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Walking invites time for ideas; sharing ideas clarifies experience. Once a week, we sit down with special guests for a free-flowing session of debriefing and perspective sharing. Among the various forms of documentation for “Total Clarity,” we believe conversation best captures immediacy and inspiration. The streets of New York tell a story and we will do our best to report it.
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Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
"Use of Force" is a sub-series of the podcast where we highlight one instance of NYPD use of lethal force over the past decade along the route we're walking for the week. The name refers to the Use of Force reports the NYPD generates each year where descriptions of these events are compiled. This week we discuss the 2014 death of Scott Kato, a 45-year old man who was tracked and killed after stealing prescription drugs from an Upper East Side pharmacy. For more information including a mapping of lethal force in New York over the past decade, visit https://highleyvarlet.com/posts/Use_of_Force
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
As we venture into Manhattan for our first time in the project, we head straight to Midtown to grapple with the parallel avenues that make up 'The Grid'. Joining us on this physical and cerebral navigation is Duncan Horst, who defies introduction so we let him do his own. Strap in for a wild journey up and down the mental lattice.
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
"Use of Force" is a sub-series of the podcast where we highlight one instance of NYPD use of lethal force over the past decade along the route we're walking for the week. The name refers to the Use of Force reports the NYPD generates each year where descriptions of these events are compiled. This week we discuss the 2012 death of Darrius Kennedy, a 51-year old man who was shot and killed near Times Square by officers after being confronted during a stop and frisk for smoking marijuana. In this episode, Jessi also talks about a recent police stop she was witness to. For more information including a mapping of lethal force in New York over the past decade, visit https://highleyvarlet.com/posts/Use_of_Force
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Our tenth episode takes us back to the beaches for a survey of South Queens! From Broad Channel to Bayswater, every sea salted neighborhood is covered as NYC experiences a July heat wave. We talk accidental fishing, beach preachers, ferocious mosquitoes and what it's like to walk a marathon in 100 degree weather!
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
"Use of Force" is a sub-series of the podcast where we highlight one instance of NYPD use of lethal force over the past decade along the route we're walking for the week. The name refers to the Use of Force reports the NYPD generates each year where descriptions of these events are compiled. This week we discuss the death of an unidentified man in the East New York section of Brooklyn who reportedly robbed an auto shop at gunpoint. For more information including a mapping of lethal force in New York over the past decade, visit https://highleyvarlet.com/posts/Use_of_Force
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Our third week of Queens sends us East, covering busy transit hubs, historic housing districts, and deep woods parks all in one walk! Topics of the week include the shopping center of Jamaica Avenue; even stranger exercise habits observed in the parks; the aesthetics of elevated trains and comparing our mileage walked with our distance from other major cities. Route details and more at highleyvarlet.com
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
"Use of Force" is a sub-series of the podcast where we highlight one instance of NYPD use of lethal force over the past decade along the route we're walking for the week. The name refers to the Use of Force reports the NYPD generates each year where descriptions of these events are compiled. This week we discuss the 2014 death of Zale Thompson, a 32-year old man who charged a group of four officers with a hatchet. The incident was later linked to terrorism after investigation revealed Thompson's browser history and religious conversion. For more information including a mapping of lethal force in New York over the past decade, visit https://highleyvarlet.com/posts/Use_of_Force
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
It's our second week doing a First Impressions sweep of the borough of Queens. This go around we cover mostly Northern territory, passing through Flushing, College Point and Bayside among many other neighborhoods. Topics of discussion include New York diners, homing pigeons, exercise etiquette in playgrounds and much, much more. Route details and more at highleyvarlet.com
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
"Use of Force" is a sub-series of the podcast where we highlight one instance of NYPD use of lethal force over the past decade along the route we're walking for the week. The name refers to the Use of Force reports the NYPD generates each year where descriptions of these events are compiled. This week we discuss the death of an unidentified man in the Bayside section of Queens who was classified as an Emotionally Disturbed Person or EDP. We also talk about what EDP means to the NYPD and recent efforts to change the language. For more information including a mapping of lethal force in New York over the past decade, visit https://highleyvarlet.com/posts/Use_of_Force
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Our quest to walk 5 marathons a week throws us headlong into a confrontation with the flood-level rains of Tropical Storm Fay. We talk about what it's like to walk through the rain all day, along with all our Northwest Queens route had to offer: bridges, pigeons, bagels, graveyards and zoomba! Route details and more at highleyvarlet.com