Hosted by Brandon Burley · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 17 episodes
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The Redemption Project tells real stories of change, accountability, and second chances.Hosted by Brandon Burley—a retired law enforcement detective, criminal justice educator, and journalist—this podcast features conversations with men and women who have lived on both sides of the justice system, along with the ministries, programs, and people helping them rebuild their lives.Each episode explores what redemption actually looks like after prison: recovery, faith, responsibility, failure, growth, and the long road back to trust and purpose. Some stories are quiet. Some are uncomfortable.
Brandon Burley hosts The Redemption Project, a society show with 17 episodes published.
What can a governor actually control? In this Season 3 Systems Explained episode of The Redemption Project , Brandon Burley breaks down the real powers and limits of a governor, using Tennessee as the main example. The s
Chad Roberts joins The Redemption Project for a Season 2 Redemption Story about childhood brokenness, addiction, crime, incarceration, faith, treatment and what it means to become the kind of man he once needed. Chad gre
Katie Growden joins The Redemption Project for the first episode of Season 5: Tennessee Good Work. Katie serves as the Tennessee state manager for Save the Children Action Network, an advocacy organization working at the
Civil Miller-Watkins joins The Redemption Project for a Season 4 Civic Conversations episode about her campaign for the U.S. Senate, her background as an eighth grade math teacher, and the issues she believes Tennessee f
What happens when Tennessee gubernatorial candidates from different political lanes are asked the same voter-submitted questions, under the same rules, in the same room? That was the purpose of this live roundtable from
In this long-form episode of The Redemption Project , Brandon Burley sits down with Kendra and Amanda , two women in early recovery whose lives were shaped by addiction, incarceration, and the long road back to stability
After leaving recovery too early, falling back into addiction, and eventually ending up on the run again, Lyon reached a point he describes simply: sick and tired of being sick and tired. In this episode of The Redemptio
Years after being robbed at gunpoint, Susan Stoner found herself drawn toward a place many people would never choose to enter voluntarily: a county jail. In this episode of The Redemption Project , she explains why that
A special political interview edition of The Redemption Project. In this episode of Candidate Conversations , Lauren Pinkston joins me for a long-form discussion on Tennessee’s future through the lens of energy, infrastr
A special political interview edition of The Redemption Project. In this episode of Candidate Conversations , Jerri Green joins me for a long-form discussion on Tennessee policy, statewide strategy, and the issues shapin
A different kind of conversation for The Redemption Project . In this special interview series, Tennessee governor candidates are given space to answer direct policy questions in long form, followed by rapid-fire voter q
Steve Smith was released from prison in August 2025 and came directly to Men of Valor Knoxville.He left prison with no family support, no close friends, and nothing but the clothes on his back and a box of books.Steve kn
Many people know they vote for both city and county officials, but fewer people understand what each level of local government actually controls. In Season 3, Episode 3 of Systems Explained , Brandon Burley explains the
Most people know that police officers and sheriff’s deputies both wear badges and answer calls, but the agencies behind them are built very differently. In Season 3, Episode 2 of Systems Explained , Brandon Burley explai
Most people use the terms food bank and food pantry like they mean the same thing. They do not. In this first episode of Systems Explained , Brandon Burley explains how the food distribution system actually works: why a
Dewey Burton’s past isn’t easy to talk about — and it shouldn’t be. Before coming to Men of Valor, Dewey had already been convicted of robbery. After serving his time and being out of prison for just over a year, he was
Dustin Morgan’s story carries a weight that never fully goes away — and he doesn’t pretend that it should. Dustin was convicted of second-degree murder. He shot and killed a man. He pled guilty and received a 15-year sen
Jesse Crosson was arrested just after turning 18 and sentenced to 32 years in prison for a robbery and a non-fatal shooting. Most people would have given up. Jesse didn’t. Instead of waiting for the system to save him, J
In this episode of The Redemption Project , Brandon Burley sits down with TK , a licensed therapist and recovery professional whose life was nearly ended by addiction before it was rebuilt through faith, accountability,
Sean Luttrell’s first arrest came in 2023. By his own words, he wasn’t confused about how he got there. He was living an evil life — one bad decision stacked on top of another until the weight finally caught up with him.
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