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In her new book, Freeman's Challenge, the Harvard historian Robin Bernstein reveals the early 19th century origins of America's for profit prisons. Telling the tragic story of William Freeman, an Afro-Native teenager guilty of what she calls the “terrorist” act of killing a white family, Bernstein simultaneously explores the origins of America's first for profit prison in Auburn, NY. As she explains, there was and there still is an intimate connection between American incarceration and American capitalism - a chilling nexus which, for Bernstein, represents the import of slave “economics” into the for profit prison system. Robin Bernstein is the Dillon Professor of American History and professor of African and African American studies and studies of women, gender, and sexuality at Harvard University. She is the author of Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and Welcome back to One Minute Remaining, today I'm sitting down with American social psychologist and a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz DR Craig Haney. I am currently in the process of working on a new project with a gentlemen who is incarcerated in San Quentin prison, now I'm going to be annoying and say I wont be telling you at this stage what that is but as part of this project I was looking for certain experts to weigh in and take part, I do love an expert, one of those experts I found was a man by the name of Dr Craig Haney. I reached out to him and asked if he would chat with me to which he agreed. What I didn't know at the time was not only is he a highly regarded professor and psychologist who has spent his life studying capital punishment and the psychological impact of and the American Prison system but he was also one of the researchers who conducted the 1970s experiment known as the Stanford prison experiment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can Democrats stand up to the corruption and extremism that the fascist right has brought to our Supreme Court and elsewhere? Plus- Thom reads from "Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison" by Chris Hedges.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Subconscious Realms Episode 280 - Occult Criminal Underworld - History Of American Prison & Biker Gangs - MagiKk MiKkee. Ladies & Gentlemen, on this Episode of Subconscious Realms we welcome back our MagiKk MiKkee!! To discuss; Occult Criminal Underworld - History Of American Prison & Biker Gangs..... As Standard, Mike doesn't hold back whatsoever in sharing the Fascinating Knowledge he's gained throughout his journey. Incredible Episode

Oscar Castro grew up in New Jersey to a loving family. When he dropped out of high school he immediately got a job and met someone that talked him into being a drug mule for a Colombian organization. As law enforcement began cracking down in Colombia the operations moved to Ecuador. One on pickup Oscar was arrested in Ecuador by Interpol and the DEA. From there he spent 7 years in some of the most horrific jails and prisons in Ecuador where death, drugs, and riots lasting for weeks were common occurrences. He's here to tell us all about his experiences and his journey to turning his life around and wanting to help others avoid going down the path he did as a young man. This Episode Is Brought To You By The Following Sponsors: PRIZEPICKS Visit https://www.prizepicks.com/ or download the app today and use code CONNECT for a first deposit match up to $100! MOOD Head over to https://hellomood.co/ and use code CONNECT20 at checkout for 20% off your first order PLUS a free 5 count pack of gummies! Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shaka Senghor is a New York Times best-selling author, a globally recognized leader in criminal justice reform, and an entrepreneur. Shaka joins us to discuss the path he took enlightenment while serving 19 years in prison, 7 of which were in solitary confinement. One of Oprah's Supersoul 100 alumni, Shaka's books 'Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison' and 'Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom' have helped shift societal narratives around incarceration and trauma. He shares his journey of transformation and emphasizes the importance of exploring one's internal world, the power of personal dignity, and the need to confront ugly truths to move forward. Connect: @DeviBrown @ShakaSenghor Learn More: LetAmericaRead.org    Subscribe: Devi Brown's YouTube Channel Read: Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and FreedomSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shaka Senghor spent 19 years in prison, 7 of them in solitary confinement. This is how he found true freedom. The way Shaka Senghor tells his story, he found himself incarcerated long before he officially went to prison for second-degree murder, and he experienced freedom long before completing his sentence at the age of 38. Senghor ran away from home and got drawn into the crack cocaine trade at the age of 14. After a series of traumatic events, he felt trapped in a narrative that dictated his life could only lead to limited outcomes: an early grave or a prison cell. In our intimate interview, Senghor shares the three "keys" that transformed his perspective on life and have enabled him to live as a genuinely free man today. Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Member Get exclusive access to full interviews, early access to new releases, Big Think merch and more. ►Get Big Think+ for Business Guide, inspire and accelerate leaders at all levels of your company with the biggest minds in business. About Shaka Senghor: In 1991, Shaka Senghor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent the next 19 years behind bars, seven of them in solitary confinement. Today, Senghor has become a vocal advocate for prison reform, and tackling the problem of mass incarceration, in all its complex ugliness, head on. Senghor's memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, was released in March 2016 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller List as well as The Washington Post Best Seller List. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining me today is Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, Chris Hedges. We will be talking about the war in Israel-Palestine, the legacy media reporting of the conflict and the censorship surrounding it. You can find Chris' work over at chrishedges.substack.com ; and you order his book ‘Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison'   --

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Best-selling author, foreign correspondent, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges addressed the Middle East crisis with a talk titled "The Genocide in Gaza" on December 6, 2023 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in North Troy NY. Chris Hedges, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, spent seven years covering the conflict between Israel and Palestine. He is the author of numerous books including the New York Times bestsellers War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, which he co-authored with the cartoonist Joe Sacco. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University and the University of Toronto. He has also taught students in the college degree program offered by Rutgers University in the New Jersey prison system for a decade, the subject of his book Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison. This talk was co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace, Albany Chapter; Muslim Solidarity Committee and Project SALAM; Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace; Palestinian Rights Committee-Upper Hudson Peace Action; RPI Muslim Student Association; UAlbany Muslim Student Association; Women Against War. The presentation was made possible by volunteer labor and thousands of small donations from patrons of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. The Sanctuary for Independent Media is a telecommunications production facility dedicated to community media arts, located in an historic former church at 3361 6th Avenue in North Troy, NY. The Sanctuary hosts screening, production and performance facilities, training in media production and a meeting space for artists, activists and independent media makers of all kinds. www.mediasanctuary.org

Today's episode builds on some previous conversations we've had on the podcast. In today's episode I am joined by the authors of Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice and the Abolition of Prisons, Joshua Dubler and Dr. Vincent Lloyd. Break Every Yoke masterfully presents all of the materials needed to paint on the canvas that is alternatives to incarceration and they do so through tying in religion as one of the drivers for prison abolition. More on my guests: Dr. Joshua Dubler is an associate professor of Religion at the University of Rochester, where he directs the Rochester Education Justice Initiative, which fosters higher educational opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students in the Rochester area. He is author of Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison, and co-author, with Vincent Lloyd, of Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons. Dr. Vincent Lloyd is a professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University, where he directs the Center for Political Theology and previously directed the Africana Studies Program. His most recent book is Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination, published by Yale University Press in 2022. Isaiah 58:6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?" ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠

During World War II, the US government forced more than 125,000 Japanese Americans out of their homes, and into prison camps. Many Japanese Americans from the Pacific Northwest got relocated to a camp in Minidoka, Idaho. For years, Minidoka camp survivors visited the site with their families. This summer, they returned for the first time since the pandemic started. KUOW's Natalie Newcomb joined the pilgrimage. We'll hear some of her experience.We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. You have the power! Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW: https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenowAnd we want to hear from you! Follow us on Instagram at SeattleNowPod, or leave us feedback online: https://www.kuow.org/feedback

I'm fascinated by the idea of snap decisions, how some can lead to amazing outcomes, and others can destroy lives. What you so often find is that nothing actually happens in a moment, there is no real snap, but rather a series of experiences leading up to it, often years in the making, were as much authors of the moment as the instance itself. And, sometimes, when those moments lead to something you'll regret for a lifetime, you get to the next question - what is recoverable - redeemable - how do you make that happen, and who gets to write the story of your reclamation? This is the powerful thru line of my conversation with Shaka Senghor, New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison. He took another young man's life at the age of 19, served the next two decades in prison, 7 in solitary, and through a series of awakenings, began to unwind the pieces of his life and begin the process of understanding, reassembling and eventually redemption. His latest book, Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom invites men everywhere on a journey of honesty and healing through this book of moving letters to his sons. So excited to share this 'Best of' conversation with you today.You can find Shaka at: Website | InstagramIf you LOVED this episode you'll also love the conversations we had with Father Greg Boyle and Fabian Debora about the power of redemption and expression.Check out our offerings & partners: My New Book SparkedMy New Podcast SPARKED. To submit your “moment & question” for consideration to be on the show go to sparketype.com/submit. Visit Our Sponsor Page For Great Resources & Discount Codes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and social critic. His two most recent books are Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison and The Greatest Evil is War. Chris Hedges reflects on the lessons he learned during his long career as a journalist about the “business” that is the news business, how the “truth” is manufactured, why it pays very well to be a careerist who does not care about confronting Power, and the ways that the limits of the approved public discourse are shaped to serve the interests of the rich and the powerful. He also offers counsel and advice about enduring difficult times and navigating the personal cost to one's physical, mental, and emotional health that comes from being a serious journalist who is committed to telling uncomfortable and unpopular truths in dangerous times. Chris Hedges shares his worries about how Russia's war against Ukraine, and America and NATO's response to it, could potentially spiral out of control into a wider war and even worse disaster.

Chris Hedges is the guest on this special February 2023 fundraising episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and social critic. His two most recent books are Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison and The Greatest Evil is War. ***Your generosity and support help to sustain the podcast and to keep it free, not behind a paywall and available to all listeners.*** Chris Hedges reflects on the lessons he learned during his long career as a journalist about the “business” that is the news business, how the “truth” is manufactured, why it pays very well to be a careerist who does not care about confronting Power, and the ways that the limits of the approved public discourse are shaped to serve the interests of the rich and the powerful. He also offers counsel and advice to Chauncey DeVega about enduring difficult times and navigating the personal cost to one's physical, mental, and emotional health that comes from being a serious journalist who is committed to telling uncomfortable and unpopular truths in dangerous times. Chris Hedges also shares his worries about how Russia's war against Ukraine, and America and NATO's response to it, could potentially spiral out of control into a wider war and even worse disaster. Given all of the recent excitement about “UFOs” and an “alien invasion” of the United States (meaning balloons and/or drones) these last few days and weeks, there are two special bonus segments on this episode featuring professional skeptic and author Jason Colavito. The first segment is from 2021 where Jason Colavito explains why today's America is so sick with conspiracy theories and other anti-truth beliefs. He also outlines how right-wing extremists are using the public's interest in ancient aliens, UFOs, and other conspiracy theories to recruit new members (especially insecure white men) online. The second segment is from 2014 where Jason discusses a wide-range of topics including the ancient aliens hypothesis, why white supremacists are obsessed with UFOs, the faux rigor and "scientific" approaches used by the fringe history community, and the case of Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple who were supposedly kidnapped by extraterrestrials in the 1960s. And on this episode of the podcast, Chauncey DeVega shares a very special Valentine's Day review of the new movie Magic Mike's Last Dance. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow

Jordan Ching & Shaka Senghor discuss about Shaka's journey of transformation from being in solitary confinement to becoming a writer, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. Thanks for watching — Subscribe for more! Shaka Senghor is a writer, entrepreneur, inspiring speaker, leading voice in criminal justice reform, and President of Shaka Senghor Inc. He is the former President of The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) and President / Creative Director of Inside The Cell, LLC. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison, was released in March 2016 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller List and The Washington Post Best Seller List. Shaka is a former MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow, and a former Fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Leadership Network. Shaka's 2014 TED Talk was featured in their “Year in Ideas” roundup, a curated collection of the years most powerful TED Talks and has over 1.5 million views. Shaka is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2012 Black Male Engagement (BMe) Leadership Award, the 2015 Manchester University Innovator of the Year Award, the 2016 FORD Man of Courage Award, and the 2016 NAACP Great Expectations Award. He was recently recognized by OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network) as a “Soul Igniter” in the inaugural class of the SuperSoul 100, a dynamic group of trailblazers whose vision and life's work are bringing a higher level of consciousness to the world around them and encouraging others to do the same. Shaka is a 2016 Ebony Magazine Power 100 Honoree. He has taught at the University of Michigan and shares his story of redemption around the world. Shaka Senghor was selected as one of 24 icons being featured in the upcoming Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service entitled, Men of Change debuting in the Fall of 2019. https://www.shakasenghor.com/ Follow Flipbird Films: SPOTIFY | https://open.spotify.com/show/5BdhBq4... APPLE PODCASTS | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQ1... INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/flipbirdfilms/ LINKEDIN | https://www.linkedin.com/company/flip... FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/flipbirdfilms TWITTER | https://twitter.com/flipbirdfilms WEBSITE | https://flipbirdfilms.com

This week's Cracking Open Podcast episode with Shaka Senghor is so effing good! (I actually wanted to write the F word, but I still feel a bit scared doing it – hello old Catholic schoolgirl guilt!)There are so many gems in this episode but one of my biggest takeaways is the importance of standing in your truth.Shaka shares his story with us about his own reckoning and realization that he initially wasn't living his truth. Instead, he was living out an interpretation of his life rooted in his trauma. This trauma-informed life eventually led him into a 19-year imprisonment for 2nd-degree murder, seven of those years which were in solitary confinement. These dire circumstances would understandably crush most people's spirits. But Shaka was able to use this experience to uncover his own truth, envision a different future for himself, and hit the reset button on his true destiny.I don't think there are many people in this world who can say that they were able to find their ultimate freedom in a system that is designed to take every freedom away from you. But then again, there aren't many people like Shaka Senghor.The deep vulnerability that a life of imprisonment creates forced Shaka into prolonged states of introspection and contemplation. In solitary confinement, he found his passion for reading and writing, and was particularly taken with Socrates' words, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” While examining his own life, he realized that he wanted to reclaim his authentic self, and vowed that going forward he would only live in the world in a way that honored his truth. Shaka asked himself the question, “How did I get here?”  And it was this question that changed his life and ultimately became a catalyst for getting him out of prison.In the decade since Shaka's release from prison, he has garnered multiple awards and fellowships, has lectured at universities, and has both started and worked with nonprofits seeking to lift people up. Shaka has also visited the White House, been interviewed by Trevor Noah and Oprah Winfrey, given TED talks, and published two amazing books – Writing my Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, and Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom.I hope that today's episode inspires you to have some deeper conversations with yourself about living your own truth. Here are some questions to contemplate:Are you honoring your truth?Are you living a life based on your trauma, or on a story that does not serve you anymore?How can you step out of your secrets into an examined life of truth?Love,MollyLearn more about Shaka Senghor herePurchase Shaka's book Letters to the Sons of Society herePurchase Shaka's book Writing My Wrongs hereFind Shaka on Social:InstagramTwitterFacebookLearn more about Molly Carroll hereGet your free Body Emotion MapFind me on Social:

In this episode, guest Shaka Senghor shares his inspiring story from incarceration to becoming a two times bestselling author, influencer and one of Oprah's “SuperSoul 100” – teaching lessons of redemption and vulnerability to the masses. He grew up spending 19 years in prison, seven of them in solitary confinement. Through reflection and writing, he later came to understand his story of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).  At age 17, he was shot multiple times, and also has two brothers who were shot, one of whom ended up paralyzed.  At the same time, he takes full responsibility for the death of another, which sent him to prison. Shaka is grateful for the many “incredible mentors” who believed in him, and offered suggested readings for moving forward. Topics covered in this interview: The reflective time in solitary confinement that helped him create his first bestseller, Writing My Wrongs, Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prisonhttps://www.amazon.com/Writing-My-Wrongs-Redemption-American/dp/1101907312. How being a father impacted his second book that just came out in January, 2022, Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Sons-Society-Fathers-Invitation/dp/059323801X. Here is a review of that book by The Chicago Tribune: “If you want to peer into a heart, if you want a story of brokenness and healing and fury and redemption and humanity, if you want to envision a different, better way forward, Senghor's letters are a beautiful place to begin.” Changing the narrative for Black men, into worthiness, beyond being a provider and protector.  Dr. Alfiee also noted research showing that Black men are the single most present ethnic group to their children even when they are the non-custodial parent.  Shaka being “an authentic survivor,” loved up by “brothers” who saw value in him in prison, and how he now mentors other “young brothers”--living what he talks about, and challenges them while winning.  Shaka shares three ways to instill a greater sense of self-love: Journaling, and start by asking: “How did I get here, to this point in life?” ”Meditate to get it straight,” which can be “horrifying” at first to sit with one's self. Personal affirmations, to think into existence what you desire. Running  “a unicorn startup,” that went from $0 revenue to $7 billion valuation in 20 months, by helping build culture in corporations. Closing words, his mantra, which he contributed to in the song “Composure” by Nas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gYa5dk-8M): “Keep your composure. And believe in the magic of who we are. 'Cause what you believe is everything. And what someone believes about you, is nothing. Keep your composure.”   About Shaka Senghor: New York Times bestselling author, speaker and influencer; one of Oprah's “SuperSoul 100” Shaka Senghor is the Head of Sales and Success Culture at TripActions. He is also the President of Shaka Senghor, Inc., and Founder of Redeemed Sole. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison, debuted on The New York Times and The Washington Post Best Seller Lists. Shaka's widely anticipated sophomore book, Letters to the Sons of Society, was released in January 2022. Shaka is a former MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow and a former Fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Leadership Network. His 2014 TED Talk was featured in their “Year in Ideas” roundup and has over 1.7 million views. In 2021, he was featured on the Nas track Composure. Shaka is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2012 Black Male Engagement (BME) Leadership Award, the 2015 Manchester University Innovator of the Year Award, the 2016 FORD Man of Courage Award, and the 2016 NAACP Great Expectations Award. He was recognized by OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network) as a “Soul Igniter” in the inaugural class of the SuperSoul 100. He has taught at the University of Michigan and shares his story of redemption around the world. Today, Shaka's priority is shifting societal narratives through storytelling and developing workshops with high entertainment value and deep social impact. Follow Shaka: Website: https://www.shakasenghor.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaka-senghor-3b869934/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/shakasenghor Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/shakasenghor/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShakaSenghor   Follow Dr. Alfiee: Website:  https://dralfiee.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralfiee Twitter: https://twitter.com/dralfiee Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralfiee/ Website: https://dralfiee.com   Find out more about the AAKOMA Project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvTKmYKi24I   Season 3 Produced By: https://socialchameleon.us   More Couched in Color: https://dralfiee.com/podcast Music Produced by: Mark “King” Batson (Super Producer of your favorite artists and Grammy award-winner for albums with Eminem and Beyoncé)

In this episode, guest Shaka Senghor shares his inspiring story from incarceration to becoming a two times bestselling author, influencer and one of Oprah's “SuperSoul 100” – teaching lessons of redemption and vulnerability to the masses. He grew up spending 19 years in prison, seven of them in solitary confinement. Through reflection and writing, he later came to understand his story of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).  At age 17, he was shot multiple times, and also has two brothers who were shot, one of whom ended up paralyzed.  At the same time, he takes full responsibility for the death of another, which sent him to prison. Shaka is grateful for the many “incredible mentors” who believed in him, and offered suggested readings for moving forward. Topics covered in this interview: The reflective time in solitary confinement that helped him create his first bestseller, Writing My Wrongs, Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prisonhttps://www.amazon.com/Writing-My-Wrongs-Redemption-American/dp/1101907312. How being a father impacted his second book that just came out in January, 2022, Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Sons-Society-Fathers-Invitation/dp/059323801X. Here is a review of that book by The Chicago Tribune: “If you want to peer into a heart, if you want a story of brokenness and healing and fury and redemption and humanity, if you want to envision a different, better way forward, Senghor's letters are a beautiful place to begin.” Changing the narrative for Black men, into worthiness, beyond being a provider and protector.  Dr. Alfiee also noted research showing that Black men are the single most present ethnic group to their children even when they are the non-custodial parent.  Shaka being “an authentic survivor,” loved up by “brothers” who saw value in him in prison, and how he now mentors other “young brothers”--living what he talks about, and challenges them while winning.  Shaka shares three ways to instill a greater sense of self-love: Journaling, and start by asking: “How did I get here, to this point in life?” ”Meditate to get it straight,” which can be “horrifying” at first to sit with one's self. Personal affirmations, to think into existence what you desire. Running  “a unicorn startup,” that went from $0 revenue to $7 billion valuation in 20 months, by helping build culture in corporations. Closing words, his mantra, which he contributed to in the song “Composure” by Nas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gYa5dk-8M): “Keep your composure. And believe in the magic of who we are. 'Cause what you believe is everything. And what someone believes about you, is nothing. Keep your composure.”   About Shaka Senghor: New York Times bestselling author, speaker and influencer; one of Oprah's “SuperSoul 100” Shaka Senghor is the Head of Sales and Success Culture at TripActions. He is also the President of Shaka Senghor, Inc., and Founder of Redeemed Sole. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison, debuted on The New York Times and The Washington Post Best Seller Lists. Shaka's widely anticipated sophomore book, Letters to the Sons of Society, was released in January 2022. Shaka is a former MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow and a former Fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Leadership Network. His 2014 TED Talk was featured in their “Year in Ideas” roundup and has over 1.7 million views. In 2021, he was featured on the Nas track Composure. Shaka is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2012 Black Male Engagement (BME) Leadership Award, the 2015 Manchester University Innovator of the Year Award, the 2016 FORD Man of Courage Award, and the 2016 NAACP Great Expectations Award. He was recognized by OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network) as a “Soul Igniter” in the inaugural class of the SuperSoul 100. He has taught at the University of Michigan and shares his story of redemption around the world. Today, Shaka's priority is shifting societal narratives through storytelling and developing workshops with high entertainment value and deep social impact. Follow Shaka: Website: https://www.shakasenghor.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaka-senghor-3b869934/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/shakasenghor Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/shakasenghor/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShakaSenghor   Follow Dr. Alfiee: Website:  https://dralfiee.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralfiee Twitter: https://twitter.com/dralfiee Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralfiee/ Website: https://dralfiee.com   Find out more about the AAKOMA Project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvTKmYKi24I   Season 3 Produced By: https://socialchameleon.us   More Couched in Color: https://dralfiee.com/podcast Music Produced by: Mark “King” Batson (Super Producer of your favorite artists and Grammy award-winner for albums with Eminem and Beyoncé)

"In 1996, in an interview with Washingtonian magazine, Prosecutor Mike Volkov explained his office was dedicated to rooting out the “drug bosses.” He described how the United States Attorney's Office had “successfully prosecuted several significant drug organizations and their leaders -- Rayful Edmond and his multimillion-dollar operation; Mark Hoyle and his violent Newton Street gang; Anthony Nugent and the R Street organization; Antone White and the First Street Crew; Calvin Sumler and the Fern Street group; and recently the First and Kennedy Street crew.” [ii]. "Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, say a shooting Saturday afternoon at Tysons Corner Center that sent panicked shoppers fleeing was the result of “beef” between two rival D.C. crews who encountered each other on the mall's second floor. The two crews — the 37th Street Crew and the Simple City Crew, which both operate out of Southeast D.C., “were engaged in a beef,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said during a news conference Thursday. Davis said it's not known what sparked the confrontation between the two groups, or whether they each knew the other would be there before they encountered each other. Each group was made up of about four to five people. The 37th Street Crew was dressed in black; the Simple City Crew wore white." -https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2022/06/beef-between-2-dc-crews-led-to-tysons-mall-shooting-police-say/ "Ten members of a Southwest Washington street gang that authorities said has terrorized a housing complex for a decade with homicides, shootings and armed kidnappings have been indicted for their alleged participation in a "violent marijuana distribution conspiracy," U.S. Attorney Wilma A. Lewis said yesterday. The defendants -- all males ages 22 to 35 -- were indicted on 87 counts of racketeering and narcotics-related charges, including allegations that gang members killed two people who were government witnesses against the group. The federal indictment was unsealed yesterday. The joint federal-local investigation focused on violence spawned by the marijuana sales at the Greenleaf Gardens housing complex in Southwest. The men charged yesterday were members of the K Street Crew, a neighborhood gang that waged feuds with rival drug gangs, such as the L Street Crew, whose federal racketeering trial is scheduled for January." -The Washington Post --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

Labor Day is over, which means summer is coming to a close. Brian and Dirt catch-up on their summer activities and travel before jumping into a power-packed conversation with Curtis "Chap" Browder. His aggressive life as Alabama's first African American prison chaplain brought him face-to-face with Klan members, racist governors, and murderers. His boldness, bravery, and forgiveness is a stunning example of living history. 

Shaka is the Head of Sales and Success Culture at TripActions.Additionally, he is the President of Shaka Senghor, Inc., and the Founder of Redeemed Sole. He is the best-selling author of "Write My wrongs, Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison" and "Letters to the Sons of Society." In part one of our conversation with Shaka discusses what led to his incarceration and his experience during those 19 years. He talks about publishing his first book while in solitary confinement, becoming an entrepreneur, and being interviewed by Oprah. Host IG:@itstanyatime Guest IG: @shakasenghorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shaka Senghor is the New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, a leading voice on criminal justice reform, a tech investor, a lecturer at universities, and the head of Diversity, Equality & Inclusion at TripActions, a travel management and expense start-up. Senghor is a former MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow, a former fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network, and a member of Oprah Winfrey's SuperSoul 100. In the decade since his release from prison, he has started and worked with nonprofits seeking to lift people up, visited the White House, been interviewed by Trevor Noah and Oprah Winfrey, and given award-winning TED Talks, all with the goal of building a more inspired, just, fulfilling future.Get Shaka's books here: Writing My Wrongs Letters To The Sons of Society Connect with Shaka Instagram Pre-order my new book 'The Path of an Eagle: How To Overcome & Lead After Being Knocked Down'.► AMAZON US► AMAZON AUSSUBSCRIBE FOR MORE! ► Apple Podcast ► Spotify ► YouTube Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thestorybox. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/chris-hedges-on-trauma-and-teaching-writing-in-prisonSince 2013, Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of The Chris Hedges Report, has taught college courses in drama, literature, philosophy, and history at East Jersey State Prison (aka “Rahway”) and other New Jersey prisons. In one such course, after reading plays by Amiri Baraka and August Wilson, among others, Hedges' students wrote a play of their own. The play, Caged, would eventually be published and performed at The Passage Theatre in Trenton, New Jersey, for a month-long run in 2018 to sold-out audiences. In his latest book, Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison, Hedges chronicles the journey he and his class embarked on together. Joining Mansa Musa on Rattling the Bars, Hedges speaks about his book and the transformations he witnessed among the men he taught behind prison walls.Chris Hedges is the former Middle East bureau chief of The New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a columnist at ScheerPost. He formerly hosted the program Days of Revolt, produced by TRNN, and currently hosts The Chris Hedges Report. Hedges is the author of several books, including America: The Farewell Tour; American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, and Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.Pre-Production/Studio/Post-Production: Cameron GranadinoHelp us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbGet Rattling the Bars updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

On putting e-v-e-r-y-t-h-I-n-g out there in a revealing memoir; on having your story featured on HBO's Real Sports—and then Real Sports failing to mention your book; on why covering America's prisons is a passion.

Since 2013, Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of The Chris Hedges Report, has taught college courses in drama, literature, philosophy, and history at East Jersey State Prison (aka “Rahway”) and other New Jersey prisons. In one such course, after reading plays by Amiri Baraka and August Wilson, among others, Hedges' students wrote a play of their own. The play, Caged, would eventually be published and performed at The Passage Theatre in Trenton, New Jersey, for a month-long run in 2018 to sold-out audiences. In his latest book, Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison, Hedges chronicles the journey he and his class embarked on together. Joining Mansa Musa on Rattling the Bars, Hedges speaks about his book and the transformations he witnessed among the men he taught behind prison walls.Chris Hedges is the former Middle East bureau chief of The New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a columnist at ScheerPost. He formerly hosted the program Days of Revolt, produced by TRNN, and currently hosts The Chris Hedges Report. Hedges is the author of several books, including America: The Farewell Tour; American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, and Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/chris-hedges-on-trauma-and-teaching-writing-in-prisonPre-Production/Studio/Post-Production: Cameron GranadinoHelp us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbGet Rattling the Bars updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Michael talks with Norm Ornstein, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a contributing editor for the Atlantic, about the overabundance of people with mental illnesses found within America's prison systems and the resources needed to house the aforementioned inmates. Original air date 02 June 2022.

Today's guest is best-selling author Shaka Senghor. Senghor was released from prison in 2010 after spending 19 years for being convicted of murder. Today, Shaka's priority is shifting societal narratives through storytelling and developing workshops with high entertainment value and deep social impact. Senghor is the Head of Sales and Success Culture at TripActions and Founder of Redeemed Sole. He has taught at the University of Michigan and shares his story of redemption around the world. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison, debuted on The New York Times and The Washington Post Best Seller Lists. Shaka's widely anticipated sophomore book, Letters to the Sons of Society was released in January 2022.In this episode, you will learn:How to create a new narrative for yourself. How to create peace from past trauma. How to find self-forgiveness.Why the best conversations are the ones you have with yourself.For more, go to: lewishowes.com/1284Bobby Hall a.k.a. Logic on How To Pursue Your Dreams In The Face Of Adversity: https://link.chtbl.com/1163-podWallstreet Trapper on the Journey From Prison To Financial Freedom: https://link.chtbl.com/1209-podEd Mylett on Developing Superhuman Levels of Self-Confidence: https://link.chtbl.com/1274-podSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tessa welcomes special guest Shaka Senghor, New York Times Best Selling Author of "Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison." Shaka and Tessa discuss his newest book, "Letters to the Sons of Society," and his roles as a story teller, father, and advocate.

I'm fascinated by the idea of snap decisions, how some can lead to amazing outcomes, and others can destroy lives. What you so often find is that nothing actually happens in a moment, there is no real snap, but rather a series of experiences leading up to it, often years in the making, were as much authors of the moment as the instance itself. And, sometimes, when those moments lead to something you'll regret for a lifetime, you get to the next question - what is recoverable - redeemable - how do you make that happen, and who gets to write the story of your reclamation? This is the powerful thru line of my conversation with Shaka Senghor, New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison. A leading voice on criminal justice reform, tech investor, head of Diversity, Equality & Inclusion at TripActions, former MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow, and member of Oprah Winfrey's SuperSoul 100, he took another young man's life at the age of 19, served the next two decades in prison, 7 in solitary, and through a series of awakenings, began to unwind the pieces of his life and begin the process of understanding, reassembling and eventually redemption. In the decade since his release from prison, he has started and worked with nonprofits seeking to lift people up, visited the White House, been interviewed by Trevor Noah and Oprah Winfrey, and given award-winning TED Talks, all with the goal of building a more inspired, just, fulfilling future. His latest book, Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom invites men everywhere on a journey of honesty and healing through this book of moving letters to his sons.You can find Shaka at: Website | InstagramIf you LOVED this episode you'll also love the conversations we had with Ani DiFranco about our current system of justice and how it relates to expression, personal narratives, and human dignity.Check out our offerings & partners: My New Book SparkedMy New Podcast SPARKEDNutrafol, code GLPKiwiCo, code GOODLIFEMonday.comIMPACT See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a sneak preview of this week's installment of The Truth Report: https://thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega.libsyn.com/ep-113-chris-hedges-reflects-on-the-new-censorship-and-authoritarianism-of-the-21st-century Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and social critic. His most recent book is Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison. He reflects on the sudden deletion of his popular Emmy-award winning RT Network television show “On Contact” from YouTube in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Hedges also explains what that reveals about the new censorship in the 21st century, a time when social media and other corporate actors exercise an almost unrestricted power to shape public opinion and to silence those voices and individuals they deem to be problematic. And Chris Hedges tries to prepare the American people for a 21st century where Christian fascists, right-wing fake populists, the corporatocracy and other right-wing authoritarians will be in power and the mainstream news media and the Democratic Party with its centrist monied interests (and a desperate yearning to return to “normal”) is going to simultaneously be both crushed and willing agents of the new order. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE TRUTH REPORT? Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheTruthReportPodcast Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Music at the end of this week's episode of The Truth Report is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify.

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and social critic. His most recent book is Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison. He reflects on the sudden deletion of his popular Emmy-award winning RT Network television show “On Contact” from YouTube in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Hedges also explains what that reveals about the new censorship in the 21st century, a time when social media and other corporate actors exercise an almost unrestricted power to shape public opinion and to silence those voices and individuals they deem to be problematic. And Chris Hedges tries to prepare the American people for a 21st century where Christian fascists, right-wing fake populists, the corporatocracy and other right-wing authoritarians will be in power and the mainstream news media and the Democratic Party with its centrist monied interests (and a desperate yearning to return to “normal”) is going to simultaneously be both crushed and willing agents of the new order. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE TRUTH REPORT? Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheTruthReportPodcast Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Music at the end of this week's episode of The Truth Report is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify.

Shaka Senghor, authhor of Letters to the Sons of Society on the power of transformation, father's love, vulnerability and freedom.  His first book is a memoir Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison, debuted on The New York Times and The Washington Post Best Seller Lists.    RESOURCES AND LINKS Follow Shaka on Facebook Follow him on Twitter Follow him on Instagram Watch his TED talk On Conscious Co-Parenting  SUPPORT THE SHOW, SHOW YOUR LOVE Become a patron on Patreon.com and join 18 exisiting memebers who contribute $92 towards our monthly goal of $500.  Make a one-time donation in any amount to say “Thank you!” Rate or write a review   FULL SHOW NOTES www.authenticparenting.com/podcast    WORK WITH ME I would be thrilled to support you in your parenting journey! All listeners get 10% off on my services. Private Coaching Online courses and classes    GET IN TOUCH Comments, questions, feedback, and love notes  USA listeners call 732-763-2576 and leave a voicemail. International listeners use the FREE Speak Pipe tool on my website Email: info@authenticparenting.com   STAY CONNECTED Instagram Facebook Group-Authentic Parenting Community   Thank you for listening!  With gratitude, Anna Seewald Parent Educator, Keynote Speaker, Author www.authenticparenting.com

A couple of years ago, a unique off Broadway production played to sold out audiences night after night. The authors? Inmates at a maximum security prison in New Jersey. Chris Hedges, a Presbyterian minister and Pulitzer Prize winning former correspondent for the New York Times, has a new book (Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison), detailing the story of how the men he taught drama to behind bars became playwrights telling deeply personal stories. What can we learn about the US prison system, American society, and how not to judge people by their labels? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Drexel University Week:  There is often a better way to do things, if you know where to find it. Jordan Hyatt, associate professor of criminology and justice studies, discusses what we can learn from another country in prison reform. Dr. Jordan Hyatt is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies in the College […]

With the violence in Ukraine dominating headlines, the world is feeling dark — and uncertain. So today on the podcast, we're going to spotlight a story of hope. Chris Hedges is a former war correspondent for the New York Times and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He's also a Presbyterian minister and a bestselling author. In his latest book, The Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison, he tells a remarkable story that highlights both the evils of mass incarceration and the capacity of the human spirit to overcome. Hedges has been teaching inmates since 2010. In The Class, he chronicles one group's powerful journey writing a play — and how healing it was for the twenty-eight students involved, who were serving a combined 515 years behind bars. Chris Hedges is Tara's guest on today's episode of Lean Out.

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Elizabeth Greenwood, the author of “Love Lockdown: Dating, Sex, and Marriage in America's Prisons”. Elizabeth Greenwood has taught writing at Columbia University, the New School, and the Fashion Institute of Technology, and has received fellowships from MacDowell, Hedgebrook, the Norman Mailer Center, the Edward F. Albee Foundation, and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, among others. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, Vice, Longreads, GQ, and more. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a supposedly developed, democratic nation, the United States locks up an extraordinary number of its citizens. Close to one quarter of the world's prison population is in the United States. Even on a per capita basis, only El Salvador and Turkmenistan come close to America's preponderance for incarceration. In a country with a rising population and a falling demand for labor, the government decided to solve this problem by simply locking up millions of its poorest citizens, in the process allowing corporate America to make billions from their suffering. The prison industry is booming: between 1990 and 2005, the U.S. built, on average, a new prison every ten days. Joining Lowkey to discuss how prisons became big business is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges. Chris spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Balkans, and the Middle East for The New York Times and currently hosts the show On Contact on RT. His latest book, “Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison,” was published in October.  “The entire system works to railroad primarily poor people and disproportionately poor people of color into this system,” he told Lowkey. “Almost no one in the United States gets a jury trial; 94% of the people in the prison system are coerced by prosecutors to accept a plea deal. Public defenders can only spend 10 or 15 minutes with their clients.”In “Our Class,” Hedges describes mass incarceration as “the civil rights issue of our age.” “When you incarcerate someone, in essence, the whole family becomes incarcerated,” he said. Some 77 million Americans have a criminal record, while 113 million American adults have an immediate family member who has been to or currently is incarcerated, according to the Prison Policy Initiative. Once in the system, it is, by design, extremely hard to escape. Incarcerated individuals are forced to work for pennies per hour (some states pay nothing), while all manner of essential items are not provided and cost exorbitant amounts to purchase from the commissary. As a result, inmates are often released owing thousands of dollars. Having a criminal record bars citizens from many welfare and public housing benefits, as well as applying for jobs in a myriad of professions. For example, during the summer wildfires last year, California prison firefighters worked alongside professionals, tackling some of the worst blazes in American history. For this, they were paid barely $1 per hour, and are blocked from applying to the fire department once they are released. Thus, paying back these odious debts is even harder than it may appear.Hedges singled out President Biden as playing a particularly key role in turning the United States into an incarceration nation. Biden was “instrumental” in pushing the Democrats into seizing back the “law and order” narrative from the Republicans in the 1990s, helping to pass into law rules such as the Three Strikes Law, which has sent many Americans to prison for life for trivial offenses. The number of crimes worthy of the death penalty was also exanded from barely a handful to 51. Until recently, Biden took credit for the infamous 1994 Crime Bill, which was a key piece of legislation in codifying the prison industrial complex.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/MintPressNews)

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, war correspondent, and author of 14 books. His latest book, "Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison" chronicles his experience teaching in a New Jersey prison an intense, at times, heartbreaking and joyous journey.

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, war correspondent, and author of 14 books. His latest book, "Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison" chronicles his experience teaching in a NJ prison and is an intense, at times, heartbreaking and joyous journey. I spoke with Chris about "Our Class".

The Santa Ana Winds are met by a magical storm, spurring an OG Filthy Armenian Adventure to San Diego to shoot the breeze with old friend and literary guidepost Stephen Cox, the author of The Titanic Story, American Christianity, The Big House: Life and Reality in the American Prison, The New Testament and Literature: A Guide to Literary Patterns, and The Woman and the Dynamo: Isabel Paterson and the Idea of America, and editor of Liberty Magazine. Location: Greek restaurant formerly known as Aesop's Tables      Sights discussed: Joan Didion, Raymond Chandler, Eve Babitz, Columbo, Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks, South Park, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gone with the Wind, Nick at Nite, Gaslight, Angela Lansbury's three acts, The Picture of Dorian Gray movie, George Sanders, GWTW screenplay and first screening story, Armenia's revolution, Another Round, Le Grand Bouffet, Little Shop Around the Corner, Shadow of a Doubt, Rebecca, The Fountainhead, The New Yorker, salt, Elmer Gantry, Dr. Fauci, Los Angeles, Australia, New Zealand, masks, Isabel Paterson, Ayn Rand, A Star is Born, The Mission Inn, The Reptile Factory, Jehova's Witnesses, podcasting, cults, Mormon Church, God of the Machine, Walter Lippmann, National Review, Louis Aulchincloss, Ruth Suckow, Eva Marie Saint, William F. Buckley, Gore Vidal. Subscribe to our Patreon for premium content, bonus episodes, and early releases. Follow us on Twitter @filthyarmenian 

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A bad faith debate on Medicare for All and sifting through the disinformation of the Syrian Civil War. Plus, why are Covid-denying Republicans getting the vaccine before essential workers? Journalist Shane Bauer (Author of "American Prison”) and comedian Anna Valenzuela (Comedy Central Roast Battle) join Francesca for a much-needed pre-Christmas bitch session. Also, what's the most ridiculous Hallmark holiday movie pitch you can come up with? Francesca and Anna give it a whirl. FeaturingShane Bauer, journalist (@Shane_Bauer)Anna Valenzuela, comedian (@annavisfun)Francesca Fiorentini, host (@franifio)-----Give The Bitchuation Room Podcast 5 Stars on iTunes.Follow TBR on TwitterWatch LIVE every Sunday 6/9pmEST on YouTube and Twitch.Special Thanks to Becca Rufer, Kelly Carey, and Dorsey Shaw.  Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back! Thank you for joining me for this week's episode, where I discuss the prison industrial complex, the prison system and mass incarceration in the United States. As always, you can find more information and all of the resources I used on the blog at peytonproksch.wixsite.com/podcast

Summary Welcome back to the Perilous Podcast, a news and oral history project featuring original interviews with prisoners and detainees who have participated in or witnessed protests, uprisings and other forms of unrest behind bars. We also gather analysis and insight from researchers and advocates in an effort to build a better understanding of systems of incarceration and collective action and strategy. In this episode, we cover a protest that began this month, August of 2020, at Winn Correctional in Louisiana. We were able to interview several detainees in the facility to talk about the protest and the conditions that sparked it, as well as an interview with Shane Bauer, the author and investigative journalist who worked undercover at the Winn Correctional in 2015 and released a book about his experience titled, “American Prison”. A full article version of the story can be found on our website, as well as the unedited audio from every detainee interview we conducted. Perilous Chronicle is run by a small group of dedicated volunteers and very little funding. If you value our work, please support us by visiting our website and donating via PayPal or Patreon and rate and follow us on iTunes. With your help, we can expand our efforts to track, document and archive the stories of prisoners and detainees who are standing up for themselves in the midst of overwhelming odds. Perilous relies on crowdsourced information for our grassroots tracking and archival efforts. If you have information or are in touch with a prisoner or detainee who has witnessed or been involved in a protest or other form of unrest, please get in touch with us at info@perilouschronicle.com.

A razor focus on writing, it's episode nineteen! The cattiest podcast so far, our first podcast of 2020 has us hitting the ground running! For the past few workshops, we've been adapting lessons from Beyond the First Draft by Laurel Yorke. Some of what we covered include: Deep vs. Thesaurus Revision Abstract vs. Concrete Imagery The Synchronization of Honesty and Complexity in Your Writing The YWS trustees also gave us updates on their writing journey. We also discussed the things that wrinkled our brains. Titles and works like: Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor Ashley Poston and her many works The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Be sure to check out our website to learn more about our Self-Publishing Summit! You can find the trustees just about anywhere online. Follow Janey Merry Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Shayla Raquel Website Books and Resources Instagram Facebook Twitter Melissa Eick Website The Dragonfly Home Making Your Impact Podcast Instagram Facebook Twitter Gary Medina All Relevant Links “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” —Kurt Vonnegut

This week, we speak on the phone with writer and prison abolitionist Craig Gilmore, who begins by discussing his recent piece in Commune Magazine. The article, “The Business of Incarceration” is a review of American Prison, a critically acclaimed 2018 book by Shane Bauer. In his conversation with us, Gilmore critiques the book's thesis on …

When you find a problem in the world that needs to be confronted but it falls outside your area of expertise, what should you do? Start over? Go back to school and get a whole new degree? Born in Naples and raised in Milan, Chef Bruno Abate spent several successful decades in the food business before finding in himself a passion to reform the American prison system. But how? His solution was to utilize his existing skill set to create Recipe for Change, a culinary arts training program inside Cook County Jail, providing a solution to the problem of inmates released without job skills or self-confidence. We couldn't be more excited or honored to feature Chef Bruno on our first episode of 2019, a year we hope will be marked by many more conversations with and about using creativity to change the world for good.

Monica and Page sat down with Dan Berger via Skype and Toussaint Losier in Chicago to chat about their latest book, Rethinking the American Prison Movement, which provides a short and accessible overview of the transformational and ongoing struggles against America's prison system. From forced labor camps of the 19th century, to rebellious protests of the 1960's, to the rise of mass incarceration, this book is for anyone interested in the history of American prisons and the struggles for justice still echoing today.