A pebble in the shoe of the Prison Industrial Complex. Notes From The Pen is a modern portrait of American incarceration told, in real time, through a series of fifteen-minute phone calls between two special degenerates on opposite sides of a prison wall.
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Bobby's not feeling it, JD fills the gas tank, and a discussion about people who've experienced trauma find meaning, and how others (who've not suffered trauma) connect with that person.
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For a while Bobby has been wanting to have Pops on here to talk about their connection as father and son. How they lost connection but have recently been able to rekindle it through pro-wrestling.
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Bobby is feeling a neurosis that's he coined 'monotonous neurosis', he has a new lounge area, and It's nice to hear Bobby laugh while he's singing in the rain.
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When it comes to the prison system there's no such thing as fair or doing the right thing, and it can cause undo stress. Even though Bobby saved the life of an inmate by performing mouth-to-mouth/CPR…
Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. Bobby reflects relationships on this Father's Day episode.
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Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day.
Bobby and JD spinning laps on the yard, experiencing the dark side of prison power, positive…
Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. Spinning laps with Bobby and JD: One for the good guys as the chickens come home to roost th…
Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day.
Prison phone call commitment, eclipse and 40k blind inmates, class is half over, and Bobby …
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,…
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 di…
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 stifl…
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, gro…
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 m…
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…
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 s…
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…
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 in…