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From the Vault: Crew No. 7
Season 14 Episode 11
California relies on incarcerated firefighters to fight fires like the ones that have engulfed Southern California this month. But once these men and…
1 year, 2 months ago
Revisiting “August 21, 1971”
Season 14 Episode 10
In the next installment in our “sleeper hits” series, Earlonne listens back to the episode “August 21, 1971,” about George Jackson and one of the mos…
1 year, 2 months ago
Last Memory: Linda
Season 14 Episode 9
Linda’s mom brought her to a Catholic Mass because she had a sense her daughter was on the verge of something, and needed help. Thirty-seven years in…
1 year, 3 months ago
Last Memory: Leisha
Season 14 Episode 8
Leisha didn't plan on getting pregnant. And she certainly didn't plan on giving birth in prison. But on the day those two red lines showed up, Leisha…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Wrong Line of Business
Season 14 Episode 7
Earlonne's here with his "mystery" episode, and it's a doozy. He tells Nigel a redemption story wrapped in a drug-trafficking story, and, along the w…
1 year, 4 months ago
My Understanding of This Place: Nigel & Earlonne
Season 14 Episode 6
Over the past two episodes we’ve been hearing about “memory places” at San Quentin: ordinary-seeming spots that become extraordinary through the eyes…
1 year, 4 months ago
My Understanding of This Place, Part 2
Season 14 Episode 5
In the second part of this two-part series, Nigel reveals to Earlonne the final stops in her memory-tour of San Quentin, culminating in an exploratio…
1 year, 5 months ago
My Understanding of This Place, Part 1
Season 14 Episode 4
Nigel — with help from our team inside San Quentin — has been cooking up an episode that her co-host knows nothing about. Without giving too much awa…
1 year, 5 months ago
Election!
Season 14 Episode 3
Incarcerated people in California can’t vote, but that doesn't mean they aren’t tracking electoral politics as closely as many of us on the outside a…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Little Streets, a Little Romance, a Little Deception
Season 14 Episode 2
Wali was on his way to make a life-altering decision when a book made him reconsider. Shaka’s 40 years on death row were shaped by three books picked…
1 year, 6 months ago