#110 | Gaby Caplan | Stories From Death Row

Journalist and filmmaker Gaby Caplan on documenting the stories of death row inmates, and work for VICE News, the BBC and NPR. Hailing from the United Kingdom, with short stints in China and Los Angeles Gaby moved to New York to pursue a career in journalism and documentary film making; taking a real passion in documenting the stories of Death Row Inmates. She has Created for: VICE News, Refinery29, WIRED, NPR, BBC News, Currently at Boardwalk Pictures. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation. To learn more about Gaby: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-caplan-054675b1 Chapters 0:00 Welcome Gaby Caplan 2:30 Wanting to be a human rights lawyer 5:00 Growing up on David Attenborough and war documentaries 7:30 Culture shock and kindness in China 10:06 Huangshan and Guilin 12:37 Ryan on a quarter-life crisis at 22 15:04 Struggling with the tones of Mandarin 17:35 The happiest people in rural areas 20:02 It is sunny, just enjoy it 22:30 Ryan on shooting for airlines and the New York Times 25:03 A double gap year 27:32 Losing someone during university 30:06 Leaving Cambridge for Bristol 32:33 Politics and international relations degrees 35:06 Ryan on 14 days saved by not transiting airports 37:30 Back to rainy Bristol 40:06 A new circle of friends 42:32 Lost in the subway in New York 45:01 From intern to wanting to cover murder at Vice 47:34 New York respects the hustle 50:01 The documentary everyone said not to do 52:35 Going viral and getting pigeonholed on the death penalty 55:01 Gas chambers and death row 57:32 A prison guard turned stand-up comedian 1:00:00 Visiting Auschwitz 1:02:33 Ryan on choosing art photos over hard news 1:05:00 Where four countries meet on a mountain 1:07:34 Your early twenties in New York 1:10:04 Covid hit people in their early twenties hardest 1:12:30 Ryan on filming in Africa 1:15:00 Kids and dogs after lockdown 1:17:37 Shock at the death penalty in America 1:20:02 Laid off mid-story and Chapter 7 1:22:33 A documentary on nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama 1:25:04 Money for prisons instead of schools 1:27:33 Ryan on inviting young people onto the podcast The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com