Radiotopia Presents: Doing Time

Bugle 4024 – Judges and prison

The Bugle — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:06:01 +0000

Andy is joined by Anuvab Pal to discuss mad judges, British democracy and incarceration.

3.12: The Two Bartlets (with Blanche Sindelar)

The West Wing Weekly — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:01:35 +0000

Hosts Josh and Hrishi discuss the most decorated episode of The West Wing’s third season. (Lots of awards AND Christmas ornaments.) Flashbacks are the central device in this episode and drug addiction and its consequences are the central idea.

Relevant Questions

Love + Radio — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:24:02 +0000

A special L+R season six preview. The true story about lying, featuring polygraph expert Doug Mitchell, who has spent decades trying to take down this instrument of interrogation.

The Visits

The Heart — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:56:49 +0000

A librarian writes letters to an incarcerated man.

Cellies

Ear Hustle — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:15:13 +0000

Warriors vs Warriors

The Kitchen Sisters Present — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:11:50 +0000

For the last five years, the Golden State Warriors have gone inside San Quentin Prison to play a pickup game against inmates in front of a crowd of prison guards and other inmates. Draymond Green talks about going inside.

Greenhow Girls

The Memory Palace — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:14:02 +0000

The story of Rose Greenhow, a socialite imprisoned in D.C. for spying for the Confederacy who then continued to spy for the confederacy while imprisoned for spying for the Confederacy, and about her daughter, who stayed with her in prison at the age of eight.

Squatters of the Lower East Side

99% Invisible — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:59:37 +0000

In New York City in the early 1980s, a loose knit group of squatters took over more than a dozen abandoned city-owned buildings. For years, they illegally occupied the old tenements and successfully resisted eviction — as the city rapidly gentrified around them. They knew if they could just hold on for 10 years, they could make a legal claim.

All the Time in the World

Criminal — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:59:09 +0000

The story of a body farm- a place where researchers decompose bodies in various conditions to help law enforcement investigate.

The Rubber Room

Radio Diaries — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:58:27 +0000

Where New York City teachers do time. The “Rubber Room” is a place where NYC teachers report to if they have been accused of misconduct, while they await resolution of their cases. Some teachers remain there for years. Diarist Josh is one of them.

alt-J — In Cold Blood

Song Exploder — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:57:58 +0000

The band alt-J takes apart their song, “In Cold Blood.” It’s one that was written years ago, but they’d never been able to get right, and couldn’t figure out why, until they started to play with tempo. For the recording, the song’s different sections speed up and slow down rather than follow the same BPM (beats per minute) throughout.

Mortified, Interrupted

Mortified — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:57:25 +0000

A complex and touching episode featuring two stories about teenagers who kept diaries while inside a mental health hospital — with entries ranging from heartbreaking to hilarious.

AD/BC

The Allusionist — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:56:55 +0000

Keeping track of the years is dependent on a Christian calendar. What are secular alternatives t0 BC and AD?

Unrehabilitatable

Millennial — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:56:20 +0000

When Joseph Jackson was 28, he shot and killed a man. Thirty years later, that day still shadows him. When the world sees you only for your worst moments, is it possible to create a new identity?

Franky Carillo

Strangers — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:55:44 +0000

Franky Carillo spent 20 years in prison for a crime he had nothing to do with. He was 16 when he was arrested and 37 when he was finally released. This episode is the story as he told it to host Lea after his exoneration, and a check-in to see how he is doing now, six years after his release.