Stay Free Forever
by Clifford Fewel
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SFF Podcast E20 - America Unfinished: Harvard Law's Alexandra…
SFF Podcast E20 - America Unfinished: Harvard Law's Alexandra…
About this podcast
Each month former corrections, programs and parole officer Clifford Fewel speaks with people about their crimes, incarceration and return to productive and fulfilling life in free society. Sometimes it will be a talk with a professional who serves the public and these individuals with their skill, compassion and desire to improve lives.
Episodes
- SFF Podcast E20 - America Unfinished: Harvard Law's Alexandra Natapoff on the state of our union as told by her peers · 1 h 0 min · Episode 20Professor Natapoff speaks with Clifford Fewel of @StayFreeForeverPodcast about 64 Harvard Law School professors who were invited to sound off — with a catch — in their areas of…
- Why not suicide? So many reasons. SFF Podcast E19: Jamie Bolte · 49 min · Episode 19US Army veteran, spouse, mother, community leader and suicide attempt survivor Jamie Bolte talks about her own near miss and the loss of those close to her to suicide, and how to…
- SFF E18: Investigative journalist and author Claudia Rowe on the dismal state of US foster care · 52 min · Episode 18Citing documented cases that speak to a century-old system gone wrong, Claudia Rowe of Seattle points to the plight of teens set up to fail by that system, new and better ways to…
- SFF Podcast E17: Speaker, writer, activist and Star Wars authority AJ Musewe · 1 h 20 min · Episode 17Straight talk from a Black historian who draws parallels and lessons for any oppressed community seeking to adapt and thrive, starting one at a time...
- Stay Free Forever Podcast E16: Therapist, advocate for former inmates, and recovering wounded child Dr. Crystal D. Nelson · 39 min · Episode 16Sixty-four percent of us have lived through "adverse childhood experiences," a clinical term for really bad stuff. For the prison population, that jumps to 98 percent. Drawing…
- Stay Free Forever Podcast E14: 20-year-old student/survivor/thriver Rae Gresham · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 14Court-ordered to complete the SFF Personal Responsibility eLearning course after a freak ATV accident, medical student Rae Gresham recalls the flip and its aftermath. Along the…
- Stay Free Forever E13: Longtime prisoner, accomplished cook and thinker Corkey Mullendore · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 13Once-happy family man recalls how an unexpected divorce and unimpeded self-indulgence led him to spend a third of his life behind razor-wire fences. Corkey Mullendore discusses…
- Stay Free Forever E12: Former death row inmate and mental health assistant Craigen Armstrong · 57 min · Episode 17Interview from the Twin Towers Correction Facility in LA with the leader of a successful movement to help and treat severely mentally ill patients, while also restoring and truly…
- SFF Podcast E11: Artist, blacksmith and former tobacco chewer Steve Fontanini · 42 min · Episode 15Artist and blacksmith Steve Fontanini confronts years of addiction to smokeless tobacco and explains how he keeps it from controlling him.
- Stay Free Forever Podcast E10: County Judge and Christian Bo Zeerip · 42 min · Episode 14Judge Bo Zeerip discusses the challenges of being a County Court Judge in Delta, Colorado, and offers specific advice — to attorneys and their clients — as to how to appear and…
- Stay Free Forever E9: Teenager Tanksi Duran · 39 min · Episode 1115-year-old Northern Arapaho Tanksi (tungk-SHEE) Duran shares her thoughts on bullying, teen suicide, friendship, hip-hop and learning from the elders.
- Stay Free Forever E8: Recovering addict and abuse survivor Austin Peavler · 58 min · Episode 10At a point in his recovery from chemical and sexual addiction where he can articulate specific ways in which he is confronting and changing his own self-destructive thoughts and…
- Stay Free Forever E7: Law student and former WHP trooper James Weck · 52 min · Episode 7U.S. Army and Wyoming Highway Patrol veteran James Weck shares proven methods to avoid tickets and manage chaos.
- Stay Free Forever E6: Caregiver and DV survivor Samantha Johnson · 36 min · Episode 6It began with a near-fatal beating that led to addiction, homelessness and losing her children. Hear Samantha Johnson recall her painful yet promising journey to recovery…
- Stay Free Forever E5: Lifeskills guru Trevor Lloyd · 38 min · Episode 5"We understand there is the law, and we have to act in accordance with it...but there's also a human here who has some needs! Are those sets of laws are helping me help this…
- Stay Free Forever E4: Former judge and recovering opioid addict Terri Smith · 50 min · Episode 4From judge to judged; peer support specialist and former judge Terri Smith recounts her journey from trauma and addiction through recovery and redemption.
- Stay Free Forever E3: Contractor and recovering meth addict Kimberly Smith · 28 min · Episode 3From athlete to addict to adult; Kimberly Smith shares lessons learned and how to keep them from fading.
- Stay Free Forever E2: Horse rancher and recovering alcoholic Russell Hebah · 29 min · Episode 2A Native American man chooses to overcome his addictive past
- Stay Free Forever E1: White-collar felon and restaurant cook Sarah Blakeman · 38 min · Episode 1Stay Free Forever's Clifford Fewel interviews Wyoming native Sarah Blakeman about her life, and about the "slippery slope" toward grand theft on which she found herself. "Just…
