Notes From The Pen
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.
Our website: Notesfromthepen.com
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 283
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
EP #152 - Stage Names; And Name Envy
Bobby makes fun of his narcissism as he tries to decide what his pen and stage name will be. He wishes his name was as cool as some of the people who write him. What do you think will be a good stage…
EP #150 - A Commutation Update; And Hope
Writing a commutation is an emotional experience for Bobby as he pours his heart and soul into his letter. It's impossible to write without feeling remorse, regret, and sadness, which is why it's tak…
EP #149 - Spinning Laps, Death, And Prison Destruction Of Families
Bobby & Co-host JD start out spinning laps and sharing stories, but take a turn with sharing the death of GR Joe's mom (Kim). Bobby reminds us all just how far reaching the failures of prison really …
EP #148 - Sense Of Freedom; Touch
A series which takes a look at each of the 5 senses as it pertains to prison life, and the absence of touch.
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EP #147 - The Two Dimensional Consultant, And Prison Patina
EP #146 - A Prison Dream; And The Unfolding Chaos
Bonus - You Got Questions, And Mr. Cat Man
EP # 145 - Prison Pod Thai And Store Day Dreaming
NFTW (25) - Throwing Heat And Finding A Dead Guy Under The Bunk
Notes From The Week (NFTW) is a series of updates about the goings on behind bars. Throwing heat, Clark Kent glasses, nuts to butts, inmate found under his bunk, and the prison fixes a broken phone..…
NFTW (24) - Seasonal Depression And Prison Isolation
EP #144 - It's Happening; PEN Announcement
Bobby joins the upper echelon of creative writing by being selected as one of only 27 inmates t/o the nation to join the newly created PEN America Inmate Writers Bureau (IWB).
The Kid did it!
Comma C…
EP #143 - 10 Years Of Exhaustion; A Breaking Point
Bobby reaches a breaking point in prison amid the financial stresses of hunger as he attempts to deal with surviving while surrounded by diminishing resources.
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EP #142- Human For A Day - Football: The Great American Unifier
Even in prison, inmates are treated as human for a day...during the Super Bowl. The hype surrounding the end of the football season is perhaps one of the last things all Americans can unite behind...…
EP #140 How Big Vern Lands In The Joint; A Story Of Incarceration
In a series of incarceration stories, and ridiculous prison tales, comes another story about how love always wins and the reason why Big Vern is in prison.
PLUS a pre-show bonus clip.
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EP #139 - Sense Of Freedom; Sight
A series which takes a look at each of the 5 senses as it pertains to prison life.
Bobby describes what he sees on the 1st day he arrives at the Big House, how important sight is as an inmate - like …
Christmas Bonus - Prison Bag, Oranges, And Gratitude
Bobby gets his holiday prison bag, Christmas music, Christmas magic, mama c and her oranges, family holiday gatherings, and gratitude for our Notes From The Pen family.
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Bonus - Throw Back Tuesday: Early Call Out
Pulled from Ep #19 dated 2020: Bobby gets an early call out for a rare road trip to a local hospital for a CT scan. The experience is nothing like Bobby, or myself, expected and is a reminder of the …
EP #132 - Prison Snitches
Prison Pony Express, Super Rats, Rat Bastard and Squeal Pigeons are just a few names for prison rats. We get the low down on the types of rats & how they operate behind bars. We're introduced to - A…
NFTW (23) - Windbreakers, Asian Kyle, Towels, And Eye Wear