A Mind Unconstrained

Byron answers the first fourteen questions of the five-part inquiry popularized by French novelist Marcel Proust. Originally a parlor game played in Victorian salon, it's been used by interviewers around the world for over 200 years! This episode includes sections I and II: Personal Identity & Happiness and Actions & Choices.

Writing a graduation speech was the final project for Byron's first college class. But speeches are meant to be spoken. Instead of simply turning it in for school, Byron decided to also share it here.

The spookiest holiday of the year happens to be Byron's favorite. In this episode we get some inside information about why and how he celebrates—and why this year's festivities are different than most.

Byron's advice in this episode: when life gives you lemons, relentlessly mock the lemon tree.

The prison supplies games for its population to play, but backgammon, Life, and Stratego aren't everyone's cup of tea. When they consider these mass-market games boring, incarcerated game hobbyists make their own versions of niche titles.

For today's episode, Byron reads a post from his former blog, in which he shares his thoughts on sun exposure and prejudicial views of pale people.

Freedom of speech is a Constitutional right, but prisoners can't simply post their thoughts to social media, and those who try might pay a price. Today, Byron addresses the barriers and benefits to writing from behind bars.

The season of change is upon us, and it's Byron's favorite. In this episode he lays out the reasons why.

For the incarcerated, ideas about the latest technologies tend to be off the mark, ranging from sketchy to downright bonkers. While lots of other prisoners get skewed information on what's happening in the tech world, Byron applies effort to keep up with the latest developments.

Most of us know the question "Where were you on 9/11?" It's been 25 years since terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center shocked the world, but Byron's answer is probably not like any you've heard before.