Running From Cops

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Running From Cops
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Hosted by Dan Taberski
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Preceded by Surviving Y2K
Followed by The Line

Running From Cops is a podcast hosted by Dan Taberski and produced by Pineapple Street Media and Topic Studios. [1]

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Background

Running From Cops is the third installment in Taberski's Headlong series—the first and second being Missing Richard Simmons and Surviving Y2K respectively. [2] The podcast was hosted by Dan Taberski and produced by Pineapple Street Media and Topic Studios. [3] The podcast debuted in April 2019. [4] The show explores the television program called Cops and explores how the show distorts reality. [5] The first episode of the podcast discusses how Cops is still producing episodes even after 31 seasons and over 1,000 episodes. [6] The third episode discusses how the show was criticized by a civil rights group. [7] The podcast discusses how Cops has affected people. [8] The podcast discusses how Cops has increased recruitment for police department. [9] The podcast released a total of six episodes. [10] Steve Greene wrote in IndieWire that the podcast "is the meticulous product of a year and a half of thorough and intensely focused societal examination." [11] Laura Jane Standley and Eric Mcquade wrote in The Atlantic that Headlong is "excellent work" and that Running From Cops "[reveals] unexpected truths about American culture." [12] Nic Dobija-Nootens wrote in Podcast Review that "[y]ou don’t need to be familiar with Cops to appreciate the podcast’s revelations." [13]

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