Unincarcerated Special Report: The Digital Divide Part Two
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
The second of a two part series focused on the The Digital Divide, and how the lack of access to meaningful technology adversely affects incarcerated and unincarcerated humans. Produced in partnership with Adam Echelman and the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society.
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Unincarcerated Special Report: The Digital Divide Part One
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
The first of a two part series focused on the The Digital Divide, and how the lack of access to meaningful technology adversely affects incarcerated and unincarcerated humans. Produced in partnership with Adam Echelman and the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society.
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Unincarcerated S02E06 - Isidoro "Izzy" Rodriguez
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
On Season 2 Episode 6 of Unincarcerated: the Podcast, we have a highly entertaining and informative discussion with Isidoro "Izzy" Rodriguez, award winning Deputy Editor of The Crime Report, one of the nation's leading comprehensive news services based at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Join Spencer and Vik and Izzy as they explore topics ranging from police misconduct to mass incarceration. The first of many conversations we hope to have with Izzy and The Crime Report! Don't miss it!
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Unincarcerated S02E05 - Karen Lee
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
On Season 2, Episode 5 of Unincarcerated the Podcast, we sit down with Karen Lee, Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Human Services. Karen leads one of the nation’s largest nonprofit social-enterprise organizations in the United States. Under her leadership, Pioneer successfully operates several revenue-generating businesses that provide living wage jobs to mission-related employees and help fund its mission of empowering people who have been involved in the legal system to build healthy, productive lives. Headquartered in Seattle, Pioneer serves over 10,000 people a year through its...
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Unincarcerated S02E04 - Ginny Burton
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
On Season 2 Episode 4 of Unincarcerated: The Podcast, we sit down with Ginny Burton, a a 49-year-old mother of three. She was born into a world of addiction, alcoholism, violence, crime, and prison. Despite her best efforts of becoming someone respectable, she followed in the footsteps of her parents. Her decisions landed her in jail, prison, psych wards, and the streets. After being arrested multiple times and serving 3 separate prison sentences, she finally made the decision to take control of her life in 2012. For the next nine years, she went back to work, earned scholarships, and...
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Unincarcerated S2E03 - Quan Huynh
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
On Season 2 Episode 3 of Unincarcerated: The Podcast, we sit down with Quan Huynh, the bestselling author of . His book was written for men that are doing long or life term sentences, and in it, he shares how he found his freedom years before he was even paroled. He works as the senior post release program manager for Defy Ventures, a non profit helping those with a criminal past transform their lives through the journey of entrepreneurship. After spending twenty-two years in and out of correctional institutions, Quan was paroled from a life sentence in 2015 and created his first company six...
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Unincarcerated S02E02 - Andre' Taylor
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
On Season 2, Episode 2 of Unincarcerated: The Podcast, we meet Andre Taylor, the founder and Managing Partner of Career Paths NW. What many people don·t know about Andre is that before he attended both the University of Washington and Jackson State University, there was a time in high school in which he was both captain of the football team as well as the leader of a gang in the Central District of Seattle. Andre discusses how after serving 8 months in a juvenile detention center, he chose a higher path and turned his life around. In addition to his work with Career Paths NW, he now focuses...
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Unincarcerated S02E01 - DJ Verrett
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
On Season 2, Episode 1 of Unincarcerated: The Podcast, we sit down with author, actor, and public speaker DJ Verrett to discuss his journey from “life in a maze to an amazing life.” He details his spark of transformation while serving just over a 16 year sentence, and how he has completely revolutionized his post incarceration life to help others still incarcerated, write his book “An Inside Job,” become a motivational speaker, and even star on “Sons of Anarchy.” Don’t miss it. To learn more about DJ, visit his . If you purchase a copy of his book, , from his website, mention...
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Unincarcerated S01E07 - Cameron J. Collins - "The Professor"
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
On Episode 7 of Unincarcerated: The Podcast, Vik and Spencer sit down to interview our podcast host, Cameron J. Collins. The three talk about his work as an attorney, professor, and film producer; the sense of social justice that he derived from his Jesuit education; and so much more. In the process, the listener also gets a behind the scenes look at what makes Cameron, Vik, and Spencer tick, as they talk storytelling, pop culture, and criminal justice.
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Unincarcerated S01E06 - Rachel Kjack - "The Corporate Misfit"
Unincarcerated: The Podcast
On Episode 6 of Unincarcerated: The Podcast, Rachel Kjack sits down to talk about growing up next to the Washington State Penitentiary, being a punk rocker in the corporate world, her work in prison education, and so much more. Tune in now!
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On Episode 1 of Unincarcerated: The Podcast, Co-Founders Vik Chopra and Spencer Oberg sit down to talk about where the idea for Unincarcerated came from, how their time in prison pushed them to become better people, and the vision for what the company will become. It is a unique look behind how Unincarcerated is seeking to shift the collective consciousness from fear and intolerance to hope and redemption by humanizing those who were previously in bondage.
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