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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