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Marlon Peterson was recently released from Otisville Correctional Facility. He talks about the circumstances that brought him to prison, and the many programs that he was involved with while incarcerated. Here is the interview with Marlon Peterson; here are the letters.

Recently Posted:

• Apr 18, 2010 - Astrid Fiano, a civil rights attorney, prepares plans for eligible incarcerated persons to request release on medical parole. Under recent changes to New York State medical parole laws, the eligibility criteria for release has been significantly expanded. Here is the interview with Astrid Fiano; here are the letters.
• Mar 21, 2010 – Rev. Maria Lopez-Velez, retired Chaplain at Bedford Correctional Facility, will talk about her work in the prisons. Here is the interview with Rev. Maria Lopez-Velez; here are the letters.
• Mar 14, 2010 – Peter Wagner of the Prison Policy Initiative and Prisoners of the Census returns to talk about recent developments in the way incarcerated people are counted in the US Census. You can listen to our last interview with Peter Wagner from December 2007. Here is the interview with Peter Wagner; here are the letters.
• Feb 14, 2010 – Naomi Jaffe, organizer of the New York State Prisoner Justice Conference. The mission of the New York State Prisoner Justice Conference is to bring together the varied and diverse organizations and individuals working for prisoner justice in New York State. Here is the interview with Naomi Jaffe; here are the letters.
• Feb 07, 2010 – Randi Guigui, Program Director of the Beacon office of the Osborne Association, and Jessica Rooks & John Valverde, also of Osborne, will discuss the Green Career Center - a new program for employment for formerly incarcerated people. Here is the interview about the Green Career Center; here are the letters.

Previous interviews and letters are on the Archives page.

Schedule

The Fancy Broccoli Show airs on WVKR, 91.3FM, Poughkeepsie NY on somewhat alternate Sundays from 3 - 6 pm, Eastern Time. The alternate weeks used to be taken by Dan of Bunnybrains fame who has an enormous collection of LPs and other stuff. Then we shared with with DJ Ease and his Blue Print show, then with the Kool Meditations show which has moved to Saturdays from 4-6 pm. Now Gary Torress plays jazz on the Explorations in Jazz show on the other Sundays. WVKR streams online - go to WVKR.org and click on (or near) the word 'LISTEN'.

The current schedule is:

• May 02, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• May 09, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie - Christina Langan-Heim, Dutchess County Re-entry Coordinator for the Osborne Association.
• May 16, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• May 23, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - Cheryl Kates, attorney, on the legal aspects of requiring a parole board to accept Risk Assessments for Parole Release.
• May 30, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Jun 06, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - Anthony Lucky and Bilal return to the Fancy Broccoli Show to talk about how they've turned their lives around since mistakes made as young men that resulted in their incarceration (24 years and 16 years respectively). Each man has returned to civilian life and found careers working with young people. We spoke to Anthony and his wife Joy in 2006 - listen to that interview here. We spoke to Bilal in 2009 - listen to that interview here.
• Jun 13, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Jun 20, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Jun 27, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - Wadu, a formerly incarcerated man, will be our guest. He will talk about his experience of returning to outside society over the past year.
• Jul 04, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Jul 11, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie - Darryl Butler, recently released from many years in prison, tells us with great heart about how he served his time and turned his life around.
• Jul 18, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Jul 25, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - Juan "Johnny" Roldan, who has written to the Fancy Broccoli Show for many years using the name "Phoenix", finished his term and was released 19 days ago, after his first parole board. He tells us about what he learned inside, and what he hopes for outside.
• Aug 01, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Aug 08, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - Ricardo Sheppard works at Hudson River Presbytery as the Prison Partnership Coordinator. Shepp spent 12 years behind bars, and was filled with appreciation for the volunteers from various religious groups who would come in week after week to visit the men inside. He vowed to give back in the same way, and now does so through his work at Hudson River Presbytery. He strives to educate religious communities across seven counties about incarcerated people returning home to those communities.
• Aug 15, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Aug 22, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie - no interview today.
• Aug 29, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Sep 05, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - Sean Pica, Executive Director of Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison.
• Sep 12, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Sep 19, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - F. Mateen Flores, formerly incarcerated, has written a book about his experiences: Pass da 'EL.
• Sep 26, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Oct 03, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest
• Oct 10, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Oct 17, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - Abdullah & Zakiyyah Salahuddin will talk about their marriage during and after Abdullah's incarceration.
• Oct 24, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Oct 31, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Nov 07, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest - Kelly Watts spent over twenty years in prison. He has been out of prison for about two years and currently works for the Osborne Association in the Bronx.
• Nov 14, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie
• Nov 21, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Nov 28, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie & Ernest
• Dec 05, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres
• Dec 12, 2010 – Fancy Broccoli with Julie
• Dec 19, 2010 – Explorations in Jazz with Gary Torres