Precious Lives

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Precious Lives, created by 371 Productions, is a weekly podcast about gun violence and young people in the Milwaukee area. Who are the victims and the shooters? How are the weapons obtained? Explore the impact on the community at large and how to stop the violence.

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#101 Precious Lives: A Search for Answers

Dec 20 2016 23 mins

This is the final episode of Precious Lives. And for this final story, we thought we’d return to the first family we met - the family of Laylah Petersen.

#100 Precious Lives: Breaking the Cycle of Violence

Dec 13 2016 13 mins

On June 11, 1994, Garland Hampton woke up around 10:30 am. He poured himself a bowl cereal, took a shower and went to a friend’s birthday party. That evening, Garland got into a fight with a fellow gang member. He pointed a 9-millimeter pistol at Donell Storks and shot him in the left side of the head.

#099 Precious Lives: A Pediatric Surgeon’s Plea To End Gun Deaths in Milwaukee

Dec 06 2016 17 mins

Well over a decade ago, pediatric surgeon Dr. John Densmore and his wife bought their first home. He had just started his residency at Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee.

#098 Precious Lives: The Next Chapter

Nov 29 2016 10 mins

At the end of 2016, Precious Lives will shift gears. We’ll wrap up our radio series and focus on a traveling live show. The Precious Lives team will attempt to reach all corners of Milwaukee to harness diverse energies to combat the problem of gun violence.

#097 Precious Lives: An Urban Ministry

Nov 22 2016 10 mins

Violence clusters like an infectious disease. But you can also feel it when you walk into certain community spaces, like All People’s Church in Milwaukee.

#096 Precious Lives: Finding Justice - and Purpose - Amid Police Violence

Nov 15 2016 9 mins

After Sylville Smith was shot and killed by a police officer this summer, his family was left to grieve and figure out how to move forward.

#095 Precious Lives: Checking In With Carlton Dewindt, More Than A Year After Losing His Friend

Nov 08 2016 9 mins

We met 22-year-old Carlton Dewindt over a year ago, when he was featured on an early episode of Precious Lives.

#094 Precious Lives: How Did We Get Here?

Nov 01 2016 8 mins

There’s a lot we know about gun violence. We know it’s concentrated in poorer areas. And we know those areas tend to be heavily black. But how did things get that way -- how did we get to the point where 84% of Milwaukee’s homicide victims are black?

#093 Precious Lives: Behind the Gun Violence Beat

Oct 25 2016 15 mins

This is Precious Lives episode 93. We’re almost at our goal of telling 100 stories about gun violence and young people in Milwaukee. We’ve covered the family members who have lost loved ones, the activists fighting to make the city better, and the political leaders overseeing it all. Each week, we ask our interview subjects to be emotionally honest with us as we try to understa

#092 Precious Lives: Running Towards a Second Chance

Oct 18 2016 9 mins

Born a few months apart, Mario Drain and his friends wound up with very different fates after committing armed robbery together in high school.