ON THIS EPISODE Co-hosts Jonathan Rapping and Ilham Askia sat down with three amazing women who are leaders not only in their offices, but within this fight for equality for all people. They will speak about how …
Episode 06 – The 2020 Election: Is History Repeating Itself?
ON THIS EPISODE: Co-hosts Jonathan Rapping and Ilham Askia have a candid conversation with Gideon’s Promise Ambassador and SCLC Cobb County Chapter President, Dr. H. Benjamin Williams about the parallels he sees with the movement in the 50’s …
Episode 05 – From the Voices
ON THIS EPISODE: This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast explores the criminal legal system through the eyes of those who have experienced this system first hand. Co-hosts Jonathan Rapping and Ilham Askia, speak with Ohio Justice & …
Episode 04 – Public Defenders in the Trenches
ON THIS EPISODE This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast explores the challenges our public defenders are facing during this devastating pandemic and their responses to the protests erupting throughout the country against racial injustice. Co-hosts Jonathan …
Episode 03 – An Ode to Public Defenders
ON THIS EPISODE This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast features a little twist! Gideon’s Promise Executive Director, Ilham Askia interviews President, Jonathan Rapping, about his first book, Gideon’s Promise: A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice. …
Episode 02 – The New Civil Rights Movement: Criminal Justice Reform
ON THIS EPISODE This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast explores criminal justice as this generation’s civil rights movement. Host Jonathan Rapping speaks with three experts – James Forman, Jr, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Professor of Law, Yale …
Episode 01 – The Critical Role of Public Defenders in Transforming Justice
ON THIS EPISODE This inaugural episode of Gideon’s Promise explores the critical role public defenders play in the criminal justice system as they address a wide range of issues facing marginalized communities. Host Jonathan Rapping speaks with three …
