welcome to episode 1 of the What Shapes Us podcast. Our first guest is Adam J. Foss. Adam is a former Assistant District Attorney in the Juvenile Division of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office (SCDAO) in Boston, MA. Since his viral Ted Talk on prosecution in February in 2016, Adam has gone on to found Prosecutor Impact, a non-profit developing training and curriculum for prosecutors to reframe their role in the criminal justice system. Selema talks with Adam about the current state of America two weeks after the killing of George Floyd.