Segment 1: Missouri's 2015 reform bill means fewer defendants bother to appear in court for traffic violations.
In the wake of Ferguson, then-Missouri governor Jay Nixon signed a sweeping court reform bill to cut down on percieved predatory traffic stops that burdened the poor unduly. Today a judge and a criminal defense attorney questioned the bill's efficacy that has fewer Missourians showing up for their court dates and has created greater workloads for court clerks and support staff.
- Garry Helm, presiding judge of Jackson County Municipal Court
- Marty Kerr, Jackson County attorney
Segment 2, beginning at 24:51: New fiction, non-fiction, and classic literature recommendations.
A collection of contrarian essays critiquing the political establishment of both the right and the left, and a revisionist response to Jane Eyre are just two of the literary works reccomended by our book critics for contemporary and classic summer readings.
- Patience Randle, creator of Ink & Fable
- Whitney Terrell, author and UMKC creative writing professor
Here are the titles recommended on the program:
- "Bird Box" by Josh Malerman
- "Dead Girls and Other Stories" by Emily Geminder
- "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
- "Rendezvous With Oblivion" by Thomas Frank
- "The Book Of Disquiet" by Fernando Pessoa
- "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys
- "Cherry" by Nico Walker
- "Good Talk: Conversations I’m Still Confused About" by Mira Jacon
- "What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky" by Leslie Nneka Arimah
- "Black Jesus And Other Superheroes" by Venita Blackburn
- "Whiskey" by Bruce Holbert
