Silver and Blue: Tracing the Roots of Policing and Corrections takes listeners through centuries and across continents to explore our systems of law enforcement and punishment have shaped societies for centuries. From the watchmen of ancient cities to the rise of modern police forces, each episode explores how justice was enforced, how punishment evolved, and what these legacies mean for us today. Whether a history buff, justice seeker or curious about how the system works, Silver and Blue invites you to rethink what justice really means, and who it serves.
Latest episodes
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20 min
Rome, Pt. 3: Unifying Italy With Law, Policing & Corrections Across the Peninsula
The third episode in this arc will explore Rome’s conquest of Italy and how the policies, rules and integration of the peoples would set the standard of Rome’s equation for conques…
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18 min
Rome, Pt. 2: How Ancient Rome Used Law as a Weapon
The second episode in this arc will center on how Rome chose to use law and order to assimilate, integrate and conquer their way across Western Europe, and other geographic areas d…
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16 min
Rome, Pt. 1: The Beginning of Law, Police, & Corrections in Ancient Rome
In this episode, we begin the long story of how Ancient Rome became such a powerhouse of the Ancient World. We will go over the origins of how Rome came to be, and how this resulte…
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18 min
Greece: Law, Policing, & Corrections in Ancient Greece
Episode Summary: In this episode, you will take a tour of Ancient Greece, where the Greeks didn’t invent justice, but did reshape it. Ancient Greece was responsible for transformin…
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16 min
Egypt: The Law Driven by Ma’at
In this episode, you will learn about how Ancient Egypt governed through the Law of Ma’at - or natural order of things that was how society was balanced and the moral ideas that wa…
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20 min
Mesopotamia: Society’s First Written Law
In this episode, you will learn about how ancient civilizations, specifically Mesopotamia and Babylon, were the first to write down laws to govern the societies that had built up a…