Kite Line

Series produced by WFHB

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Kite Line is a radio program devoted to prison issues around the Midwest and beyond.

Behind the prison walls, a message is called a kite: whispered words, a note passed hand to hand, or a request submitted to the guards for medical care. Illicit or not, sending a kite means trusting that other people will bear it farther along till it reaches its destination. On the show, we hope to pass along words across the prison walls.

Explore the episode archive at kitelineradio.org


259 Pieces

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Kite Line: The Debut Episode
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This first episode of Kite Line is an introduction to some of the issues we want to cover here on the show. We give updates on prison news, talk ab...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Prison 101, Hunger Strikes, and Bomani Shakur
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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In the second episode of Kite Line, we hear from Bomani Shakur, a prisoner on death row in Ohio, have our second installment of Prison 101 with Pro...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Prison Ecology: Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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In the third episode of Kite Line, we focus on prison ecology. We talk with organizers of the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons as well as a member o...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Prison Ecology: Part Two
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we hear some prison related news, and then return to the theme of Prison Ecology. There is more from the panel at the Fight Toxic Prison...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
Bend the Bars
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we recorded at Bend The Bars, a conference in Columbus, Ohio, that brought together former prisoners, various organizations, and people ...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
National Prison Strike
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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In this episode, we focus on the September 9th National Prison Strike. We hear the Free Alabama Movement’s initial call for the strike, learn a bit...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 22:20
  • Purchases: 1
National Prison Strike Updates
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week on Kite Line, we follow up on what’s happening nationally and internationally in regards to actions for the National Prison strike, both ...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Marius
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We begin our show with updates on the National Prison Strike, and then devote the entire episode to Marius Mason, a friend and former Bloomington r...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 1
Women, Health, and Prison: Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week is our introduction to the topic of women, health, and prison. We speak with some prisoners from the Indiana Women's Prison about their e...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
YIMBY: Yes In My Backyard
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We focus on some positive projects in our area that affect those experiencing incarceration, addiction, and poverty. We have updates on the Nationa...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:23
Habeas Corpus
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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The focus this week is on the impact of habeas corpus both for prisoners and their loved ones. We begin with news on a call-in effort for queer and...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
Hunger and Work Strikes
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We learn about the Chicago Community Bond Fund, a group that bails people out of Chicago's Cook County Jail and strives to end pretrial detention....

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:31
The Bomani Episode
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we focus on a topic that is close to many of us on the outside: the story and struggle of political prisoner and Ohio death row inmate B...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:54
Sekou Kambui
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we return to the experiences and stories of Sekou Kambui, who was incarcerated for 47 years in Alabama prisons. He was originally charg...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:57
Families and Prison: Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week is our first installment of a series covering the impact of prison on families. This episode focuses on Wendi Middleton, who works in the...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:22
Families and Prison: Part Two
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week’s episode is the second installment of our Families and Prison series. We speak with April, a formerly-incarcerated mother who works with...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:39
Female Survival in Prison
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This episode is the second installment exploring women within prisons. First, we get updates on struggles in Bulgaria and Turkey, hear about propos...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:43
Dignity in Detention- From Standing Rock to the Spanish State
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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Our focus this week is on Red Fawn Fallis, currently detained in North Dakota after her arrest on October 27, at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservatio...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:38
Immigration and Incarceration
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week’s episode begins to explore the intersections of borders, documentation, and incarceration. We look at the history of U.S. immigration po...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
Community Policing
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we are sharing a conversation we had with Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies in Blue and American Methods: Torture and the Logic o...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:45