Black and Blue: Behind the Badge
Blanchard House/Curiouscast
For Michael Morrison, the police badge is his future: his ambition, his way out of poverty, his ‘American dream’. But once he puts on his uniform, the badge starts to mean somethin...
Episode list
10
March 27, 2024
38 min
Introducing... Crime Beat | Out of the dark
In the summer of 2006, a young Calgary woman was on top of the world. She had a supportive family, amazing friends and a great job. But life as she knew it came to an abrupt stop i...
moreJanuary 23, 2024
43 min
Bad Apples | 8
To understand the present you have to look at the past. Between them, our four officers have clocked more than 100 years of police work. Their careers spanned from the 1980s to now...
moreJanuary 9, 2024
48 min
The Bridge Too Far | 7
Michael Sapp was Michael Morrison’s brother in blue, since their first day in uniform, weighing in together. They’ve faced so many of the same battles. But the two men couldn’t be ...
moreDecember 26, 2023
44 min
Home is Where the Hate Is | 6
It’s 2016 and Maplewood is holding its annual July 4th celebrations. Everything is running smoothly –- until it’s not. After years of growing tension between the police and the Bla...
moreDecember 12, 2023
40 min
Triple Threat | 5
As we leave Maplewood we speak to someone we haven’t heard from yet. Someone whose voice is rarely ever heard at all. Meet Tina, one of the vanishingly small number of Black women ...
moreNovember 28, 2023
40 min
Officer, Officer, Overseer | 4
It’s 2003 and Michael Morrison progresses at Maplewood Police Department. But when an incident escalates at the local high school and Michael is forced to intervene, he’s accused o...
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