Prison Pen Pal Podcast

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Richard Strong: Never Alone, but Always Lonely

Richard Strong: Never Alone, but Always Lonely

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Doing God's Work

Doing God's Work

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Marc Rosemond: How Music and Art Helped Transform the Life of a Convicted Murderer

Marc Rosemond: How Music and Art Helped Transform the Life of a Convicted Murderer

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Matt Reynolds: Animal Trainer, Professional Wrestler, and Prison Pen Pal

Matt Reynolds: Animal Trainer, Professional Wrestler, and Prison Pen Pal

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A Very Prison Thanksgiving: Inmates Share Holiday Traditions

A Very Prison Thanksgiving: Inmates Share Holiday Traditions

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Ryan Rice Shares His Story

Ryan Rice Shares His Story

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Prison Pen Pals: Still Human

Prison Pen Pals: Still Human

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Locked Up on Halloween: Hear Real Stories from Inmates

Locked Up on Halloween: Hear Real Stories from Inmates

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Is Marvin Dearing Innocent?

Is Marvin Dearing Innocent?

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David Bomber: Incarcerated Artist, Blogger, and Actor

David Bomber: Incarcerated Artist, Blogger, and Actor

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Jason Kurtz - Incarcerated Author

Jason Kurtz - Incarcerated Author

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Easter Nightmare: An Interview with Colby Brookman

Easter Nightmare: An Interview with Colby Brookman

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Prison Wife, Therapist, and Author: Interview with Annie Perry of JailHouse Books

Prison Wife, Therapist, and Author: Interview with Annie Perry of JailHouse Books

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Former EMF Gang Member Talks Faith, Hope, Redemption

Former EMF Gang Member Talks Faith, Hope, Redemption

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Write a Pen Pal Profile that Gets Results

Write a Pen Pal Profile that Gets Results

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Jimmy Tench Interview from Death Row

Jimmy Tench Interview from Death Row

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Pen Pal Love Across the Pond: Bianca and Armon

Pen Pal Love Across the Pond: Bianca and Armon

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Prison Pen Pal Podcast Trailer

Prison Pen Pal Podcast Trailer

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Prison Artist: An Interview with Alfson

Prison Artist: An Interview with Alfson

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Ghosted By My Prison Pen Pal

Ghosted By My Prison Pen Pal

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Microwave Manifesto: Food and Philosophy Behind Bars

Microwave Manifesto: Food and Philosophy Behind Bars

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Connection: The Real Reason People Seek Out Inmate Pen Pals

Connection: The Real Reason People Seek Out Inmate Pen Pals

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It Wasn't Me: Bad DNA? Framed By the CIA?

It Wasn't Me: Bad DNA? Framed By the CIA?

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The Holiday Episode: Happily Ever After!

The Holiday Episode: Happily Ever After!

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Marijuana Inmates: Amy in Arizona Wrote to a Dozen Prison Pen Pals

Marijuana Inmates: Amy in Arizona Wrote to a Dozen Prison Pen Pals

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Killer with a Conscience: The Will Leverett Interview

Killer with a Conscience: The Will Leverett Interview

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Inmate Service Companies: Hear Real Reviews from Inmates

Inmate Service Companies: Hear Real Reviews from Inmates

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Solitary Confinement: The Hole Truth

Solitary Confinement: The Hole Truth

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Brian Dripps: Convicted of Angie Dodge Murder After 25 Years

Brian Dripps: Convicted of Angie Dodge Murder After 25 Years

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No Books for You: The Dangerous Realities of Book Banning in Wisconsin Prisons

No Books for You: The Dangerous Realities of Book Banning in Wisconsin Prisons

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Does Your Inmate Pen Pal Manipulate You?

Does Your Inmate Pen Pal Manipulate You?

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Daniel Dean Morris: Incarcerated Author and Father

Daniel Dean Morris: Incarcerated Author and Father

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Wrongful Convictions: Like Father, Like Son?

Wrongful Convictions: Like Father, Like Son?

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One Ounce of Pot, 16 Years in Prison: The Harrowing Real-Life Story of Trent Bouhdida

One Ounce of Pot, 16 Years in Prison: The Harrowing Real-Life Story of Trent Bouhdida

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Thinking About Visiting Your Pen Pal?

Thinking About Visiting Your Pen Pal?

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Civil Commitment: Terrifying Policy that Pretends Prisoners are Patients

Civil Commitment: Terrifying Policy that Pretends Prisoners are Patients

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The Origin of Pen Pals: Learn How it All Started

The Origin of Pen Pals: Learn How it All Started

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High-Profile Prison Inmates: Do They Deserve to be Treated like Human Beings?

High-Profile Prison Inmates: Do They Deserve to be Treated like Human Beings?

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Dating An Inmate: Challenges Couples Face when Taking their Prison Pen Pal Relationship to the Next Level

Dating An Inmate: Challenges Couples Face when Taking their Prison Pen Pal Relationship to the Next Level

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No Mail for You: How Mail Scanning Policies are Destroying Inmates and their Families

No Mail for You: How Mail Scanning Policies are Destroying Inmates and their Families

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Is A Prison Pen Pal Right for You?

Is A Prison Pen Pal Right for You?

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About The Show

Many believe prison inmates to be completely undeserving of love or friendship.  PenPals.Buzz founder, Big Steve, disagrees.  Every Monday, from a studio in beautiful downtown Red Bluff, California, he discusses a different aspect of the prison pen pal experience.  Hear perspectives from inmates, their families, free-world pen pals, and even correctional officers and wardens.  This podcast is informative, entertaining, tragic, and eye-opening, all at the same time.  You’ll see a more human side to prisoners, and you’ll realize that not all prison pen pals are just after money on their commissary accounts or sexy pics.  Most, in fact, just want a friend on the outside.

Big Steve

A former radio personality in San Francisco, Big Steve has extensive first-hand experience with the prison system.  He even met his wife on a prison pen pal website.  During the few minutes a day when he’s not working, Steve enjoys chess, poker, carnitas nachos, reality TV shows, and working to give incarcerated men and women a sense of hope, thereby reducing the recidivism rate.  He believes men and women should be judged by who they are today, not by a mistake they made many years, or decades, ago. 

Email him at podcast@penpals.buzz.

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