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The United States is the world's largest incarcerator. Many of the prisons built since the 1990s are in rural places, particularly in Central Appalachia as an economic development strategy to replace the coal industry. The prison economy of Central Appalachia figures strongly into the work of both our guests, multimedia artist and organizer Sylvia Ryerson and professor and author Judah Schept. Ryerson is a multimedia artist, organizer and PhD candidate in American Studies at Yale University. For over a decade, her work rooted at the intersection of scholarship, activism and art, has probed the overlapping crises of racialized mass incarceration, rural economic abandonment, and environmental destruction. She is also the director of a new documentary Calls from Home, which documents WMMT.FM's longstanding radio show that sends familial messages of love over public airwaves to reach people incarcerated in Central Appalachia. Schept is a professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. His most recent book is Coal, Cages, Crisis: The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia. He has been active with numerous organizations and campaigns centered on decarceration, criminalization and abolition.  About our guests Sylvia Ryerson is a PhD Candidate in American Studies at Yale University, with a Master's concentration in the public humanities. Prior to graduate school she worked as an independent radio producer, and at the Appalshop media arts and education center in Whitesburg, Kentucky. There she served as a reporter and the director of public affairs programming, and co-directed Appalshop/WMMT-FM's Hip Hop from the Hilltop & Calls from Home radio show, a nationally recognized weekly radio program broadcasting music and toll-free phone messages from family members to their loved ones incarcerated, and Making Connections News, a multimedia community storytelling project documenting efforts for a just transition from coal extraction. Her research questions build from this work, and are rooted at the intersection of scholarship, activism, and art.  Judah Schept is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of Coal, Cages, Crisis: The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia (New York University Press, 2022) and Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion (New York University Press, 2015. He is co-editor of The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration (Verso Books, 2024). He holds a PhD from Indiana University and a BA from Vassar College. https://youtu.be/CPlHM3aIsXQ Everywhere Radio spotlight the good, scrappy and joyful ways rural people and their allies are building a more inclusive nation. Everywhere Radio is a production of the Rural Assembly. Get the Rural Assembly in your inbox: https://www.ruralassembly.org/newsletters

Pitt discusses with Sylvia Ryerson the importance of radio station WMMT-FM as an airwave of hope for prisoners and asks that we support their efforts to recover from a recent flooding. You can find more…

English below* Este episodio se transmitió originalmente en WKCR-NY 89.9 FM  y WPKN-CT 89.5 FM el 15 de abril de 2021. Un agradecimiento especial a Suny Rodríguez, quien compartió su historia con nosotros.Este episodio fue co-producido por Luis Luna, Sylvia Ryerson y Annie Rosenthal. Agradecimientos especiales a Janis Jin quien nos asistió en la producción de este episodio, a Conchita Cruz,  Marilyn Alvarado  y a todo el equipo de ASAPA Amiri Tulloch y a nuestros amigos de WKCR-NY. La música es de Olmeca, artista de hip-hop bilingüe, productor, activista y académico. Encuéntralo en Spotify, Itunes o dondequiera que escuchas tu música.______This episode originally aired on WKCR-NY 89.9 FM and WPKN-CT 89.5 FM on April 15, 2021. Special thanks to Suny Rodriguez who shared her story with us.This episode was co-produced by Luis Luna, Sylvia Ryerson, and Annie Rosenthal. Special thanks to Janis Jin, who assisted in the production of this episode and to Conchita Cruz and Marilyn Alvarado and to all the ASAP team. Shout out to Amiri Tulloch and our friends at WKCR Suny’s interview was voiced by Marilyn Alvarado. The opening and closing theme music for this show is by Olmeca bilingual hip-hop artist, producer, activist and scholar.  Find him on Spotify, Itunes or wherever you get your music. www.meltingtheice.org www.asylumadvocacy.org www.olmecaofficial.comwww.wpkn.org https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/

This episode is bilingual. Este episodio es bilingüe. La versión en español comienza en 24 min 41 seg.As the Biden administration prepared to roll out its immigration bill, we took a moment to zoom out and reassess the current detention landscape. We spoke with Setareh Ghandehari, advocacy director of Detention Watch Network, about the rise of immigrant detention in the U.S., what the new administration means for the future of the practice, and the challenges and possibilities for organizers in the months ahead. We also introduced a new feature: a local news bulletin, with updates from partners on the ground in New York and New Jersey.This episode originally aired on WKCR and WPKN on February 18, 2021. Special thanks to Setareh Ghandehari of Detention Watch Network; Constanza Segovia, who shared Setareh’s interview in Spanish; and Amiri Tulloch at WKCR. This episode was co-produced by Luis Luna, Sylvia Ryerson, and Annie Rosenthal. For more information, visit meltingtheice.org.Spanish interpretation voiced by artist Constanza Segovia (who designed our podcast square!). You can see more of her amazing work at veoveodesign.comThe opening and closing theme music for this show is by the Bilingual hip-hop artist and human rights activist Olmeca. Hear more of his powerful work at www.olmecaofficial.comEn Español: Mientras la administración de Biden se preparaba para implementar su proyecto de ley de inmigración, nos tomamos un momento para alejarnos y reevaluar el panorama actual de detenciones. Hablamos con Setareh Ghandehari, directora de defensa de Detention Watch Network, sobre el aumento de la detención de inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos, lo que significa la nueva administración para el futuro de la práctica, y los desafíos y posibilidades para los activistas en los meses venideros. También presentamos una nueva función: un boletín de noticias local, con actualizaciones de compañeros en el terreno en Nueva York y Nueva Jersey.Este episodio se emitió originalmente en WKCR y WPKN el 18 de febrero de 2021. Un agradecimiento especial a Setareh Ghandehari de Detention Watch Network; Constanza Segovia, quien compartió la entrevista de Setareh en español; y Amiri Tulloch en WKCR. Este episodio fue coproducido por Luis Luna, Sylvia Ryerson y Annie Rosenthal. Para obtener más información, visite meltingtheice.org.Interpretación en español con la voz de la artista Constanza Segovia (¡quien diseñó nuestra plaza de podcasts!). Puedes ver más de su increíble trabajo en veoveodesign.com.El tema musical de apertura y cierre de este espectáculo es de la artista bilingüe de hip-hop y activista de derechos humanos Olmeca. Escuche más de su poderoso trabajo en www.olmecaofficial.com.

*This episode is bilingual. The first half is in spanish; a full english interpretation begins at 30min 54sec. Skip to here to listen in english! Español: En este episodio, Luis Luna habla con Yimy Aldair Benitez Lopez, una mujer transgénero que pasó cinco meses en un centro de detención de ICE solo para hombres y estaba en detención cuando empezó la pandemia. Su conversación explora los condiciones fatales que Yimy experimentó adentro durante la pandemia, y las dificultades que en enfrentó en continuar su tratamiento de terapia hormonal en la detención, pero también, su vida artística como intérprete con el nombre Itzel Ferrati, y la importancia de la creatividad incluso en las peores condiciones.Sylvia Ryerson también habla con Rachel Levenson, una de las abogados de Yimy con Make the Road NY, sobre la importancia del caso de Yimy, el papel central de Yimy en la organización y divulgación de noticias sobre una huelga de hambre dentro del Centro Correccional del Condado de Hudson para protestar estas condiciones, y la lucha en curso por #LiberarATodos.English: In this episode, Luis Luna talks with Yimy Aldair Benitez Lopez, a trans woman who spent five months in an all-male ICE facility in New Jersey, and was in detention when the pandemic first hit. Their conversation explores the deadly conditions Yimy experienced inside during the pandemic, the difficulties they faced in continuing their hormone therapy treatment in detention, but also, their artistic life as a performer by the name of Itzel Ferrati, and the importance of creativity even in the worst of conditions.Sylvia Ryerson also speaks with Rachel Levenson, one of Yimy’s attorney’s with Make the Road NY, about the significance of Yimy’s case, Yimy’s central role in organizing and breaking the news about a hunger strike inside of the Hudson County Correctional Center to protest these conditions, and the ongoing fight to #FreeThemAll.For more information see:www.maketheroadny.orgwww.detentionwatchnetwork.orgwww.meltingtheice.orgHosted by Luis LunaCo-Produced and Edited by Sylvia RyersonProduction and Research Assistance by Annie RosenthalMusic by Olmeca, more at www.olmecaofficial.com

On today's GM REPORT TO THE LISTENERS, WPKN's GM Steve di Costanzo welcomes Mollie Melbourne, President & CEO of Southwest Community Health Center based in Bridgeport- dedicated to providing high quality, accessible medical, dental and behavioral health services to individuals and families, in the Greater Bridgeport area, especially the uninsured, who reside in the medically underserved Southwest Bridgeport community. WPKN’s Luis Luna, co-producer of a new bilingual radio program/Podcast MELTING THE ICE/DERITIENTO EL HIELO (with co-producer Sylvia Ryerson) that airs monthly on WPKN as well as Columbia University’s WKCR-FM WPKN’s Binnie Klein on her podcast series: Ten Days in Newark-First Love. First Heartbreak. Radical Politics of the 1960s — an Audio Memoir. WPKN volunteer/intern Matt Cloutier on his environmental show GREEN LINE and his radio/podcast plans.

In this episode we bring you two recent stories from the Ohio Valley Resource, and, we dust off a piece from our archives. First, we learn about a recent lecture at West Virginia University by David Zatezalo - Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Administration. Zatezalo lays out the Trump Administration’s priorities for MSHA. Then, we learn about the challenges facing one West Virginia woman in recovery. Wendy Crites was stopped for driving under the influence of suboxone - even though it’s a prescribed medication aiding in her recovery. And last, from the archives, we’ll hear a 2014 interview that Sylvia Ryerson did with Tom Brown - an apple grower from Clemmons, NC who has saved hundreds of varieties of Heirloom apples.

On our 50th episode, we're joined by journalist Sylvia Ryerson and Eastern Kentucky University professor Judah Schept, to discuss the federal prison that has been slated for construction in our home of Letcher County, Kentucky. We also talk about rural prison expansion and the carceral state more generally, and about how prisons are sold as economic development for deindustrialized regions. Check out their recent article here: http://bostonreview.net/law-justice/sylvia-ryerson-judah-schept-building-prisons-appalachia And check out Sylvia's Restorative Radio project here: http://www.restorativeradio.org/audio-postcards-2/

For Human Race's final episode, we share several of your stories. This episode of Human Race is brought to you by Brooks. Sign up for the Brooks Big Endorsement and become a sponsored athlete at www.BrooksAthlete.com/rw. Credits: Host: Rachel Swaby Producers: Rachel Swaby, Brian Dalek, Christine Fennessy Theme music: Danny Cocke Human Race is a proud part of Panoply Special thanks to: David Willey, Christine Fennessy, Brian Dalek, Sylvia Ryerson, Audrey Quinn, Mervyn Deganos, David Weinberg, Danielle Thomsen, Kit Fox, Casey Martin, Willow Belden, Tennessee Watson, Scott Carrier, Karen Given, and Cindy Kuzma. 

Earlier this year, Human Race asked listeners to send in stories about their run clubs. We got inspiring, motivating, and touching stories from all over the country—exactly what we were hoping for. But then we got a story so unexpected, so charming, so zany, that we couldn’t possibly pass it up. This week, Human Race goes to Colorado Springs to run with donkeys. That’s right. Donkeys.  And what we found there wasn’t just a novelty club. When “you teach someone else not only how to [run with donkeys] but why to do it,” says Shaw, “That forms a more unique bond between people.” Rosco’s Runners is a club that’s had a powerful effect on the local community—as well as the people who run it. Rosco’s Runners Videos: Rosco's Th@nksgiving Rosco likes Human Race Episode Credits: Host & producer: Rachel Swaby Editing help: Sylvia Ryerson and Brian Dalek Special thanks to Kevin Shaw, Suzanne Shaw, and Tony White. Thanks to Sam White for donkey running recording help. Theme music: Danny Cocke Human Race is a proud part of Panoply This episode of Human Race is brought to you by Brooks. Sign up for the Brooks Big Endorsement and become a sponsored athlete at www.BrooksAthlete.com/rw.

On this episode of Re:sound, we're featuring an audio postcard from the Restorative Radio Project plus an interview with the series' producer, Sylvia Ryerson. 'Envision Yourself Being a Free Man' by Sylvia Ryerson with recordings by Essie Mannes (Restorative Radio Project, WMMT, 2016) Essie Manns is the grandmother of DeVaughn Hall, currently incarcerated at Red Onion State prison. Essie lives in Roanoke, Virginia, a 4 hours drive from the prison. She cannot drive long distances, but she gets rides from her friends and family as often as she can to go and visit DeVaughn in prison. For her audio postcard, Essie recorded a Sunday with the family. She took the recorder to church, and then returned home for a fish fry with their whole extended family. Read our behind-the-scenes interview with Sylvia: http://thirdcoastfestival.org/explore/article/sylvia-ryerson-bts This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Juli Windsor and John Young, the little people marathoners we first featured in the story, “Big,” in our April 2014 issue, share their story. (1:00) Shoe and gear editor Jeff Dengate finds a staff member with nearly zero shoe sense and takes him for his first proper fitting at our local running store. (18:37) In the Kick, we talk about selling flesh for ads, paying it forward in Boston, and Nike co-founder Phil Knight's memoir, Shoe Dog.  (30:35) Episode Credits: The Runner's World Show is hosted by Editor-in-Chief David Willey. The podcast is produced by Sylvia Ryerson, Christine Fennessy, and Brian Dalek. Our theme music is “So I Run” by Thunderhoof. Interviews on the podcast have been edited for length and clarity. Got a story idea for the show? Send it to rwaudio@rodale.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Juli Windsor and John Young, the little people marathoners we first featured in the story, “Big,” in our April 2014 issue, share their story. (1:00) Shoe and gear editor Jeff Dengate finds a staff member with nearly zero shoe sense and takes him for his first proper fitting at our local running store. (18:37) In the Kick, we talk about selling flesh for ads, paying it forward in Boston, and Nike co-founder Phil Knight’s memoir, Shoe Dog.  (30:35) Episode Credits: The Runner’s World Show is hosted by Editor-in-Chief David Willey. The podcast is produced by Sylvia Ryerson, Christine Fennessy, and Brian Dalek. Our theme music is “So I Run” by Thunderhoof. Interviews on the podcast have been edited for length and clarity. Got a story idea for the show? Send it to rwaudio@rodale.com.