Topic: Provost

The guests recount a story of a university provost who dismissed racial disparities in exonerations by claiming they merely reflected prison demographics. Dr. Hattery counters this by noting Black men are 1.5 times more likely to be wrongfully convicted than their already high representation in prison would suggest. The conversation notes that even high-profile figures like Oprah Winfrey and Forrest Whitaker face racial profiling, proving that professional achievement does not shield individuals from demographic stereotypes.

Declassified UK files reveal that the Provost and Security Services, an elite Air Force counter-intelligence unit, investigated abduction cases in the 1960s. One notable case from 1962 involved Ronald Wildman, who encountered a flying saucer that caused his vehicle to stall. The involvement of high-level espionage units suggests that British intelligence shared data with the U.S. regarding the national security implications of the abduction phenomenon.