1. Race, Rape, Reagan

What does legalizing abortions and fixing drug addiction have to do with racism in America?

In this first installment series, Loose Tape presents racial issues of America from The War on Drugs, Criminal Justice and Presidential elections. With the current emergence of The Black Lives Movement and the US Presidential Elections of 2020, the divisions and brutal realities of race is a hot topic for discussion.

In this episode, we explore Roe v Wade, the case which brought the legalization of abortion throughout the US--and one theory suggests it has a disturbing relationship with crime. We explore three boys in the economic transition of the 1970s, and how their lives were directly affected by Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs.

Music Credits:

Loyalty Freak Music - 14 - The Decision, Artificial.Music - We need to work together I don't want to lose you after all we've been through, Monplaisir - 02 - There is no place like Home, Damiano Baldoni - The One Who Spred The Sadness, Tim Brynn and His Black Devils Orchestra - Siren of the Southern Sea, HUMA HUMA music hiphop - Not Too Cray, Black Ant - 11 - Government Funded Weed, No.8 Requiem, Daniel Birch - 08 - Metal Drone, Scott Holmes - 10 - Alien Wasteland

Loose Tape is an independent project of music and story telling in an immersive audio experience. Presented and produced by Clark Gray, a Scottish student obsessed with social issues, politics and the untold stories of extraordinary people.