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Breaking Bread
by DeAnne Knipschild
A (video) podcast where we meet at the table and have meaningful conversations with those who have been affected by the American justice system, or are active in diversity reform. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deanne-knipschild/support
Episodes
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Michael Bell (part 2)
In part 2 of the Michael Bell podcast Michael goes into how he was convicted for a crime he didn't commit, what life was like in prison and the SHU, to how he taught himself the law and was able to get out of prison and so much more. Make sure to check out:...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Michael Bell (part 1)
In the last podcast of season three, Michael Bell stops by the studio to share his story of how he was raised by young parents and an abusive father. By age 8 Michael was full committed to the lifestyle outside of the system, gang life and in the system by age 12. He shares about his experience…
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Christopher Diep
Three months fresh out of prison, Chris stops by the studio to share his story with DeeMarie. Chris talks about how things started going down hill when his dad left, getting into drugs at a young age and getting into a Vietnamese gang. He shares how he reacted when his dad came into his life and...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: David Garnica
ARC (Anti Recidivism Coalition) is in the building! David Garnica stops by the studio to share a meal with DeeMarie to talk about how he was raised and how his lifestyle lead him to catch a case on a double murder. He shared how a conversation with his mother helped him to turn his life around…
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Artie Gonzales (part 2)
In this part 2 episode Artie shares with DeeMarie all the amazing things he is doing since getting out. He shares how he first got into Hollywood peeling bottle labels and how worked his way up to being a site scout. He shared how knowing his worth and having a work ethic has helped him get back…
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Artie Gonzales part 1
In part one of this podcast, Artie Gonzales shares his story of how he was raised by a 16 year old mother, getting into fights in school, and how violence was normalized. He shares about not having any positive roles models growing up other than his grandmother and how she would encourage him and...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Raymond Banda
Raymond stops by the studio to share a meal with DeeMarie and tell his story of how the abuses at home and not feeling love in the home lead him down a path of crime and destruction which eventually lead him to prison. He shares about his drug use of meth, alcohol and maraijuana that started at…
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Dr. Jason Jones (part 2)
In this half we continue the conversation with Dr. Jones on adverse childhood experiences and the strategies education is using to help those children suffering from ACEs. He discusses the top 4 issues in education today as well as the pressures that he has faced to work harder because he is a...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Dr. Jason Jones (part 1)
Dr. Jason Jones, Director of student services and Leadership in Riverside Office of Education stops by the studio to talk about what got him into the work he is doing now for the County. He shares in this part I episode about how he wanted to be of help to others, how education is the great...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Tara Packer
Tara zooms in with DeeMarie to talk about transformational coaching and well being. She shares what that is, gives examples of breathing exercises, shares her work with The Compassion Prison project and doing healing circles on the inside with the men. Tara shares what she did before finding her...
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Breaking Bread Featuring:Jesse Suarez
Founder of Jesses's Place, Jesse Suarez, stops by the studio just weeks after getting released from prison to talk with DeeMarie about the abuses he faced when he was a child and how that lead him to the streets. He shares how the police beat him so bad he was left with fractures in his face, how...
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Breaking Bread: Featuring Remy Bernard King
Remy stops by the studio to share with DeeMarie his story of how his lack of identity and self esteem lead him towards gang life. He shares how he was sentenced to life without the possability of parole in his early 20's, to losing someone close to him while he was incarcerated, to how he lost…
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Breaking Bread: Featuring Van Houston
We start season 3 of Breaking Bread with a new logo created by a man inside and new background. Our first episode of the season starts with the recently released Co-Founder, Director of Programs and Lead Trainer for Locked In CEA Inc., Van Houston. Van shares his story of how he learned abuse by...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Graham Finochio
Returning from season 1, Graham shares with DeeMarie about rehabilitation, what that looks like in prison, and who actually is in charge of rehabilitation. He shares his views and ideas on the abolishment of prisons and police and how he sees this being possible. He also shares on what his...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Sheriff Chad Bianco
Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco stops by to chat with DeeMarie about what made him go into the field and how an encounter with a cop when he was young changed his life. He goes into the stats on women officers using de-escalation more than their male counterparts and how he believes we need to…
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Gilbert Bao (Part II)
In part II Gilbert shares how he began to use his time in prison to educate himself learning that the system isn't broken but designed this way, how an encounter with another man inside got him to start mentoring youth and that he had to turn into a man of action and not just words, he tells of…
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Gilbert Bao (Part I)
Gilbert stops by the studio to talk with DeeMarie about his story. He had so much to share that was so good we had to break it up into two segments. In part I Gilbert talks about how his father was never in the picture, raised in a house where gangs and drugs were the norm, was taken away from…
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Gabby Plascencia
Gabby stops by the studio to talk about being the first Hispanic woman in office for Riverside, how it has not been easy, why it has taken so long and how it is not something to be proud of. She shares on what the city is doing about the homeless population and how to help students and teachers...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Kazu Haga
We have well sought after teacher and speaker Kazu Haga talking with DeeMarie about finding his way and purpose, non-violence, the misconceptions about it and the doubts on how it can solve conflict, gun violence in this country, his work in the prison system, and his non-profit East Point Peace...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Krystal Singh
Krystal is a community member of Riverside that stops by the studio to talk with DeeMarie about her organization Melanin Youth Foundation and all the programs it is doing for the youth in Riverside County with the hope and drive to spread to other counties. She talks about why she got into this...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Iki Taimi
Iki Taimi, pastor of La Sierra University church, stops by the studio to share a meal and talk with DeeMarie on being undocumented, the role of church on social justice, LGBTQ+ and their place in the church, diversity in the church and institutional racism, how to make church relevant while still...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Superintendent Allan Mucerino
The Superintendent of Alvord School District in Riverside CA stops by to speak with DeeMarie about the learning loss and emotional effects Covid has had on the kids, what schools can learn from Finland, critical race theory, significance of early childhood education, some top issues facing Alvord...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Sophie Yem
Sophie stops by the studio to share a meal and conversation about the lack of resources available for the undocumented, what it's like living as undocumented, why she turned to the streets, how social services failed her, what women prisons are like, and so much more.
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Nashawn Stewart
DeeMarie speaks with Nashawn Stewart who was sentenced as an adult at the age of 14 and was sent to one of the most dangerous level 4 maximum prisons at age 16. He shares his family life and how it lead him to join one of the most dangerous gangs, The Hoover Criminals, his darkest moment while...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Josh Anguiano
DeeMarie sits down with Josh to speak about education in our public school system, why he became an educator, the school to prison pipeline, what schools are doing better to service all children and the work he is currently doing now.
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Breaking Bread Featuring: James Murrell
James stops by the studio to talk with DeeMarie about how he found religion on the inside, How being a Muslim was used against him from the guards, how his date for release was taken away from the governor on terms that were not legal, how being a drug and alcohol counselor is the best thing, and...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Maria Casillas
Maria Casillas stops by the studio to share her story of what life was like growing up in America as an immigrant, why she got into the street life, family and domestic abuse, how to break the chains of incarceration cycle, and the work she is doing now with her non profit Pride in Truth. Learn...
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Breaking Bread Featuring: Tony Huynh
On this episode we meet at the table with Tony Huynh to discuss what it was like growing up in America as a first generation Asian American, what it was like being the minority in prison, how prison turned him into a racist, and what factors lead him to really change his life and much more. Tony…
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Breaking Bread featuring Harold Hopp
SHOW LESSOn this episode of Breaking Bread we have an active sitting Superior Court Judge in the Riverside County District, Harold Hopp, meet at the table and talk with DeeMarie about the bias concerning prosecutor and racial targeting, the cash bail system, the racial justice act of 2020, the...
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Breaking Bread featuring Ceasar McDowell
It is official, Season 2 is out and what an episode to drop with! Ceasar gets real and shares so many stories and truth nuggets with DeeMarie. Some of what he talks about are why he started robbing and how he got 3 strikes for doing nothing, how it was being in San Quentin at the height of Covid,...
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Steve Hemenway
As a bonus to Season 1 of Breaking Bread we have Councilman Steve Hemenway stop by the table and talk about the homeless issue in Riverside County along with funding and programming that's needed. He shares why he got into politics and how the counsel is changing demographically for the better.
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Breaking Bread - Featuring Mannie Thomas III
Mannie stops by the table to share a meal with Dee Marie and discuss how he wanted to change how people saw him, that you can't change others but you can see how you played a part in any situation and change yourself, how through education he found his purpose, and what he is doing to give back…
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Breaking Bread Podcast - Featuring Riverside Chief of Police Larry Gonzalez
Dee Marie shares a meal with Riverside Chief of Police Larry Gonzalez as he shares how to bridge the gap of mistrust in communities of color, training of officers, the differences in policing in this era of social justice, what makes him different as a chief, and much more. https://lockedin.info/
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Breaking Bread - Interview with Melissa Williams
Marriage and Family Therapist Melissa Williams who specializes in Mental Health and Trauma sits down with Dee Marie to share her story on a father in prison, insights to family dynamics, breaking walls on seeking professional help and tips to help your own Mental Health.
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Breaking Bread - Interview with Johnny Howe
Special guest Johnny Howe shares his story using several analogies, making his story relatable. He talks about who controls the prison environment, who was holding him back from change and how when he started making that change he found a passion to help people, especially those who are given up...
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Episode 6 - Eric Willis
Host DeeMarie interviews Eric Willis, a man given the sentence of 16 to life, who served almost 25 years in prison for murder and attempted murder. He shares his story of gang life and why it took so long to change his mentality to losing his father in prison to then getting out and having a...
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Episode 5 - Kavon Houston
In this episode you hear from Vonnie, a child of parents that have been incarcerated, one her whole life, and how that affected her growing up. She shares her story and many struggles that developed from having absent parents. This episode reminds us just how much family members, especially...
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Session 4 - Hugo Gonzalez
In this episode, host Dee Marie interviews Hugo Gonzalez, a former gang member sentenced to life in prison. Hugo shares his story and how he changed his life around - even gaining a commutation of his sentence by the Governor of California - and is now working on certification to be a expert...
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Breaking Bread - Interview with Graham Finochio
Host Dee Marie interviews a formerly incarcerated man who has lived two very different lifestyles in his life. From white supremacy to pro-feminism, Graham's story shows that how you start does not have to determine how you end.
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Breaking Bread - Interview with Lejone "LJ" Morris
In this episode, host Dee Marie shares Enchiladas with LJ, Owner and Creator of Broken BeYouTiful - a black-owned small business that seeks to infuse positivity into fashion. LJ shares a little of her journey with us - ministering and teaching in the prison system to men and women who aren't so...
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Breaking Bread - Interview with Iren "IA" Anderson (PILOT)
In this, our inaugural episode, host Dee Marie interviews a formerly incarcerated man facing a 3-strike life sentence. Hear some of his story to get a better understanding of the American justice system and how it affects not only the accused, but their families and loved ones as well.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A (video) podcast where we meet at the table and have meaningful conversations with those who have been affected by the American justice system, or are active in diversity reform. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deanne-knipschild/support
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A (video) podcast where we meet at the table and have meaningful conversations with those who have been affected by the American justice system, or are active in diversity reform. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deanne-knipschild/support
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Breaking Bread is created and hosted by DeAnne Knipschild.
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