cover of episode 230: What if you discovered you were the enemy?

230: What if you discovered you were the enemy?

2022/4/12
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Neil Woods grew up in a nurturing environment, developing a strong sense of duty and honor from his childhood influences and reading material.

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“It’s just terror, it’s just fear with no object…It’s so purely guttural and instinctive it’s almost like the prey of a tiger…the moment that it knows it’s about to be ripped apart.”

Today's episode featured Neil Woods. You can find out more about Neil by going to neilwoods.net, where you can also find links to his two books: Good Cop, Bad War and Drug Wars, with more about his own experience and about the War on Drugs in Britain. To find out more about his organization, LEAP, or Law Enforcement Action Partnership, go to lawenforcementactionpartnership.org.

 

**Producers: **Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

 

Episode Summary: Growing up with a sense of heroic duty, a man becomes a cop fighting the drug war, when the sobering realities of his job lead him to profound awakening.

 

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**Content/Trigger Warnings: **near death, violence, suicide, mention of sexual assault, mention of gang rape, domestic violence, explicit language

 

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Intro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper

**Music Bed: **Ambient Themes by Nigel Coutinho

 

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