'Motive' Season 5 Podcast Trailer

Motive

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

On the West Side of Chicago, a father is seriously wounded by an apparent gang shooting. The worker who comes out to help him heal mentally and emotionally is a former gang member herself. She is part of a growing army of anti-violence workers fighting to bring peace to the streets of Chicago. In Motive Season 5, WBEZ criminal justice reporter Patrick Smith takes listeners out to the streets where workers are trying desperately to prevent shootings and help the victims of gun violence. Episode 1 coming January 26th. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	A man is shot 11 times outside of his home.
0:02.5	I'm a pain.
0:04.2	Damn, we're a big gun.
0:05.8	An anti-violence worker is there to help.
0:07.8	It's really unsafe for him to be here in this location
0:10.7	because they know where he resides.
0:13.4	So we are trying my best to relocate him.
0:18.1	The worker is part of a growing army of former gang members
0:20.8	across Chicago fighting to make peace.
0:23.3	The intervened before it's too late these interruptors.
0:26.2	Turned down the temperature.
0:28.2	Call the cycle of retaliation.
0:32.8	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Patrick Smith.
0:35.7	During the pandemic, a lot of cities in America
0:38.0	experienced a spike in gun violence.
0:40.6	Now, the government is investing money into a different way
0:43.5	to solve this crisis.
0:45.3	Anti-violence workers who are close enough to the violence,
0:48.4	they can touch it.
0:50.0	On this season of the Motive Podcast,
0:51.8	we'll take you out to the streets
0:53.4	and follow these former gang members
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