From the series Uncuffed:
Mother’s Day is marketed as a celebration of unconditional love, but many of us have complicated relationships with our moms, involving lots of different emotions. Uncuffed producers at Solano State Prison talked about what the day brings up for them. Even though I’ve been in here as long as I have, she still sees me for who I really am.
Mayito Guzman
This discussion was hosted and produced by bf thames, Orlando Johnson, Steve Drown, and Mayito Guzman. It was edited by Andrew Stelzer and Eli Wirtschafter, and mixed by James Rowlands.
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On this edition of Your Call, we get an update from Uncuffed , KALW's audio journalism program in San Quentin and Solano prisons. March 11 marks one year
Listen 8 min MORE KALW podcast Uncuffed features intimate letters written to loved ones behind bars. Photo by Zach Pie Inglis (CC BY-NC 2.0).
Thousands of Angelenos, and others across the state, love someone who is currently behind bars. People in prison have not been able to visit with their partners, as prisons and jails are under lockdown for the last 11 months because of the pandemic.
But relationships are being kept alive the old-fashioned way, with love letters and the occasional phone call. KCRW hears some of letters written between loved ones, brought to us by the KALW podcast Uncuffed.
The voices are of:
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Shortly after Oakland native Kamala Harris was selected as Joe Biden’s running mate, we asked longtime Bay Area Jewish leaders who know her what they think of her.
Sen. Kamala Harris waves to supporters with her husband, Douglas Emhoff, and her niece, Amara Ajagu, 2, during her presidential campaign launch rally in Oakland, Jan. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mason Trinca-Getty Images)
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This last one is a late-breaking contender. It’s last week’s installment of AstroloJew, our Jewish astrology column. People got really excited about the whole “Great Conjunction” thing.
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