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Wisconsin Humanities
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Human Powered

Humanity Unlocked, the second season from Human Powered, is a podcast about the power of the humanities in Wisconsin prisons.  From a storytelling workshop at Oak Hill Correctional Facility to a poetry workshop with people who were formerly incarcerated to a conversation with writers and editors of prison newspapers, we are digging into the importance of the humanities as tools for searching for meaning and understanding.  And check out our first season to explore Wisconsin together to hear in-depth, entertaining stories and discover how the public humanities is shaping our neighborhoods and communities.  Brought to you by Wisconsin Humanities and produced by Field Noise Soundworks. 

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Death-defying Feats

    In the first episode of Human Powered 'Humanity Unlocked,' we are stepping out with the remarkable and singular Dasha Kelly Hamilton. Dasha wields words to make magic happen, whether on stage herself, in writing sessions like Prose & Cons, or while chatting with co-host and public historian Adam Carr. We'll drop into one of her workshops and talk with Josh and Fontaine, both students and writers who have responded to Dasha's challenge to find courage in their own unique relationship with ...

    38 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    A Mic and Five Minutes

    Some would say that storytelling is what makes us human. In this episode, we are going to hear some great stories. We are heading to Oak Hill Correctional Facility, where the University of Wisconsin Odyssey Beyond Bars Project offers storytelling workshops each semester for incarcerated students who are in the English 101 course. This is UW-Madison’s first face-to-face credit-bearing course inside any Wisconsin state prison since 1917. We will hear from Peter Moreno, the founder and Dir...

    33 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Three Convicts, Twenty Dollars, and a Newspaper

    Started in 1887 by three well-known convicts, The Prison Mirror is often considered the best prison newspaper in the United States. But it is just one of many. In the 1980s, Robert Taliaferro was a writer and editor for The Mirror, as it was called in those days. Shannon Ross is a writer who started The Community in 2014 when he was in prison. The newsletter, which he still edits today, reaches half of Wisconsin's prison population. With hosts Adam Carr and Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Robert and Sh...

    38 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Art Against the Odds

    People in prisons are cut off from their families, their communities, and in some cases their own feelings. Making art in prison — even with very few resources — can be a way to affirm your humanity in a place that is so often dehumanizing. So when the organizers of an exhibit of prison art put out a call for submissions, they were flooded with responses from incarcerated artists working without support, formal programs, or materials. In this episode, we meet Joshua Gresl, John Tyson, an...

    43 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Bead by Bead

    When James Price first learned how to bead, he was incarcerated at the Stanley Correctional Institution in Wisconsin. He had been told his whole life that he was not patient, but as he is tutored in beadwork by a group of Native American men, he discovers a history he wasn't taught in school. And, “bead by bead,” he also learns new things about himself. Once he was released, James attended a college course on Native American history as part of the Educational Preparedness Program (EPP) a...

    40 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    It's Not Just a Vote

    The right to vote is a core building block for our democracy. We are taught that our vote matters and that voting is integral to our communities and our country. In this final episode of Humanity Unlocked, we confront a fundamental issue: roughly 45,000 people ‘on papers’ in Wisconsin do not have the right to vote, even though they are no longer in prison. Jerome Dillard, Executive Director of EXPO (Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing), calls this being “locked up on the outside.”In this episod...

    34 min

  7. SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Season 2 Trailer

    Human Powered—the podcast from Wisconsin Humanities—is back for season 2. In these six episodes, we are talking with people who have been impacted by the justice system. With our hosts, Dasha Kelly Hamilton and Adam Carr, we are digging into the importance of the humanities as tools for searching for meaning and understanding. Dasha is 2021-22 Wisconsin Poet Laureate and a creative change agent who has led poetry workshops in and out of prisons for years. Adam Carr is a public historian and j...

    3 min
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Humanity Unlocked, the second season from Human Powered, is a podcast about the power of the humanities in Wisconsin prisons.  From a storytelling workshop at Oak Hill Correctional Facility to a poetry workshop with people who were formerly incarcerated to a conversation with writers and editors of prison newspapers, we are digging into the importance of the humanities as tools for searching for meaning and understanding.  And check out our first season to explore Wisconsin together to hear in-depth, entertaining stories and discover how the public humanities is shaping our neighborhoods and communities.  Brought to you by Wisconsin Humanities and produced by Field Noise Soundworks. 

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    Wisconsin Humanities
  • Episodes
    14
  • Seasons
    2
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