Thread by @JoshuaBHoe

Yesterday, when I was talking about 2020 accomplishments, I forgot to mention the 19 interviews I produced on the Decarceration Nation Podcast @DNationPod

Was so great to talk to so many amazing and accomplished guests in 2020

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The year started with an interview with my friend Val, who returned from over 40 years of incarceration last year...We talked about everything from his service in Vietnam to getting to vote for the first time

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Next I talked to a legendary activist, Lisa Fithian about her new book "Shut It Down"

Who knew, just a few months later, protests would break out across the entire country

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I was also lucky to talk with Judith Greene and Oliver Marino about immigration detention and incarceration during the Trump era and beyond

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Next I talked to my good friend @EdyHaney about her work at @REFORM and also about the crisis in Mississippi prisons

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I also talked to another formerly incarcerated brother, @Mikael_Mendoza about his work at @AntiRecidivism and @cut_50, as well as about the National Day of Empathy

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Next was my discussion with my good friend @janosmarton who, at the time, was running for DA in Manhattan (sadly, his campaign ended about a month ago)...But he did an amazing job!

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I was really excited to talk to @CNN correspondent, Epidemiologist, and former Michigan candidate for Governor @AbdulElSayed about his book "Healing Politics" and about the COVID crisis in prisons and jails

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Next I talked to Kyle Barry and Lara Bazelon about COVID in prisons and jails in California

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Given recent events, my discussion with @Oslerguy about pardons and commutations really could not have been more timely

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One of my personal favorite episodes of 2020 was my interview with Fury Young about @DieJimCrow records, a label that exclusively produces the art of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists

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One of the great pleasures of 2020 was getting to talk with my brothers @desmondmeade and @Volzie about @FLRightsRestore and the fight to ensure incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people can VOTE

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I was so happy to talk to my friend @Kaitlin__Owens at #CPAC about her work to ensure better treatment for incarcerated women across the country

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Was also a great pleasure to talk to another good friend @tolmanbrett at #CPAC, we may not agree often about politics, but we agree all the time about #cjreform and the need for forgiveness

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I was so excited to get to talk to Detroit activist @Combsthepoet and Professor @avitale about policing, surveillance, and facial recognition

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I care deeply about the presumption of innocence and about ending cash bail, it was wonderful to talk with my friend @arthurrizer and professor @mearest about their @square1justice paper on that subject

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In what has become an annual tradition, @SomilBTrivedi of @ACLU and I discussed the #criminaljustice cases covered by #SCOTUS during 2020

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Was a great pleasure to talk with @jhenryjustice about her book "Smoke but no Fire: Convicting the Innocent of Crimes that Never Happened"

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One of the big pending issues in criminal justice reform is algorithms as part of our criminal justice system, was great to talk with @chels_bar of @medialab about technology and #cjreform

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Last but not least, it was amazing to talk with my good friend @A_S_Alexander, founder of @justcitydetroit in what has become a very popular episode

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Season Four of the Decarceration Nation Podcast starts on #MLKDay 2021 (January 18, 2021).

I have already recorded 9 interviews, excited to share the next season of the @DNationPod with you very soon!

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I also want to thank @verainstitute for recognizing one of our Season Three episodes, my interview with @jformanjr, as one of the best Podcast Episodes of 2019 last year

Thanks to everyone for listening to the Decarceration Nation Podcast in 2020, I hope you will check us out in 2021!

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