Much of the country, and world, is shocked over the storming of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6. In today’s episode, journalists and activists describe their experience covering and witnessing the insurrection. We hear experts analyze the contrast between the lack of police preparedness and response to Trump loyalists versus Black Lives Matter protesters last year. And we ask all of them to consider what Wednesday's events mean for the future of US democracy.

In this episode:

Journalists reporting from the US Capitol, Patty Culhane and John Hendren for Al Jazeera, and Tia Mitchell with the Atlanta Journal Constitution; Washington, DC-based activist Cirilo Manego; Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Karl Racine; Andre Perry, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; anthropologist Steve Gardiner; former CIA officer Glenn Carle

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Much of the country, and world, is shocked over the storming of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6. In today’s episode, journalists and activists describe their experience covering and witnessing the insurrection. We hear experts analyze the contrast between the lack of police preparedness and response to Trump loyalists versus Black Lives Matter protesters last year. And we ask all of them to consider what Wednesday's events mean for the future of US democracy.In this episode:Journalists reporting from the US Capitol, <a href="https://twitter.com/PattyCulhane" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patty Culhane</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/johnhendren" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Hendren</a> for Al Jazeera, and <a href="https://twitter.com/tiareports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tia Mitchell</a> with the Atlanta Journal Constitution; Washington, DC-based activist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cirilomanego3/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cirilo Manego</a>; Attorney General for the District of Columbia, <a href="https://twitter.com/AGKarlRacine?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karl Racine</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/andreperryedu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andre Perry</a>, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; anthropologist Steve Gardiner; former CIA officer <a href="https://twitter.com/glcarle?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glenn Carle</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AJTheTake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>)

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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