Episode 101: A Rock Across a Lake

Illustration by Damien Linnane

We’ve never based a whole episode on a poem before, but this one, by Sky, took us by surprise. It’s both a record of longing for all the things she can’t do in prison — sleep in a teepee, have a cookie jar, touch a rabbit — and a way of doing those things in her mind.

Thanks to Whispering Sky for sharing her poetry with us.

This episode was scored with music by Earlonne Woods, Rhashiyd Zinnamon, Derrell Sadiq Davis, Tam Nguyen, Lee Jaspar, David Jassy, and Antwan Williams.

Big thanks to Acting Warden Andes and Lt. Berry at San Quentin State Prison, and Acting Warden Williams and Lt. Newborg at the California Institution for Women for their support of the show.

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You can download the episode here and find the transcript here.