This episode features the annual performance of Captured Words/Free Thoughts: Art and Poetry Inspired Inside US Prisons, volume 19. This year we have a great lineup commentated by Meghan Cosgrove, Dr. Erin Boyce, and of course, me.

To read complete editions of Captured Words/Free Thoughts, check out the CU-Denver Communication Dept. page.

You can check out Javonte Evans' work at his Instagram page

Special thanks to Dr. Hamilton Bean for recording his father's poem. Thanks to my students in Communication 4040 Spring 2023 semester for recording many other poems. And of course, thanks to Meghan's sister, Sophie, who has a future in spoken word. 

For a free copy, or to contribute art, poetry or prose to our next edition, please email me at [email protected], or snail mail me at Captured Words/Free Thoughts, 1201 Larimer St. Suite 3014, Denver, CO, 80204. 

Intro & Outro by Javonte Evans. All other music from Pixabay. 

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