The Improvement Association

A really great listen. Serial Productions always delivers and in this one Zoe Chase gives us an in depth look at how local politics can unfold in just one tiny corner of America. It is timely and valuable to better understand how race, mistrust, and cries of fraud continue to be issues in our elections.

This podcast tells the story of the challenges Black voters across these United States are facing getting their votes to matter. The inner struggle of black voters is deep and has the scars of enslavement, Jim Crow era written all over it. As black voters are still building the foundation of multi generational organizations to server it’s community interest within American system that has pillars to keep black and other minorities out of equality. Podcast is well narrated, however I do challenge the author and all that read this review to gain a understanding of black history in American history.

This podcast puts a human face on devastating realities like race in politics. Zoe Chace’s investigative reporting is excruciatingly human but exquisitely non-partisan — no easy feat. I literally couldn’t stop listening and ended up bingeing. I never do that. I’d recommend it to anyone.

This was an interesting podcast presented in a high quality, professional manner. It was well researched, well organized and edited, and fairly reported. This is a good example of real investigative journalism, in contrast with most of the drivel out there these days that is not actually journalism. I also like the host’s voice, and generally the audio quality was good, both of which are important when you’re listening to something for hours.

The reporter clearly had an agenda and wasn’t entirely impartial. The way that she presented things felt bias. I’m sure she ran into a lot of people unwilling to talk but she did more telling the story with her own words rather than audio evidence. This may not be her own fault at all, but this reporter didn’t really get the audio proof I feel is needed to make her conclusions.