1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/xfIqx8nYUbZu9RWEGgnaa__Svcc This episode, we speak with R.V. Gundur, author of Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501764479/trying-to-make-it/#bookTabs=1 R. V. Gundur is a criminologist based in Australia. He studies illicit enterprise, gangs, and cybercrime and holds a PhD in criminology from Cardiff University, a Master’s degree in Criminology Research Methods from the University of Oxford; aN MA in International Relations from The Australian National University, and a BA in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Tulane University. Follow R. V. on Twitter @gr4d and visit his website at ravejudgerun.com. We spoke to R.V. about both the physical and personal journeys he took in the research and writing of his new book, why it is essential that we all start humanizing, rather than demonizing, the ordinary people involved in the drug trade, and why policymakers need to put an en