Episode
Part One: Joe Arpaio: America's Favorite Concentration Camp Operator
1:26:53
Published: Tue Aug 17 2021
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Robert is joined by Noah Shachtman to discuss Joe Arpaio.FOOTNOTES: https://archive.is/AmHdM#selection-2143.0-2177.274 https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/24/technology/hoping-people-watch-jail-and-won-t-want-to-visit.html https://archive.is/zOUoh#selection-1343.0-1347.37 https://archive.is/nQcmL https://web.archive.org/web/20080129034231/http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29 http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1929920,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081218232929/http://www.sheriffjoe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=37 https://archive.is/g1b2z#selection-1745.0-1785.137 https://www.thedailybeast.com/before-he-was-the-bane-of-immigrants-joe-arpaio-was-an-immigrants-son https://archive.is/uk9cF https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/09/ariz-sheriff-joe-arpaio-ousted-by-voters-ending-the-24-year-run-of-americas-toughest-sheriff/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaios-posses-9672987 https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/mcso-posse-members-had-sex-drug-and-domestic-violence-offenses/75-2312f62f-a964-4016-8d3e-77bc27322c93 https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/aug/21/arizona-phoenix-concentration-camp-tent-city-jail-joe-arpaio-immigration https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/08/25/how-ex-sheriff-joe-arpaio-wound-up-facing-jail-time-before-trump-pardoned-him/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/prisoners-hang-themselves-in-sheriff-joe-arpaios-jails-at-a-rate-that-dwarfs-other-county-lockups-7845679 https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arpaios-jail-staff-cost-ambrett-spencer-her-baby-and-shes-not-the-only-one-6433038?storyPage=2 https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/in-the-crosshairs-6431626?storyPage=12 https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/a-phony-murder-plot-against-joe-arpaio-winds-up-costing-taxpayers-11-million-6629798 https://www.gq.com/story/joe-arpaio-history Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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