraudsters","slug":"fraudsters-4890149","podcast_index_feed_id":4890149,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/3YtSHXzs","website_url":"https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7210fe65-5aaa-4204-9d15-a391366c65cf/126c2f44-333e-44e7-ae6f-672cb7979a63/3000x3000/fraudsters-2024-show-art.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The Last Podcast Network","episode_count":136,"summary":"Fraudsters is a true-crime comedy docuseries. Comedians Seena Ghaznavi, JD, Justin Williams, PhD, and Ariel Leaty bring you the scams you love from the fraudsters we hate. Our show merges the chat-cast and the deep-dive to take a humorous look at fraudsters that abuse trust, distort reality, and take advantage of vulnerable people financially. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:17:16.151163+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149"},"episode":{"title":"Locked and Loaded: Reagan’s Crack Offensive","slug":"locked-and-loaded-reagan-s-crack-offensive","published_at":"2024-10-22T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149/locked-and-loaded-reagan-s-crack-offensive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149","url":"https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com","audio_url":"https://stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/3efcc19a-e279-40af-9726-47a519956c3f/episodes/07305a0d-68a1-4e9e-9ed9-9a7002121028/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=3efcc19a-e279-40af-9726-47a519956c3f&awEpisodeId=07305a0d-68a1-4e9e-9ed9-9a7002121028&feed=3YtSHXzs","summary":"We're not done with Reagan just yet! This week, we’re honing in on the crack epidemic and its devastating impact on Black communities. We unpack the 1980s shift in American politics, where Reagan's policies expanded Nixon's \"War on Drugs\" and utilized racially coded language to criminalize Black Americans. We’ve got expert guests, Yasmin Cader, Dr. Sheila Vakharia, and Professor Anne Foster on the show to talk through the anti-drug legislation that introduced harsh mandatory minimums and sentencing disparities, targeting crack cocaine users disproportionately over powdered cocaine users. Hmmm… I wonder why…. All that and we touch on the media’s role in sensationalizing the “crack epidemic,” Congress’s bipartisan support for punitive policies, and all of the devastating consequences of Reagan’s militarization of the War on Drugs.","meta_description":"We're not done with Reagan just yet! This week, we’re honing in on the crack epidemic and its devastating impact on Black communities. We unpack the 1980s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2595,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fraudsters-4890149/episodes/locked-and-loaded-reagan-s-crack-offensive/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fraudsters-4890149/locked-and-loaded-reagan-s-crack-offensive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}