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Sending Messages: The Podcast
by Spy Hop Productions
True stories, poetry, interview and radio plays written, performed and produced by youth in a secure care facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. A Spy Hop Production.
Episodes
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96 - First Day In
Today we discuss the best gift we've ever recieved, our first day in, and our experience being in a Spy Hop program.
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95 - About Me
In this weeks episode the boys share a little bit about themselves. Discussions include values, self perception, and family.
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94 - The Perfect Day
The boys discuss their perfect day. This episode includes a poem by Stizzy, discussions on dreams, visions of the future, love, and love languages.
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93 - Voices From the Unit
Join us today and listen to 10 poems written, performed, and produced by youth in a secure care facility in Utah. Poetry surrounding topics such as longing, remorse, existence, and so much more. Hosted by Chavo. These are the voices from the unit. Poetry and interviews for this episode by the...
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92 - The Beginning: Perceptions, Lessons, and Values
In this episode, the boys get together to discuss things they have taken for granted, lessons they have learned, how they are percieved and percieve others, and their own values. Hosted by Chavo. Co Hosted by Steezy, Smiley, Bobby, Mr. Wise, Gordo, Ruby, and Two. Thanks for listening!
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91 - Lessons
In this episode, the girls of Sending Messages talk about lessons that they have learned. Experiences that have been tough to deal with but ones that have undoubtedly taught them something. Stories, poems, and songs by Nickle Walnut, Bonnie, Freddy, and Sage. This episode was hosted by Freddy.
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90 - Misunderstandings,Misconceptions, and Miscommunications
In this episode, Ghetti, Barbie, and Bonnie are joined by their staff member Jorge to discuss how communication, boundaries, race, friendships, trauma, and keeping the peace can get mixed up when you live side by side with people you don't get along with.
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89 - Three Girls On The Beat
In this episode, Freddy, Ghetti, and Diamond answer questions about their families, the frustrations of being incarcerated, mistakes they have made, and their hopes for the future.
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88 - Nightmares
Fear and Nightmares impact incarcerated youth differently than it does other young people. You wake up in the middle of the night to find out you have just entered a new bad dream of lock up. You relive the same mistakes and regrets over and over. In this episode, stories, poetry, and…
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87 - A Cold Christmas and Other Stories
This year the students in Sending Messages tried to make a holiday podcast, but didn't really get too far. Instead, enjoy poetry and letters about loss, lockup, and love from AktivE, Tina, Static, Scar, and C-Dot, as well as conversations featuring Virtuosity, AktivE, Static, Phoenix, C-Dot…
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Episode 86 - The House
Join us on this house tour. Walk through the halls, peek in the rooms, and climb the stairs. This isn't just any house. This is a house made of memories. Bricks carved out of trauma, doors cracked by anger and floors worn by fear. But all of the locks are open, and the stories these walls are…
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Episode 85 - Stolen and Lost
What has been stolen? Who has been lost? Are there times they are the same things? This episode the Sending Messages girls discuss the things that have been taken away in their lives. Both tangible items, identities, time, and sometimes, people. Stories and interviews by Tina Posole, Star…
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Episode 84 - Perfection
This episode, Bhetti, Skarr and Tina Posole talk with their producer Adam about what perfection is like as a young girl in Secure Care, with everyone watching. this episode also features poetry by Star and Icarus, as well as a flashback piece by Alias. Thanks for listening.
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Episode 83 - Halloween 2022
Happy Halloween! This episode, the youth from Decker Lake bring you stories, poetry, interviews and music all themed all about monsters, nightmares, and fear. Virtuosity, Dawn Breaker, Rambollo, K-One, and Liu Kang share their insights on both the fun of the holiday, as well as their own...
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Episode 82 - Greatest Hits
This episode is a compilation for a research project about how the true stories and recollections by incarcerated youth can change attitudes about their situations to the public at large. While this episode is used for this purpose with a particular audience, we also wanted to share it with our...
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Episode 81 - Just Playing Around
The mischeif we get into as kids has a way of spinning out of control. The same behaviors that once seemed innocent now echo very real consequences. Freeway DK, N. and P sit down and discuss everything from playing with legos to the first time their parents caught them with a gun. Featuring music...
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Episode 80 - Trapped
When have you felt trapped? What did you do to overcome it? How did you escape? In this episode, our host Dawn Breaker shares stories from his peers about moments of weakness, feeling stuck and backed up against a wall, and what tools they used to find a way out. Poetry, prose and interviews from...
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Episode 79 - Telling Stories
What does it mean to hear someone's story? To understand what they were going through or to compare their story with your story? It could lead to greater understanding, but that's up to the listener. In this episode, our host Lobster shares stories from his peers about struggles, despair, the…
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#78: Blue
Defeat is like loss, in that you end up missing something. But unlike loss, defeat feels like your own fault. Eight pieces about the being stuck in cycles, escaping through the wrong doorways, and searching for meaning in the dark. Original pieces from Kemi, Yung Skrrrt, Phoenix, D., A., Q-Bee,...
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#77: Heartstrings
In celebration of Valentine's Day, Sending Messages contributors share stories of the ups and downs of love and relationships. Original pieces from Silent, Yung Skrrrt, Sapphire, Betty, S.L.S, Little Pineapple and Quinn. Hosted by Yung Skrrrt. Thanks for listening! *LATE RELEASE*
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#76: Onward
The new year is a time when people plan for the future, make resolutions, and prepare for change. Pieces from Sapphire, Four Eyes, Yung Sponge, Cue, and Silent. Hosted by Sending Messages contributor Lil Pineapple. Thanks for listening!
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Systemic Shift
Utah's juvenile justice system has gone through a lot of change in the past couple of years. As part of an effort to implement restorative justice practices, our state is trying to lessen the amount of kids in the system by placing those of us struggling with violence, addiction, and mental…
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Sum and Summation
Sending Messages contributors make individual pieces in a process of self reflection, often speaking on their own lives and experiences. Heard together, however, these pieces can paint a broader picture of what young people in the juvenile justice system are going through in general. Today on the...
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The "In" Crowd
Utah is a unique actor in the movement toward restorative justice. While being a conservative hub, we've been working toward reform in ways that inspire efforts around the country. Nonetheless, many of the young people who contribute to Sending Messages have been in and out of the system for much...
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#72: In Transition
Living is a series of transitions. Today on the episode we bring you seven stories about changes in scenery, loss of loved ones, new perspectives and broadened horizons. Pieces from Y.T. Swizz, Harles, Bucks, Fozzy, P.City, Kode Ice, and Cash. Hosted by Sending Messages contributor BG. Thanks for...
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Episode #71, Pay Day
Money makes the world go 'round. But when you're left out of rotation, what are you willing to do to get in on the goods? On this episode of Sending Messages, five pieces from Y.T. Swizz, Shotsky, B.G., P. City, and Bucks sharing about how the pursuit of money has made them do their worst and...
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Shorts 2017
One of the exercises that begins every session of Sending Messages is the challenge for participants to bust out a short piece of original media; a poem, a stream of consciousness, a simple response to an open-ended prompt, a letter they could never send. Today on Sending Messages, a collection…
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Angels and Demons
Angels and demons; the battle between good and evil, the choice between the good and the bad. Today on Sending Messages teens at Decker Lake Youth Center share stories of their saviors and explore the causes of their sorrows. Pieces from Junior, Smasher, Kash Money Kellz, Sebas and G. Money.…
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Lift Us Up, Don't Push Us Out
Every year, Dignity in Schools runs a campaign to raise awareness around school push out, educational disenfranchisement that disproportionately impacts youth of color, the endemically poor, and youth living with physical and developmental challenges. On this episode, five young men from Wasatch...
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8/9/16: Episdoe #65, Girl Talk
As part of our Adobe sponsored Move the Dial initiative, Sending Messages is proud to present "Girl Talk", stories from five female creators talking about the broad and complex topic of sexism from the unique perspective of girls housed in Utah's juvenile secure care facilities. Pieces from…
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Altered
On today's episode of Sending Messages, youth at Wasatch and Farmington Bay Youth Centers share pieces about new perspectives, mind altering substances, and lives changed. Original poetry and narratives from Josie, K., N., Tosh, and Ceda. Hosted by mentor Gabriella Huggins. Special thanks to…
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#63 - Misconceptions
This episode, Spy Hop travelled to the Southwest Youth Center in Cedar City to hear from students there. The seven residents created a podcast about the misconceptions facing youth in secure care. Stories and poems from Kode Ice, The Lone Legionnaire, P.S., Daytona Kid, Batman & Robin and Magnum...
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Halloween 2015
The boys at Decker Lake want to wish you a happy Halloween! Today on the podcast, Family First, Too Tall, Chinese, Kid Retro, and Lil' Jockey bring you spooky songs and stories to celebrate Halloween 2015. Hosted by Crome. Thanks for listening!
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How Did I Get To This Point?
Two series of interviews with incarcerated youth. One focused on the school to prison pipeline and the effects of school push out. The other looking at the psychological and physical effects of shackling youth offenders for their court hearings. Thanks for listening.
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Episode #58 - Masks
At times in our lives, we all wear masks. Sometimes to try and hide from reality. Sometimes to pretend to be something we are not. This week, we hear about those masks from V, Scooby, The Warrior, Verse, Trey and more. Thanks for listening.
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8/17/15 - Family
Today, we explore the idea of family, the bonds we are born into and create, the people to whom we are attached and often have no choice but to be attached to. Hear stories from Guero, Shaggy, Jude, Rico, Tunes, and Forgiven on this episode. Hosted by mentor Gabriella Huggins. Thanks for listening!
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Memories
They are the things that shape us. That frame our perspective of the world. Our memories. This episode, join Pallance as he takes you through several pieces, some funny, some sad. Poetry, interviews and narrative by Sotia, Shadow, The Architect, Eagle, Verse, Tunes and more. Thanks for listening!
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Valentines Day 2015
This episode, the guys want to talk about the love we give and the love that is given to us. It's the Valentines Day episode! Join Lil' Skimpy, Oxygen, Pallance, Tunes, Ghost and more. Hosted by Diefy. Thanks for listening!
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How To Forgive
In our lives, often we need to ask for forgiveness, and we need to give it to others. Everyone has been on both sides of that act. This episode, we take a look at those stories. Pieces by Trial By Tears, Alias, Chance, Vanished, Snow, Sotia, Low Key, V, and Oxygen. Music by Risky & The Hatter as...
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Christmas 2014
Happy Holidays! This episode we bring you stories from Defy, Tortuga, Ghost, Cam, Blackford and more. New Years resolutions, poetry and Christmas memories. Thanks for listening! See you next year.
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#51 - Choices
This episode is all about the choices we have to make in our lives. How to decide and what the reprocussions of those decisions might be. Stories from SLS, Lyric, Pee Wee, The Architect, and Hope. This episode is hosted by Tortuga. Thanks for listening!
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#50 - Halloween 2014
Happy Halloween Everyone! This episode we take a look at legends and folklore, choosing legends that help explain the struggles we have gone through. Stories from JZapp, Defy, Ghost, Sotia, Blackford, an interview with Pallance and a song from Oxygen. Thanks for listening!
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Episode #49 - Betrayal
This episode is all about the two faced, the back stabbing, the loss of trust and belief. Betrayal. How it happens and what it does to us when we experience it. Storiers, music and poetry this episode by V, Tiger, Majors, Chance, Lyric, Scarecrow, Spark Of Courage and more. Hosted bty Blackford....
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Episode #48 - Without A Map
At times in our lives, we aren't given a path that makes sense. We are forced to move along and try to make the best choices we can. Risky, Ozo, Chance, Shadow, Rocky, the Architect, Outcast, Jhop and more. Stories about striving to make the right decisions, and what happens when we relapse, and...
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Episode #47 - Short Stories
This episode, the Sending Messages contributors bring fictional stories they created specifically for this episode. Shadow, Anomaly, Jay Genuine, S.L.S., Tiger, Vanished and more bring you original stories of loss, hope, humor and more. Hosted by Majors.
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True stories, poetry, interview and radio plays written, performed and produced by youth in a secure care facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. A Spy Hop Production.
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