While Folkpunk Dad is away on tour & unable to be in the studio, we're airing an older interview Pepe gave 1 week before he went to prison in 2019. Pepe talks about originally facing 10 to life, the work he did to keep his relationship(s) intact, preparing for release before he was even sentenced, being in relationship while one partner is incarcerated, having a morning routine & working out, & how it's usually not easy to do the work that life asks of you but, it's worth it. This is an inspirational interview that can help you see there is a way through even the toughest of times.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Pepe's box of shit story
• Pizza & prison with the kids
• Pepe's positive response to his apartment burning down
• The questions Pepe & his wife asked each other about their relationship before he went to prison
• Doing the work
• What Pepe did first thing the morning he was getting sentenced to prison

Watch the interview here:

• youtube.com/watch?v=br9Y1smB1hQ&t=123s

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