Kite Line
Series produced by WFHB
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.
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This week, we hear a talk by H.H., who spoke recently at the Bend the Bars conference in Lansing, Michigan. H.H. shares his story, including the in...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 29:22
First, we hear some prison news and reflect on the anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion. Then, we hear more from last month’s Bend the Bars c...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 29:42
This week, we speak on the phone with writer and prison abolitionist Craig Gilmore, who begins by discussing his recent piece in Commune Magazine. ...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 29:02
It’s been one year since the August 2018 National Prison Strike. This week, we feature a talk from Ben Turk and Amani Sawari- both of whom were imp...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 29:01
For this week’s episode, we share a conversation between Melanie D. Newport and Anne Gray Fisher. They talk about the history of Cook County Jail- ...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share a panel that took place last week in Indianapolis. As we heard last episode, Indiana Against E-Carceration has been organizing ...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 29:02
This week, we hear from two people- Faith, who talks to us about the practice of inmate lending- and Jason Renard Walker, who speaks on the retalia...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 29:10
This week, we share a statement from former political prisoner Ray Luc Levassuer about the recent death of his comrade, Tom Manning. Then, we speak...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 29:04
This week, we hear reflections from members of the MOVE Organization. Speaking at the 2019 Fight Toxic Prisons convergence, they give their thought...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:06
This week we share two presentations from the recent Fight Toxic Prisons convergence. Held this past month in Gainesville, Florida, Fight Toxic Pri...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:22
This week, we air part of a conversation with Brandon Ackerson, a 36-year-old survivor of an 18 year prison sentence in the Indiana prison system. ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:04
On May 20th, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez became the fifth child to die in border patrol custody since December. He was 16, and had been held ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:44
This week, we share an interview with Julie, a researcher who studies the effects of climate change on prisoners. The conversation was held at las...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:01
This week, we spoke with participants in the struggle to close Dekalb County jail in Atlanta, Georgia. They walked us through the launch of the mov...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:19
Over the past year, the political prisoner support movement has won an exciting number of releases, with long-term political prisoners from MOVE an...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:27
Kevin Steel speaks to us about being sentenced to twelve years in prison at the age of 17. Speaking to us from the 4th annual Fight Toxic Prisons ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:19
This week, we have several kites, or messages, from people inside and outside of the prison walls. First, we have a statement that was recorded for...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we speak to two long-term supporters of Marius Mason, a long-term anarchist prisoner. He is currently held in a federal women’s facility...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:14
This week, we cover some sensitive topics on the show. We speak with Fable, who tells her story of incarceration when she was barely 18 years old. ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:02
This week, we return to our conversation with Zolo Agona Azania, who was recently released after surviving decades on Indiana’s death row. In the ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 29:08
