Journalists Emily Previti and Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media present their new limited series, From Words to Weapons, which is focused on survivors of law enforcement trauma. The series is a part of their new Obscured podcast for underreported, complex issues missed by the daily news cycle.

The first season features a range of issues including the right to intellectual freedom in prison, harm reduction, compensation for people who were wrongfully convicted and a limited series about law enforcement trauma survivors.

THE OBSCURED READING LIST:

• An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America - Edwin Raymond with Joe Sternfeld

• Chokehold: Policing Black Men  - Paul Butler

• Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change  - Ben Austen  

• Corrections in Ink: A Memoir  - Keri Blakinger  

• From Enforcers to Guardians: A Public Health Primer on Ending Police Violence  - Hannah L.F. Cooper & Mindy Thompson Fullilove  

• Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment - Angela Davis, ed.

• Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable  - Joanna Schwartz  

• The Holy Trinity of Successful and Healthy Police Organizations: Improving Leadership, Culture, and Wellness - Chad Michael Bruckner 

• The Trayvon Generation - Elizabeth Alexander  

• Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture  - Neil Gross 

• What’s Prison For?  - Bill Keller