See Through Copaganda: Alec Karakatsanis

April 2nd, 2026

”Copaganda has us focused on a very narrow range of harms.”

We discuss the main goals of copaganda: narrowing our conception of safety and threat, constantly warning us that those harms are increasing, and telling us that the solution to our fears is more investment in the punishment bureaucracy.

Alec Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps and author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News.

Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Alec are:

1. Educate yourself on how copaganda works

2. Read the Copaganda book in a group!

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Credits:

Host: Mila Atmos 

Guest: Alec Karakatsanis

Executive Producer: Zack Travis

Executive Editor: Mila Atmos