Episode notes
In this first episode of City Voters Live’s chapter-by-chapter review of Chris Papst’s Failure Factory, Desmond Stinnie breaks down Chapter 1, which opens in a Baltimore courtroom and sets the stage for an explosive investigation into Baltimore City Public Schools. From whistleblower revelations and grade-changing scandals at Calverton Elementary to a principal calling the police on a journalist, this episode explores how far the system would go to protect itself—and draws personal parallels between Papst’s journey to Baltimore and Desmond’s own first impressions of a city full of beauty, potential, and neglect.
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