Priscilla Lam is a talented actor and visionary producer from Vallejo, California and founder of 11th Hour Creatives, a collaborative of storytellers and filmmakers in the Bay Area. She supports inclusive narratives and platforms for overlooked voices in cinema. A prolific short filmmaker across various genres, Priscilla is also the Director of Community Engagement at BraveMaker, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening community ties and supporting budding filmmakers.

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My guest is renowned graphic artist and novelist Eric Drooker. He’s here to discuss his new book Naked City, the third volume of his City Trilogy series. His first book, Flood - A Novel in Pictures, won the American Book Award. Eric is a frequent cover artist for The New Yorker, and he’s known for incorporating themes of social justice and political commentary in his vivid and expressive style. Eric’s art can be seen in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and The Brooklyn Museum.

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My guest is Kevin B. Smith, author of the new book, The Jailer’s Reckoning: How Mass Incarceration Is Damaging America. The book addresses the reality that the United States imprisons more people than any other country and that there are social, economic, and political costs to the mass incarceration of millions of people.

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