Prisoncast! is a show made with and for people in Illinois prisons and jails, and their loved ones on the outside. We feature stories, investigations, interviews, and sounds from beyond prison walls – all requested by our incarcerated listeners. Each episode is a bite-sized bundle of some of our favorites. Take a glimpse inside a carceral system that’s designed to be invisible. Engage us at prisoncast@wbez.org. Listen free in prisons and jails on the Edovo app.
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Contact path
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Booking probability
29%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchPrisoncast! is a show made with and for people in Illinois prisons and jails, and their loved ones on the outside. We feature stories, investigations, interviews, and sounds from beyond prison walls, all requested by our incarcerated listeners. Each episode is a bite-sized bundle of some of our favorites.
Prisoncast! is hosted by WBEZ. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "S2E7: The building block" (17 August 2026, 12 minutes), "S2E6: Fires at a Joliet prison" (10 August 2026, 14 minutes), and "S2E5: The rebirth of sound" (10 August 2026, 20 minutes).
Prisoncast! publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 16 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for Prisoncast! is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Prisoncast! requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Prisoncast!'s contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Prisoncast! are Courts, Police & Public Safety. Prisoncast! has a society audience.
WBEZ hosts Prisoncast!, a society podcast with 15 episodes published.
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Prisoncast!
"Once they heal, they can help others heal around them." We visit the Building Block program, led by peer educators incarcerated at Illinois River Correctional Center. Later, a listener request takes us to Chicago's Bud...
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The Joliet Treatment Center, designed to treat people with serious mental illness, repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires despite two deaths. That's according to a recent investigation by The Marshall Project...
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Remembering a life-changing concert inside Stateville prison. Learning piano, using creativity and cardboard. And one listener requests the sound of pure joy: babies laughing.
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A candid conversation between two men who lost their mothers while they were locked up. Tips for processing grief in an environment like prison. And, whenever you're feeling overwhelmed — follow along with this box...
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An incarcerated scholar tells us the history of Illinois' constitutional language around the purpose of prison. Plus, people at Kewanee's low security prison each share the one thing that's helped them through their...
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Many summer seasons bring excruciating heat inside Illinois prison cells. A prison watchdog group tells us what it's like to endure high temperatures behind bars. And Michael Broadway’s widow reads his poetry to mark...
Segments about family and re-entry that were guided, from pitch to final production, by incarcerated Northwestern University students. A song recorded in a former music studio at a state prison. Plus, meet our new...
Sister Helen Prejean has been counseling people on death row since the 1980s. To mark the 15th anniversary of Illinois abolishing the death penalty, she joins Prisoncast! to make the case against capital punishment...
An incarcerated dad asks to be transferred to a more restrictive prison so he can reconnect with his son who is locked up there. We hear original music written and recorded behind bars. And by request, sounds of a...
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Lisa Daniels knows all about forgiveness. When her son Darren was murdered, she did what would be unthinkable for so many of us: She forgave her son’s killer.
Making pizza, hot for delivery, inside Cook County Jail. One man's 18-year fight to get his GED. The value of education for someone serving a life sentence.
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How to learn piano with toothpaste and paper. What people locked up in Illinois want you to know about them and their lives on the inside. By request: a roller coaster ride for one incarcerated listener.
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Visiting one of the few in-prison nurseries in America, where incarcerated new moms get to live with their babies. Advice on parenting behind bars from formerly incarcerated moms with the Women's Justice Institute and...
What it takes to get gussied up inside Illinois prisons. How tattoo removal can be life-changing for people inside. Bringing the sounds of the family bowling alley to one incarcerated listener.
Prisoncast!
A podcast that asks: What do the 30,000 people locked up in Illinois state prisons most want to hear? Executive Producer: Lauren Frost Editors: Al Keefe and Rob Wildeboer Host: Erin Allen
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