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Last Count

by Greg Eskridge

  • October 4, 2016

We used to sit and eat dinner at the same table in the chow hall.  And one day I was just sitting in there and I just started shedding tears and I hoped nobody had…

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Last Count – Transcript

by Greg Eskridge

  • October 4, 2016

HOST INTRO: Douglas Collier is currently serving a life sentence inside San Quentin State Prison.  For years, he shared a 9×4 cell with his friend Tony, a fellow inmate.  Then, Tony got sick.  His arteries…

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Kids Doing Life – Transcript

by Brenda Salinas

  • August 23, 2016

HOST INTRODUCTION: When you’re sixteen or seventeen do you really think about what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with? Sometimes, sure. But not all the time. There’s science to show that teens don’t…

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Kids Doing Life

by Brenda Salinas

  • August 23, 2016

When you’re sixteen or seventeen do you really think about what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with? Sometimes, sure. But not all the time. There’s science to show that teens don’t think like…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PP3536030474.mp3
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Clemency – Transcript

by Shandukani Mulaudzi

  • July 26, 2016

HOST INTRODUCTION: When we elect a president, we give them extraordinary power, including the power to grant clemency — to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted of a federal offense. A commutation means…

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Clemency

by Shandukani Mulaudzi

  • July 26, 2016

When we elect a president, we give them extraordinary power, including the power to grant clemency — to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted of a federal offense. A commutation means their sentence…

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/PP2847908538.mp3
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BONUS EPISODE: Life as Lady J

by Nancy Mullane

  • June 21, 2016

“A lot of these guys don’t understand the difference between transgenderism and homosexuality and that’s my biggest struggle right there. Trying to let these guys know I’m not homosexual but because I’m in prison, that’s…

https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PP3814485066.mp3
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A whole ‘nother world… Live @ San Quentin

by Nancy Mullane

  • December 25, 2015

On Saturday night, Dec 5, 2015 more than 200 people filled the pews of the Catholic chapel inside San Quentin State Prison for a first-ever uncensored storytelling event behind the prison walls. Together, inmates and…

http://cdn.panoply.fm/PP8244083093.mp3
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Outside the Walls

by Troy Williams

  • December 15, 2015

“I didn’t go to prison because I was a saint. I went to prison because of my lifestyle. Since the age of 13 I was a gangbanger, and did what gangbangers do. I’m 49 years…

http://cdn.panoply.fm/PP1991279868.mp3
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Live Law Brooklyn – Truth or Dare

by Life of the Law

  • November 17, 2015

Truth or dare. When was the last time you played the game? We all have stories of playing the game in high school. Maybe it was a  Saturday night, and you sat around asking each other…

http://cdn.panoply.fm/PP6236043414.mp3
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