We talk to Stuart Schrader, the author of Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves about the rise of police unions and what, if anything, we can do about them. But first, some discussion of punk bars and a certain viral Tiny Desk performance.

Book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuart-schrader/blue-power/9781541608030/

Stuart's playlists: https://abusablepast.org/

Paid Protest 8/20: https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest?event=2026-06-18T21:00:00

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