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Notes From The Pen

A weekly Society, Culture and Documentary podcast
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Notes From The Pen

Caldwell

Notes From The Pen

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Notes From The Pen

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This episode is a call to action, a testament to the human spirit, and a powerful exploration of the intersection between literature and lived experience. Bobby re-tells the story of Dante's Inferno, plus little 5 year old Bobby loves to climb
Life behind bars is challenging in so many ways, and in this episode Bobby and Co-host JD talk about the limited living space and how quickly it can turn serious. Following the convict code is the difference between survival and demise. The 'Bu
Bobby and mama c talk art and creativity. Artists require space; mental, physical, and emotional space in order to be creative, and prison puts a giant choke hold on all of these things. Prison stifles creativity, so it's rare to find someone w
Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day: at what age did Bobby's quick whit and humor start, mama c thinks she has prosopagnosia, gross nose candy, updates on why there are two e
The National Guard is called in to do a massive, prison wide, tear everything, spread the cheeks, lift the dick, shake down; and Bobby's cell gets trashed by someone you'd never suspect!  Welcome back Bobby & JD!You can read more about Bobby
Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. Bobby shares how he and Co-host JD bonded over music and how their relationship grew to a meaningful friendship. Bobby loses his rock co
Breaking down the stereotypes of drug addicts. The creative writing piece Bobby has been working on - The Clinic - is nearing the end of edits. The Clinic is about the tumultuous dance between a drug addict and the cold embrace of a meth clinic
EP #6: The depths an incarcerated addict goes to will have you re-thinking band-aids...and coffee!It's been fun listening to throwbacks, but this is the last phone issue replay episode. The word on the yard is; the phone problem is being solve
Co-host JD is on a well deserved 2 week vacation with the family, yard closures, and the prison phone system sucks, so we're using an oldie but goodie throwback this week. We'll be back on schedule soon.EP #91 Gay Gazette - Doug's traveling th
Is there a purpose to all of this? Why are we here? Questions Bobby and Co-host Cousin Greg tackle as they discuss the meaning of the universe, the definition of God, the importance of love, and why we're here. An episode that everyone should
Co-host JD is on a well deserved 2 week vacation with the family, and the prison phone system sucks, so we're using an oldie but goodie throwback this week. EP #42 - Stanhope is the reason for an increase of international followers of our podc
Bobby is moving forward with working on his stand-up comedy routine; defining what a stand-up artist really is, and the viral Comedians In Prison piece he wrote shortly after arriving in prison. If you haven't read it yet...you're a loser! Just
JD, and America's favorite convict Bobby, discuss logic and reason behind prison walls...or the lack thereof. It brings to mind the movie Idiocracy. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com  Suppor
Well there's this blizzard thing going out throughout the Midwest and Northeast right now making it pretty hard for lots of people...including Bobby and the prison. No yard time because there's too much snow, and below freezing temps. No yard t
In prison it's especially important to find ways to deal with all the chaos and tragedy that comes with living behind bars. For Bobby it's with humor and helping others. In this episode he talks about prison humor, and stoking the embers of hum
Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. Bobby referees a chicken fight between The Professor and Grandpa Face.You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:  
Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. Using artifical intelligence to solve prison issues, a former inmate gets banned for life from ChatGPT, and shaming A.I. for not knowing
The rigid activities of prison are constantly dictated to inmates causing the erosion of autonomy, and fostering a challenging emotional landscape. Even well meaning organizations like PEN America can unknowingly contribute to this stress. Also
It worked out that the release of this Monday's episode falls on New Year's Day, and because of the lack of prison phone calls on a holiday I've pulled over some of the more memorable episodes we've done over the past few years. Everyone here w
America's favorite convict Bobby, and Co-host JD are back for another great episode. This one has just about everything. They discuss Aaron Rodgers talking about Travis Kelce on the Pat McAfee show, Derek Chauvin getting poked & the prison reas
Notes From The Week (NFTW): updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. Things left unsaid, doing bits off someone, causing chaos between cubies, and pranking Paulie.You can read more about Bobby and prison re
America's favorite convict Bobby, and Co-host JD: Living in the moment, the history of story telling and how it relates to us today. I love how they end this one by reminding us to be kind.Support our show by signing up on Patreon  https://www
In this episode: we have a new NEWS segment on Patreon; and Bobby shares the emotional toll of Monica's death while the drug zombies are closing in all around him.Disclaimer: We do not support or promote drug use, we're sharing the realities o
A snapshot of the prison system and their 4 Dentists, who have to treat 38 thousand inmates.If you liked this episode please visit Notes From The Pen on Patreon and sign up - it helps supply bits of food, coffee, phone calls, and allows us to
he theme in this one is 'variety'. There's a lot in this one you're sure to enjoy.Support our show by signing up on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:  notesfromthep
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