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This week focuses on call-ins from two prisoners: Khalfani Malik Khaldun in Indiana, and Muti Ajamu-Osagboro in Pennsylvania.
First, we hear from ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
For the first part of this week’s episode- we hear from Onishona. In this interview, she tells us about her experiences with recidivism and problem...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share two messages sent to us from the inside. We hear from Shaka Shakur about the issues he has been facing since being transferred ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:17
As we covered last week, prisoners in California have been subjected to a new and disturbing round of gladiator fights – conflicts between prisoner...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:04
Prisoners in California have been subjected to a new and disturbing round of gladiator fights – conflicts between prisoners instigated by guards fo...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:05
This week’s episode covers the situation in the Midwest. We hear from Ben and Aaron, who work on supporting prisoners in Ohio and Indiana, respecti...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:50
This week, we are sharing the words from a prisoner who contacted us from inside the South Carolina prison system. In addition to his thoughts on t...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:34
The National Prison Strike is on its second week. Shutdowns have been confirmed in five Florida prisons, with new strike activity in Georgia, Calif...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:52
Next week, on August 21, is the start of the 2018 National Prison Strike. Anticipated to be the largest in U.S. History, this strike comes after ma...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:37
As the 2018 National Prison Strike quickly approaches, we have news of hunger and work strikes already underway. We have updates on the successful,...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:00
In this week’s episode, we speak with Karen Smith in Florida, who gives us insights into Operation PUSH. Kicking off in just 10 days, Operation PUS...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 29:17
In this week’s episode, we hear from Valerie Buford, the sister of Leon Benson, a prisoner here in Indiana. Valerie talks about the circumstances t...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 29:43
In this episode we give follow-up information about the hunger strike at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. Then, we finish a conversation wi...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 29:35
In Wabash Valley, Shaka Shakur is maintaining his hunger strike, demanding an end to guard abuses and the isolation of active prisoners in camera c...
- Added: Jan 26, 2020
- Length: 29:54
This episode is an interview with Kwame Shakur, who is currently incarcerated at the Pendleton Correctional Institution. On August 11th , Indiana p...
- Added: Jan 26, 2020
- Length: 29:29
This week, we share a conversation with Ramona Africa, who talks about the MOVE 9 case, the 1985 police bombing of the MOVE house, and the relation...
- Added: Jan 26, 2020
- Length: 29:57
In this episode of Kite Line, we cover the recent demonstrations outside the Workhouse in St. Louis, Missouri.
On July 21, police there used peppe...
- Added: Jan 26, 2020
- Length: 29:59
Our radio adaptation of the film, The Murder of Fred Hampton, produced by filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk, provides a glimpse into the life of ...
- Added: Nov 26, 2019
- Length: 29:00
“My first instinct, to be honest, was they shot this guy and now there’s a coverup.” -Liz Riley, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County P...
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 31:22
Northern California Public Media's Adia White interviews Stacey Abrams at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California, May 20, 2...
- Added: Aug 04, 2019
- Length: 59:00
Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Dr. Terri Francis, director of the IU Black Film Center/Archive, and Dr. Vincent Bouchard, IU ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2019
- Length: 59:01
Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with William Morris, the jazz DJ Bloomington's WFIU’s and formerly at WFHB. Then, they speak with Kim ...
- Added: Jul 15, 2019
- Length: 59:01
Hosts Clarence Boone and Jacinda Townsend speak with Tanya Bell, the General Counsel and President of the Indiana Black Expo (IBE), about this year...
- Added: Jul 08, 2019
- Length: 59:01
Hosts Amrita Myers and William Hosea speak with Notre Dame University Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Eric Love, about police relations in Sou...
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 59:01
Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with State Representative Robin Shackleford, who is the current chair of the Indiana Black Legislative...
- Added: Jun 24, 2019
- Length: 59:01
