Crackdown (podcast)

Crackdown is a Canadian monthly podcast first launched in 2019.[1][2] The podcast was created and hosted by drug users and interrogates Canadian and global drug policy from the perspective of drug user activists who are the most impacted by these policies and fight to change them. The show is hosted by journalist Garth Mullins who talks about his own former drug use on the show.[3][4]

Crackdown
Presentation
Hosted byGarth Mullins
Publication
Original release2019
Related
Websitecrackdownpod.com

Production

The editorial board consists of Samona Marsh, Shelda Kastor, Greg Fess, Jeff Louden, Dean Wilson, Laura Shaver, Dave Murray, and Al Fowler. Producers are Garth Mullins, Lisa Hale, Ryan McNeil, and the folks behind Cited Media Productions: Sam Fenn, Alex Kim, and Gordon Katic.

Critical reception

The podcast won the Third Coast International Audio Festival's Impact award in 2019[5] and the The Sidney Hillman Foundation's Canadian Hillman Prize in 2020.[6]

References
  1. Nagy, Melanie; Slaughter, Graham (October 8, 2020). "'Crackdown' podcast gives drug users a voice in confronting opioid crisis". CTV News. Retrieved November 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Baker, Rafferty (January 30, 2019). "Crackdown podcast tells story of overdose crisis from drug users' perspectives". CBC News. Retrieved November 1, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Mullins, Garth. "On Making 'Crackdown,' a Podcast from the Trenches of the Overdose Crisis". Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  4. Baker, Rafferty. "Crackdown podcast tells story of overdose crisis from drug users' perspectives". Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  5. "Change Intolerance". Third Coast International Audio Festival. Retrieved April 6, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "2020 Canadian Hillman Prize Winners". The Sidney Hillman Foundation. Retrieved April 6, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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