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Uncuffed

KALW

Uncuffed empowers people in California prisons to tell their own stories. The award-winning collaboration between incarcerated student producers and professional journalists shines light on the human experience of people before, during, and after their prison terms. The new Season 4 is hosted by formerly incarcerated producer Greg Eskridge.

https://www.WeAreUncuffed.org

Uncuffed empowers people in California prisons to tell their own stories. The award-winning collaboration between incarcerated student producers and professional journalists shines light on the human experience of people before, during, and after their prison terms. The new Season 4 is hosted by formerly incarcerated producer Greg Eskridge.

https://www.WeAreUncuffed.org
23hr 20min
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April 10, 202533min 25sec48.06 MB
Thumbnail for "S4, E6 - Hey Mr. DJ".
April 24, 202530min 13sec43.46 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed Presents: Fire Escape".
March 27, 202511min 11sec26.87 MB
Thumbnail for "S4, E4 - Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself".
March 13, 202531min 34sec45.41 MB
Thumbnail for "S4, E3 - Where Were You In '92?".
February 27, 202531min44.58 MB
Thumbnail for "S4, E2 - Catching Up".
February 13, 202533min 1sec47.5 MB
Thumbnail for "S4, E1 - Day One".
January 30, 20257min 38sec10.99 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed Season 4: Back With New Stories!".
KALW's award-winning podcast Uncuffed is back with a brand new season! First…
January 21, 20252min 10sec3.12 MB
Thumbnail for "The doctor said he’d never walk again. He was wrong.".
A message from Uncuffed alum Anthony Ivy:After 12 years behind bars, I’m now…
December 3, 202412min 48sec30.73 MB
Thumbnail for "People in California prisons can't vote. Your vote will change their lives.".
The Uncuffed producers can't vote. But you better believe they still have…
October 22, 202434min 59sec50.3 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed Presents: Track Change".
Uncuffed is pleased to share the new podcast, Track Change. Follow a group of…
May 10, 202433min 6sec47.62 MB
Thumbnail for "Prison Jobs: Working Hard, Hardly Paid".
In California, incarcerated people legally have to work. One thing the jobs…
April 16, 202429min 44sec42.75 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: All My Life".
Brian Asey at San Quentin on "All My Life," by K-Ci & JoJo. It's the Uncuffed…
April 2, 20243min 46sec9.04 MB
Thumbnail for "Opening Up After Getting Out: Stories From Re-Entry".
Childhood trauma, embracing differences, and putting your heart out there -…
March 26, 202434min 11sec49.17 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: Locked Up And Grinding All My Life".
Anthony Ivy and Timothy Hicks on “Locked Up” by Lil Durk and "Grinding All My…
March 19, 20247min 52sec18.91 MB
Thumbnail for "Goodbye, Solano State Prison — Welcome Home, Luis".
Meet an Uncuffed producer as he leaves prison. Luis shares his hopes for a new…
March 12, 202432min 14sec46.35 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: Ambitionz Az A Ridah".
Steve Brooks at San Quentin on “Ambitionz Az A Ridah,” by Tupac Shakur. It’s…
March 5, 20243min 43sec8.93 MB
Thumbnail for "Got Nothin' On The Chow Line: Navigating Life Outside Of Prison".
A founding Uncuffed producer visits prison again, this time as a free man.…
February 27, 202430min 55sec44.48 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: The World I Know".
Bryan Mazza at Solano on "The World I Know," by Collective Soul. It's the…
February 20, 20245min 12sec12.52 MB
Thumbnail for "Striking Out Stigma: A Prison Team Goes Beyond Baseball".
People in prison are no stranger to stereotypes. This week, stories about…
February 13, 202426min 1sec37.42 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: Mama Tried".
Ryan Pagan at San Quentin on “Mama Tried” by Merle Haggard. It’s the Uncuffed…
February 6, 20243min 27sec8.3 MB
Thumbnail for "Lavell's Choice: Healing Or Revenge?".
When violence has been normal for so long, it can be difficult to give it up.…
January 30, 202435min 13sec50.65 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: Take Me To Church".
bf thames at Solano on "Take Me To Church" by Hozier. It's the Uncuffed My…
January 23, 20244min 42sec11.29 MB
Thumbnail for "Grieving, Interrupted".
Prison conditions make it difficult to grieve inside. How do you process loss…
January 16, 202431min 40sec45.55 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: This Christmas".
Greg Eskridge at San Quentin on “This Christmas” by Donny Hathaway. It’s the…
December 19, 20238min 22sec12.04 MB
Thumbnail for "Who Let The Dogs In? Dog Training In Prison".
Can pets in prison create healing? Uncuffed goes inside a special dog training…
December 12, 202325min 38sec36.86 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: Stomp!".
Jay Evans at Solano on "Stomp!" by The Brothers Johnson. It's the Uncuffed My…
December 5, 20235min 7sec12.3 MB
Thumbnail for "Art Saved My Life".
San Quentin producers reflect on the lessons –– both good and bad –– that are…
November 28, 202335min 54sec51.63 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: Love, Me".
Anthony Caravalho at San Quentin on "Love, Me" by Collin Raye. It's the…
November 14, 20233min 29sec8.37 MB
Thumbnail for "Hole In The Heart: A Love Stronger Than Prison Walls".
The Solano team shares their stories of maintaining love from behind bars, and…
November 7, 202333min 34sec48.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed My Mixtape: Dear Mama".
Juan Haines at San Quentin on "Dear Mama" by Tupac Shakur. It's the Uncuffed My…
October 31, 20233min 52sec9.3 MB
Thumbnail for "Pickleball: Can A Game Change Prison Culture?".
Earlier this year, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an ambitious goal…
October 24, 202339min 5sec56.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Season 3: Uncuffed Is Back!".
Uncuffed, the award-winning podcast hosted by people in San Quentin and Solano…
October 18, 20232min 5sec3.01 MB
Thumbnail for "What Can California Learn From Norway’s Prisons?".
In our previous episode, a team of formerly incarcerated producers visited a…
February 14, 202329min 18sec42.15 MB
Thumbnail for "A Prison From Another Planet".
Last summer, some formerly incarcerated graduates of the Uncuffed program…
January 31, 202331min 35sec45.41 MB
Thumbnail for "Prison Radio International".
Last summer, the Uncuffed team was invited to the world’s first International…
January 10, 202335min 10sec50.58 MB
Thumbnail for "Prison’s Secret Santas (2019)".
For people in prison, the holiday season can be a painful time. Many miss their…
December 20, 202225min 48sec37.11 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed Presents: Becoming Muslim".
At Folsom State Prison, Wendell El-Amin James gravitated towards incarcerated…
December 6, 202222min 58sec33.02 MB
Thumbnail for "An Uncuffed Thank You".
In this season of gratitude, two founding co-hosts of Uncuffed, Tommy "Shakur"…
November 22, 20222min 35sec3.73 MB
Thumbnail for "I'm Somebody's Hero".
Growing up, Uncuffed Producer Thanh Tran never truly felt like he had a home.…
November 8, 202240min 52sec58.77 MB
Thumbnail for "When A Mother's Love Becomes Violent".
As a child, Francisco Magaña was afraid of his mother. She would beat him, and…
October 26, 202230min 15sec28.99 MB
Thumbnail for "You're Invited To An Uncuffed Wedding".
We joyfully request the honor of your presence at an extra special wedding. Our…
October 11, 202232min 50sec47.3 MB
Thumbnail for "My Enemy Saved My Life".
Death is a normal part of life in prison, but it’s rare that someone can live…
September 27, 202220min 37sec29.67 MB
Thumbnail for "Humor As Medicine: Aging And Compassion In Prison".
California's prison population is aging. Between 2000 and 2017, the share of…
September 14, 202231min 41sec45.58 MB
Thumbnail for "It's Never Too Late: Fatherhood From Inside Prison".
One of the many struggles of parenting from inside prison is the constant fear…
August 30, 202231min 11sec44.85 MB
Thumbnail for "You've Got Mail: Surprise Letters During Lockdown".
Letter writing is an art, and the Uncuffed producers at San Quentin State…
August 16, 202224min 21sec35.02 MB
Thumbnail for "Man Down: COVID Strikes At San Quentin".
In June 2020, San Quentin had one of the biggest COVID-19 outbreaks in a…
August 2, 202230min 31sec43.89 MB
Thumbnail for "Uncuffed Season 2: Coming Soon!".
It's been a wild couple of years, and in California prisons, it was no…
July 26, 20222min2.88 MB
Thumbnail for "I Can See You As My Neighbor".
Tommy "Shakur" Ross has been incarcerated for over 36 years. In those decades,…
April 19, 202232min 43sec47.04 MB
Thumbnail for "Nate's Going Home".
After over 20 years of incarceration, Uncuffed producer Nate McKinney is going…
November 16, 202122min 9sec31.86 MB
Thumbnail for "Unconfined: The Trials Of Re-Entry".
After serving a sentence in prison, re-entry into the free world can come with…
May 25, 202131min 51sec45.81 MB
Thumbnail for "Pandemic Playlist: Songs For A Year On Lockdown".
For most of us in prisons, the pandemic has meant a year of even more…
March 30, 202129min 20sec42.19 MB
Thumbnail for "Special: Letters From The Outside, Almost One Year Into The Pandemic".
It's been almost a year since friends and family have been able to visit their…
February 9, 202128min 51sec41.49 MB
Thumbnail for "Unconfined: Joe Kirk".
Unconfined is a new series of special episodes that feature Uncuffed producers…
September 15, 202017min 34sec25.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Unconfined: Chanthon Bun".
Chanthon Bun caught the coronavirus at San Quentin Prison during one of the…
September 9, 202023min 42sec34.09 MB
Thumbnail for "Special: Letters From The Outside As COVID Rages Inside".
The COVID-19 outbreak in prisons across California is taking an incredible toll…
July 8, 202026min 10sec25.08 MB
Thumbnail for "Special: Prisoners Face Coronavirus".
Disease can spread quickly in prisons. In this special conversation from…
March 26, 202011min 6sec26.65 MB
Thumbnail for "Episode 5: Prison’s Secret Santas".
For the finale, we’re coming together for the holidays. You’ll hear from the…
December 17, 201925min 41sec36.94 MB
Thumbnail for "Episode 4: Maserati-E".
In 2012, Eric "Maserati-E" Abercrombie picked up the guitar and has been…
December 3, 201923min 44sec34.13 MB
Thumbnail for "Episode 3: Yoga".
Gordon Melvin learned how to do yoga by watching TV. Soon, he was leading…
November 19, 201920min 20sec29.24 MB
Thumbnail for "Special: A Wild Turkey On The Prison Yard".
Thanksgiving is coming, and while a lot of turkeys end up on plates, there are…
November 11, 201910min 46sec15.49 MB
Thumbnail for "Episode 2: Rebuilding Family Relationships".
Cleo Cloman grew up in a two-parent household and had dreams of playing pro…
November 5, 201918min 19sec26.34 MB
Thumbnail for "Episode 1: Sky Boii".
Remus Sam Langi is serving 38 years to life on a second-degree murder…
October 22, 201917min24.47 MB
Thumbnail for "Introducing Uncuffed, a storytelling project made behind prison walls".
Uncuffed is made inside prison walls at San Quentin Prison and Solano State…
September 9, 20191min 55sec2.77 MB

S4, E5 - The Truth

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April 10, 202533min 25sec

Sometimes its easier to keep up with a lie, especially when you're worried that the truth will hurt those you care about most. In this episode, we'll hear stories about people who work up the courage to open up with their families, despite the hurdles in front of them.

And for the first time, we’ll hear a roundtable discussion from our new participants at the California Institution for Women (CIW)!

Our work in prisons is supported by the California Arts Council, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, independent foundations, and donations from listeners like you.

Learn more, sign up for Uncuffed news, and support the program at www.weareuncuffed.org

Follow us @WeAreUncuffed on Instagram and Facebook

Transcripts are available within a week of the episode coming out at www.kalw.org/podcast/uncuffed

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