This week’s guest is Jesse Katz, a Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Rent Collectors. We cover his research for the book, the history of street vending in Los Angeles, and issues with the criminal justice system.
Jesse's Recommendations
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Evicted by Matthew Desmond
- Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
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