This week, we devote our entire show to a documentary from our friends at the storytelling podcast Snap Judgment.

Oakland is a fascinating place: the birthplace of political movements, a new frontier for tech, home to a rich arts scene and a world championship basketball team. It’s rapidly gentrifying and changing. But one thing residents still have to deal with? The city’s high murder rate.

During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers joined up with Oakland activists and parents to learn about Oakland’s homicide victims, their families and communities.

Counted: An Oakland Story is the result: an ambitious yearlong project documenting all 77 homicides that took place in the city in 2017. See their faces and hear each of their stories here.

We’ll hear the stories behind the numbers – the victims who were mothers, fathers, sons and brothers.