"By Every Measure" is an episodic podcast that explores systemic racism in various sectors of Milwaukee, looking closely at how those systems were formed and how they can — and need — to be changed. The series uses data to examine the immense disparities that are systemically woven into the Black experience in Milwaukee, making it one of the worst cities in the nation for its Black residents, by every measure.
Latest episodes
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23 min
Channeling generations of Black resilience to better Milwaukee for all
In the season-two finale of By Every Measure, hosts Tarik Moody, Reggie Jackson and Kim Shine reflect on the single theme that threads through every conversation we've had in the p…
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32 min
The $1B vision to close Black Milwaukee's generational wealth gap
Black and Brown Americans, for many interconnected and systemic reasons, have struggled to keep pace with their White counterparts in building generational wealth. After exploring…
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35 min
How Milwaukee built Halyard Park, a Black suburb in the middle of the city
In the 1970s, obtaining financing for a home or business was not always an equitable experience, even for qualified Black borrowers. But despite the barriers to capital, one Milwau…
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39 min
Medical, arts communities unite to improve Milwaukee's dismal Black birth outcomes
The data is sobering: Milwaukee ranks among the worst places in the nation for a Black woman to have a child. Study after study has confirmed the reality, including a 2020 index by…
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39 min
Fuel Milwaukee, Social X reversing professional BIPOC 'brain drain'
In a follow-up to episode one, we look at "brain drain" through the professional and economic lens, asking the question: How is Milwaukee doing at retaining its Black and Brown tal…
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27 min
Milwaukee's Black creative 'brain drain' with SistaStrings and Emmitt James
HYFIN Program Director Tarik Moody is back with co-host Reggie Jackson and journalist Kim Shine for another season of Radio Milwaukee's award winning podcast, By Every Measure. Ove…
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54 min
Episode 6 - Health
With a global pandemic as the backdrop, hosts Tarik Moody and Reggie Jackson analyze health disparities Black people face in America, including bias in healthcare, infant mortality…
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36 min
Episode 5 - Education
In this episode, hosts Tarik Moody and Reggie Jackson look at how school segregation remains in place today, plus examine the school to prison pipeline and how schools are funded.…
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34 min
Episode 4 - Racial Wealth Gap
The typical white family has 10 times the wealth of the typical Black family and seven times the wealth of the typical Latinx family. Hosts Tarik Moody and Reggie Jackson explain h…
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35 min
Episode 3 - Housing
Homeownership rates are moving in the wrong direction for Black people, showing little improvement in present-day Milwaukee compared to the 1960s. Hosts Tarik Moody and Reggie Jack…
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37 min
Episode 2 - Criminal Justice System & Police
This year's historic global movement for social justice and police reform hit its apex, mere miles from Milwaukee, in Kenosha, WI. Hosts Tarik Moody and Reggie Jackson analyze the…
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27 min
Episode 1 - Systemic Racism
Hosts Reggie Jackson and Tarik Moody detail how racism was declared a public health crisis in Milwaukee, and explain the distinction between racism and systemic racism.
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3 min
Introducing: By Every Measure
By Every Measure is a six-part episodic podcast that explores systemic racism in various sectors of Milwaukee, looking closely at how those systems were formed and how they can — a…