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Holy Sh!t, That Was Morgan Freeman!


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Jamison and Blake debut their alter-egos Blake and Jamison while both being very sick at the recording of this episode. It was a hair's edge on covering up coughs on both sides, but don't worry dear listener we left the sniffles in there free of charge. The boys introduce the official name of the podcast, talk about the podcast and social media artwork by the talented Ciara Barsotti, and play our first voicemail live on the show! We then move into Blake's film selection for this episode 1980's Brubaker starring Robert Redford, the guy from Twin Peaks and the other guy from the Quaker Oats commercials. Oh! And don't forget M. Emmet Walsh! We break down the movie and along the way discuss the complexities of prison reform. Come for the quirk, stay for the good discussion. And don't forget to clap for the guy who "changed your life" but didn't actually change your life.

References:

Keeping Watch on the Evil and the Good: Worshipping the State in Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Minority Report (2002) - Reel World Theology

The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes
The Arkansas Prison Scandal - Arkansas Times
Opinion | How to Fix Our Prisons? Let the Public Inside - The New York Times
Memphis Ousts DA and Judge Who Oversaw Its Notoriously Harsh Court System - Bolts Magazine

Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform by John Pfaff

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Fly By FilmsBy Blake I. Collier & Jamison Barsotti