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This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or the "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers both to the events starting in late 1947 when Zionist ...
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- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 29:56
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Every ten years, the government of the United States of America issues a mandatory census to count the population. The results of the census deter...
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- Added: Sep 13, 2018
- Length: 09:25
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This week, we return to the story of Clinton “Boo” Gilkie, who died one year ago- on June 7, 2016- in the Monroe County Jail. We discussed the cir...
- Added: Jun 18, 2017
- Length: 29:38
This week we share news and stories from two people who have been caught up in very different ways in the web of prison. Both Bresha Meadows and Pa...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 30:10
This week we feature an interview with Patrick, who reflects on his
experience with addiction and prison. His story is both deeply personal
and ana...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 30:10
Our focus for this episode is writing to prisoners. After some prison-related news, we speak with Lukah Revolt, who explains how she went from writ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2017
- Length: 19:53
In this episode, we speak to people with experience with both homelessness and incarceration. Often, there is a cyclical relationship between these...
- Added: Mar 29, 2017
- Length: 29:50
We return to the topic of education within the prison system. After some prison news, we hear a statement written by someone who taught in prisons ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: 29:04
In this episode, we introduce a new topic, going “off-paper.” When
prisoners finish their time and re-enter the free world, they confront a
whole h...
- Added: Feb 05, 2017
- Length: 28:12
Our episode focuses on the experience of being pregnant while in prison. We speak with Dr. Alicia Suarez, PhD, who teaches at DePauw University. ...
- Added: Dec 28, 2016
- Length: 26:56
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
Ken Thompson made history in 2013 when he became the first African American to be elected Brooklyn District Attorney. He won international attentio...
- Added: Dec 27, 2015
- Length: 29:06
On-the ground interview from Friday Jan. 28th with CLP correspondent Nathaniel Greenberg, currently based in Cairo.
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 04:26
Federal stimulus checks are arriving for retired railroad workers, veterans and people on Social Security Disability and SSI.
Rogi Riverstone inte...
- Added: May 08, 2009
- Length: 04:23