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Notes From The Pen — 285 episodes
EP #245 - Lost Stories: A Look Inside Prison With; An Inmate, A Professor, And A Night Keeper
EP #243 - Anxiety, Healthcare, And Institutionalized Caution
EP #241 - Honoring Monica, And Living A Life Worthy Of Her Memory
EP #240 - Finding Meaning From the Bottom of Maslow’s Pyramid
EP #239 - Opposite Sides Of The Same Tragedy, And Biological Dads
EP #237 - Figuring Life Post Prison And Synchronistic Threads; The Story Of Bobby-Ray
EP #236 - Walking The Word Line, Written Language, Smut Fairies, And Bobby-Ray
EP #235 - No Manual For Post Prison Anxiety: The Story Of Bobby-Ray
EP #233 - Sustaining Prison Relationships: The Story Of Bobby-Ray
Ep #232 - Shifting Perspective, And The Freedom To Cry
EP #231- An AI Overload Joins NFTP
Beyond The Bars - Introduction To New Series
NFTW (66) - GR Joe Makes An Appearance
EP #230 - Doing Time In Prison To Doing Time With Doug
Bonus - Post Release Update
Bonus - Bonus - Last Prison Recording Before Freedom
EP #229 - Art, Neoliberalism And ill-Conceived Moral Stand
NFTW (65) - Nearly Free, Nite Nostalgia, And Screaming Into The Void
EP #228 - Comedic Hero, Charlie Kirk, And Tolerance
EP #227 - Struggling To Stay Invisible In Prison
Ep #226 - Preparing For Life Outside While Living In A Prison Void
Time Warp: Comedy Adjacent And Stand UP
EP #225 - Puzzle Pieces, And Feeling Purposeful In Prison
EP #224 - Phone Standoff, Floating Between Prison And The Future, And Brain Dead
EP #223 - OCD In Prison, Dr. Nut Clip, And What To Keep
Oppressionism Art Series; How 2 Jail Vol. 1
EP #222 - Walk This Way, It's Getting Harder, Art Desert, And Gate Keepers
NFTW (64) - A Stewing Bunkie, And Prison Hoarding
EP #221 - The Edge Of Freedom; Anxiety, And The Balance Between Control And Love
EP #220 - Prison Is Closer Than You Think, Rules, And Amputations Won't Solve The Problem
NFTW (63) - Play It Again: Cpt Last Call & Sweaty Balls
EP #219 - The Diaz Brothers, Displaying Tattoos In Prison, And POC Art
EP #218 - Trump Takes Historic Lead On Prison Reform; And Prison Yard Pride
EP #217 - The Painful Journey Of Self Awareness
EP #216 - Prison Culture Is Shifting
EP #215 - Just Trying To Get Across The Line
NFTW (62) - Parole Decision Is In
NFTW (61) - Anthony Bourdain Likability, And Addiction
NFTW (60) - A Single Story, And The Weight Of Looking Different
EP #214 - Preparing For Freedom: Fear, Hope, And Uncertainty
EP #213 - Don't Be A Tigger, And The PER
NFTW (59) - Good Ants, Altruism, And Uniquely Human
EP #212 - Racial Slur, And No More Grilled Cheese
EP #211 - Fight Club vs Matrix, No Rogan For The Left, And Certain Words
EP #210 - Comedy Line, LA Gear, And Dream Job
NFTW (58) - Prison Predators And Yellow Socks
EP #209 - Time: Rationed Moments, And Leenie
NFTW (57) - A Tablet Tug-Of-War, And Stanhope Special
EP #208 - Running Numbers, And Comedy As An Anchor Point
EP #207 - Birth Of Addiction Part 1
EP #206 - Like A Woman, Drug Class, Walter Mitty, And New Glasses
EP 205 - Gobsmacked, And Willey's Last Days
NFTW (56) - Wall Of Shame, And Uncomfortable Words
EP #204 - Throw Back PB 11
EP #203- It Finally Feels Real, Giving It Away, And Close To The Heart
EP #202 - Prison Grinch, Death Row, And Movie Binges
EP #201 - Reflections: Urinals, Art, And Kafka
NFTW (55) - Show Goals, Cleveland Browns, And Luigi
NFTW (54) - Professor G-Dub, 2k Yr. Old Dick Jokes, And Final Exam
EP #200 - Death In G-Unit, Complaints, And Brain Waves
EP #199 - Sovereignty, Comfort Nonsense, And Oppression Art
EP #198 - Class Nerd, Parole, And Tablet Raid
EP #197 - Music Snobs, Lapeer, And 11 Million Apologies
NFTW (53) - Remember to Breathe; Post 2024 Election Conversation
EP #196 - Snack Packs, Rumpus, Keevin Sting, And The Arc
EP #195 - Spider Bite Death Watch; Bobby Got Bac
EP #193 - Nostalgia, And The Last Wall Of Delusion
NFTW (51) - Living Out Loud, Media And A.I.
NFTW (50) - Prison Visit, Award Winner, Binary Deers
EP #192 - Prison Phone Etiquette, Cancer, And Gratitude
EP #191 - The Nemesis
NFTW (49) - Legos, Going Baggy, And Cults
NTFW (48) -Another Raid, City Living, And The Peabody
EP #190 - Painting, Give Her The Deer Pelt, And Meaning
EP #189 - A Burning Ember, And An Ode To Basquiat
Comic And Convict (7) - Smoothies, Prison Food, And Mayor Bobby
NFTW (47) - Climbing The Razor Wire, Fans, And Master Diver
EP #188 - Anxiety Of Freedom, And Paris Let Down
EP #187 - Shattered Bones, And Capitol Punishment
EP #186 - Trauma; A Proxy For Meaning
EP #185 - Pro Wrestling And Vietnam; A Convo With Pops
EP #184 - Monotonous Neurosis, And Singing In The Rain
EP # 183 - Still Moving Forward
NFTW (45) - Reflecting On Pop's Day
NFTW (44) - The Bully Behind A Badge
NFTW (43) - Chickens, Trivia, And OJ
NFTW (42) - 40k Blind Inmates, Perma Hat, And Class
EP #181 - A New Generation of TCM, And Thump Drag
EP #180 - Dante's Inferno; How Oppression Inspires Creativity
EP 179 - Prison Bunkies And Karma
EP #178 - Rare Universe Of Creatives In Prison
NFTW (41) Nose Candy, Empty Bunks, And Lotto
EP #177 - National Guard Prison Shake Down
NFTW (40) - Evolution Of A Friendship: Fat Mike, Hip Hop, Punk, And Stanhope
EP #176 - The Clinic: Ground Zero
Time Warp NFTW (6) - Bloody Band-aids In My Coffee
Time Warp - EP #91 Gay Gazette And Putting In The Work
BONUS - Where Worlds Intersect: God, The Universe, And The Human Experience
Time Warp - Revisting A Favorite; EP #42
EP #175 - Comedy Adjacent; Standup Comedians
EP #174 - Idiocracy And Prison
Bonus: Snow Storm Throw Back
EP #173 - Finding Humor And Humanity In Prison
NFTW (39) - Chicken Fight
NFTW (38) - A.I. And Prison Reform
EP #172 - PEN America And Prison Lightsabers
Bonus: New Year's Day 2024 - A Reminder Of Why We Do This
EP #171 - Bloviation: Rodgers, Chauvin, Blackbeard, And Rocks
NFTW (37) - Prison Pranks And Feeling Frisky
EP #170 - Story Telling; The Joys And Tragedies
EP #169 - Zombies; A Prison Epidemic
EP #168- 38k Mouths And Prison Dentistry
EP #167 - A Show Talking About A Show That's Talking About A Show
EP #166 - Breaking Boundaries; Convict Code Dilemma
NFTW (36) - Overworked COs, And Guyana Bunkie
NFTW (35) - Knee Cap Biters, What Up Doe, And Convict Codes
NFTW (34) - 159 Roommates, Doors, And Detroit By Way Of Russia
NFTW (33) - Ernie Locks Up, And A Manly Mama c
A Look Back: Prison Journey
NFTW (32) - Prison GHM And A Shift Taking Place
EP #165 - 2 Sided Coin; And A Ray Of Hope
EP #164 - Anatomy Of A Lockup Artist; Baby Gibs
EP #163 - 3 New Bunkies, And A Collapsing System
EP # 162 - Bunkies, And Prison Reform Updates
EP #161 - The Meth Clinic; Prison Parallels And Exhaustion
NFTW (31) - Kilo Red Update, Scuba Screaming, And Safer In Prison
NFTW (30) - Level 9 New Bunkie, And Rizzo
EP #160 - Prison Soups, Scuba, And Russia
Bonus (31) - A New Start For Bobby
EP #158 - Prison Reform And Duress
NFTW (29) - The Crew Goes To Prison; A Visitation
EP #157 - Some Men Are Islands
EP #156 - Ybor City, Jello, And Saving A Life
EP #155 - Prison Tech
NFTW (28) - Morning Anxiety, And Heels On Top
EP #154 - Nocturnal Inmates; Prison Vampires
Bonus (29) - A Short Call; Dungeons And Dragons
NFTW (27) - Prison Yard, Scooter, And Night Eating
EP #153 - Prison Exploitation; And Hurricane Judy
EP #152 - Stage Names; And Name Envy
EP #150 - A Commutation Update; And Hope
EP #149 - Spinning Laps, Death, And Prison Destruction Of Families
EP #148 - Sense Of Freedom; Touch
EP #147 - The Two Dimensional Consultant, And Prison Patina
EP #146 - A Prison Dream; And The Unfolding Chaos
Bonus - You Got Questions, And Mr. Cat Man
EP # 145 - Prison Pod Thai And Store Day Dreaming
NFTW (25) - Throwing Heat And Finding A Dead Guy Under The Bunk
NFTW (24) - Seasonal Depression And Prison Isolation
EP #144 - It's Happening; PEN Announcement
EP #143 - 10 Years Of Exhaustion; A Breaking Point
EP #142- Human For A Day - Football: The Great American Unifier
EP #140 How Big Vern Lands In The Joint; A Story Of Incarceration
EP #139 - Sense Of Freedom; Sight
Christmas Bonus - Prison Bag, Oranges, And Gratitude
Bonus - Throw Back Tuesday: Early Call Out
EP #132 - Prison Snitches
NFTW (23) - Windbreakers, Asian Kyle, Towels, And Eye Wear
EP #131 - 12 Years And LARPing
EP #130 - School Days And Birth Of A Hurricane
NFTW (22) - Why Do We Love Dogs
NFTW (21) - I Need Sleep, Bloody Underwear, And Dan
EP #129 - Prison Cast, Kyle Goes Home, And Frozen
Bonus - Time Loop And Synchronicity; Notes From The Vault
NFTW (20) - Book Banister And Rain Man
EP #127 - How Time Is Spent Behind Bars
NFTW (18) - LP, Clamp Daddy, And 200K Streams
NFTW (19) - Keyser Söze And Bugging Out
EP #126 - A Ladies Man And Deep Depression
EP #125 - Giuseppe
Bonus - Commutation Efforts 2022
NFTW (17) - You're My Homie And Convict Codes
Comic & Convict (24): I'll Pay You Later
EP #123 - Unresolved Issues, Birth Mom, And Kung Fu Fighting
NFTW (16) - It's A Big Boat
EP #122 - Truck Nuts
NFTW (15) - Chicken Skins
EP #121 - The Cpt., Kids, And Prison Field Day
NFTW (14) - Prison Break And Map Reading
EP #120 - Jeremy Takes L's, And Sexbots
NFTW (12) - Underground Dispatch
NFTW (11) - Six Foot Korean And Taste Of Freedom
EP #119 - I Need A House Mother, And Watch Who You Hang Around
NFTW (10) - Pissed Off Jack Sparrow And The Stick Story
EP #117 - All Aboard
NFTW (9) - Rock Climbing
NFTW (8) - Penthouse Zoning Issues And Zelensky Tatt
NFTW (7) - Super Bowl Prison Style
NFTW (6) - Band-aids Are Food
NFTW (5) - It Gets Exhausting
NFTW (4) - Circuit City: Filling In The Blanks With JD
NFTW (3) Walking Dead And Mouth Pieces
NFTW (2) Pirate Of The High Seas
NFTW (1) Forensic Dissection And Italian Face
EP #112 - Convict Goals & Trust Issues
EP #110 - Monogamy And Relationships
EP #109 - Insecurities Amplified Behind Bars
EP #108 - Banishment And Othering
EP #107 - Prolific Provolone Joe
EP #106 - Glass Half-Full Events
EP #105 - The New Crew
EP #104 - Creative Process
Comic & Convict (23): Snow Bird Bus & A French Kiss
Bonus - Comedy Tree: An Omage
Bonus - Riding Out; The Prison Matrix
Bonus - Halla If You Hear Me
Bonus - Another Annoyingly Positive Bobby
Bonus - Hollywood Takes A Ride
Bonus - Mr. 'Project" Meyham
EP #103 - The Spectacles Story
EP #102 - Viewer Questions With No-Last-Name JD
Bonus - Good Time & Chappelle
EP #101 - Bird World
EP #100 - Yes Man, And Prison Covid Conspiracies
Bonus - Filling In The Blanks With Ladies Wear: Rumor Mill
EP #99 - Sense Of Freedom; Smells
EP #98 - Negativity Bias: What Happened 70k Years Ago
Bonus - Filling In The Blanks: Shame
EP #97 - Story Of Incarceration Part 3 (Fraternities)
EP #96 - Filling In The Blanks With Ladies Wear: Lost Recordings & Shit Stories
Bonus - We Stopped Pretending We Knew Everything
EP #95 - Technology
Ep #94 - Boob Tube: Prison Window To The World
Bonus - Last Call: Losing A Loved One In Prison
Comic & Convict (15): Iceland Looks Good
Ep #93 - Mama Tried
Comic & Convict (14): What I Like About You
Ep #92 - Theme Park Of Life
Bonus - A Covid Vaccine PSA
EP# 91 - The Gay Gazette
Bonus - Prison Psychological Torture & Padded Walls
EP# 90 - Prison Camp
Bonus - New Season and Mama C alter ego outed!
Comic & Convict (8): Portrait Of Incarceration
Comic & Convict (7): Stanhope Smoothies, Mayor Bobby, And Dead Man Number
EP #88 - Claustrophobic Calls, Prison Gossip Dilemma, And Whoopie Slowberg
#86 Annoyingly Positive Bobby - Meaning, Love, God
Bonus - Filling In The Blanks: Cock Blocking & Condoms
Bonus - Filling In The Blanks: Pinky Fist & Screaming Oyster
EP #85 - Dreads, Too Much Fresh Fish, And Not Enough Prison Weirdos
Bonus - NFTP Fund Raiser
Comic & Convict (1): Stanhope Joins The Show
EP #80 - Dispatches From A Sinking Ship
EP #79 Warts And All
EP #78 Culture Wars - Reparations and Gendered Sports
EP #76 Part 1 - Lips to Tip
Bonus - Phone Calls Surrounding Ep #68
EP #69 - Blaze then Bobby
Bonus - Post Show #65 - More Jen
EP #65 - Bobby Has a Girlfriend! - Bobby Has a Girlfriend?
EP #60 - Saggy Balls And The Decline Of American Democracy
Bonus - Reactions
EP #59 - Crime And Punishment, Morning Radio With Bad Mood Bobby
EP #53 - Broken System - Absent Teachers And A Flopping Bull
EP #52 - Cassius - Message In A Bottle
EP #51 - The Captain Takes A Psychedelic Trip; Scary Cat, Nice Wolf, And A Fat Tongue
EP #49 - Holidays In The Joint; Freddie's Mum And Candy Dildos
EP #42 - LOP Chronicles: Bisbee Love, Poor Nutrition, Asian Tropes, And A Drunken Search
EP #44 - Warning! Political Talk! - A Convict, A Communist, And QAnon?
EP #40 - Criminal Intent, Time, And Joe's Struggle With Language
EP #36 - Marshall's Story; Sex Preds In The Joint
EP #34 - Sleep, Viewer Q's, And Joe's Parenting
EP #33 - Pranks; Tattoo Coffee & House Paint Lotion
EP #32 - 13th Amendment; Prison Slavery And Other Listener Questions
EP #30 - Trouble In Paradise; Short Calls With Bobby, And Guest Host Blaze
EP #28 - Date Night: Improv, and Silent Chicken
EP #27 - More Usual Suspects: Blaze Apology Tour
EP #26 - Melancholy In Prison: Understanding Both Sides Of The Coin, And 80's Fashion!
EP #23 - Barb; An Interview With A Transgender Inmate
EP #22 - Usual Suspects
EP #21 Annoyingly Positive Bobby Part 2 - Monkey Mind And Meditation
EP #20 - Why Joe Is Locked Up And Joe Finally Learns His Role On The Podcast
EP #19 - Early Call Out, Road Trip, And Tattoos
EP #17 - The Other Half; An Estrogen Filled Episode About Women
EP #16 - Showers Behind Bars, And Slave Labor
EP #13 - A Story Of Incarceration Part 2
EP #11 - Prison Food - Pizza, Corn, And Lettuce
EP #10 - The Importance Of Bunkies
EP #9- A Story Of Incarceration Part 1 - Bobby's Journey Through Prison
EP #7 - Hustles In Prison And The Black Market Economy
EP #6 - Annoyingly Positive Bobby
EP #5 - Convict Or Inmate
EP #4 - Morality In Prison: A Podcast About The Podcast
EP #3 - Corona, Healthcare, And A Giant Pirate
EP #1 - Gesture Day