Crackdown (podcast)
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| Hosted by | Garth Mullins |
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| Original release | 2019 |
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| Website | crackdownpod |
Crackdown is a Canadian monthly podcast first launched in 2019.[1][2] The podcast was created and hosted by drug users and interrogates Canadian and global drug policy from the perspective of drug user activists who are the most impacted by these policies and fight to change them. The show is hosted by journalist Garth Mullins who talks about his own former drug use on the show.[3][4]
Critical reception
[edit]The podcast won the Third Coast International Audio Festival's Impact award in 2019[5] and The Sidney Hillman Foundation's Canadian Hillman Prize in 2020.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Nagy, Melanie; Slaughter, Graham (October 8, 2020). "'Crackdown' podcast gives drug users a voice in confronting opioid crisis". CTV News. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ Baker, Rafferty (January 30, 2019). "Crackdown podcast tells story of overdose crisis from drug users' perspectives". CBC News. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ Mullins, Garth (September 27, 2019). "On Making 'Crackdown,' a Podcast from the Trenches of the Overdose Crisis". Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ Baker, Rafferty. "Crackdown podcast tells story of overdose crisis from drug users' perspectives". Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "Change Intolerance". Third Coast International Audio Festival. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Canadian Hillman Prize Winners". The Sidney Hillman Foundation. March 4, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2021.