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Kite Line
About Kite Line
Kite Line is a radio program devoted to prison issues around the Midwest and beyond. Behind the prison walls, a message is called a kite: whispered words, a note passed hand to hand, or a request submitted to the guards for medical care. Illicit or not, sending a kite means trusting that other people will bear it farther along till it reaches its destination. On the show, we hope to pass along words across the prison walls.
Jul 7, 17
Kite Line Radio Episodes #47-49
Kite Line #47: Toxic in Texas Listen and Download Here This week takes us to Texas, where we hear from Candice Bernd, speaking at... Read Full Article
Jun 19, 17
Kite Line #46: Memories of Boo
Listen and Download Here This week, we return to the story of Clinton “Boo” Gilkie, who died one year ago – on... Read Full Article
Jun 13, 17
Kite Line #45: Ongoing Support for Marius Mason and His Family on June 11th
Listen and Download Here This week on Kite Line we feature Arianna Staiger, daughter of Marius Mason, an anarchist prisoner who used to... Read Full Article
Jun 5, 17
Kite Line #44: The Premature Death of Boo Gilkie
Download and Listen Here June 7th marks the one year anniversary of the death of Clinton Gilkie, and so we devote our June... Read Full Article
Jun 4, 17
Kite Line #43: The Death Penalty
Listen and Download Here The death penalty is the barest, most explicit aspect of state violence. Relatively few people are sentenced to... Read Full Article
May 24, 17
Episode #42: Steps Forward
Listen and Download Here This week we share news and stories from two people who have been caught up in very different ways... Read Full Article
May 17, 17
Episode 41: Addiction, Sobriety, and Recidivism
Listen and Download Here This week we feature an interview with Patrick, who reflects on his experience with addiction and prison. His story... Read Full Article
May 13, 17
Kite Line #40: Commissary
For prisons to function smoothly and profitably, the major tools of control – violence, surveillance, separation – must be complimented by a... Read Full Article
May 4, 17
Kite Line #39: Dismantling Barriers to Life
Listen and Download Here This week features a variety of conversations that we are sharing with you through a partnership with StoryCorps. The... Read Full Article
Apr 13, 17
Kite Line #36: How To Write To Prisoners
Listen and Download Here Our focus for this episode is writing to prisoners. After some prison-related news, we speak with Lukah Revolt, who... Read Full Article
Apr 11, 17
Kite Line #35: Jailhouse Law
Listen and Download Here This episode is a conversation with Steve Garrett, who during his time in Ohio’s prison system, used the legal... Read Full Article
Mar 17, 17
Kite Line #33: Escaping From an Immigrant Detention Center, Part Three
Listen and Download Here This week concludes our series on the mass escape from the Woomera immigrant detention center in 2002. Aren Aizura,... Read Full Article
Mar 14, 17
Episode #32: Woomera: Escaping From an Immigrant Detention Center, Part Two
Listen and Download Here In the second episode of our series on the mass escape from the Woomera refugee detention center in Australia,... Read Full Article
Mar 4, 17
Kite Line #31: Escaping From an Immigrant Detention Center, Part One
Listen and Download Here In 2002, imprisoned refugees inside Australia’s Woomera immigration prison coordinated with 2500 outside supporters who had pitched camp outside the... Read Full Article
Mar 2, 17
Kite Line #30: Support Communities
Listen and Download Here This episode, we focus on two individuals who are working to organize support systems for communities that are... Read Full Article
Feb 28, 17
Kite Line #29: Families and Prison, Part Three
Listen and Download Here Our focus for this episode returns to the impact of incarceration on families. First we have a discussion... Read Full Article
Feb 15, 17
Kite Line #28: Education in Prison, Part Two
Listen Here We return to the topic of education within the prison system. After some prison news, we hear a statement written by... Read Full Article
Feb 6, 17
Kite Line #27: Off Paper
Listen and Download Here In this episode, we introduce a new topic, going “off-paper.” When prisoners finish their time and re-enter the... Read Full Article
Feb 5, 17
Episode #26: Histories of Resistance in Ohio’s Prisons
Listen and Download Here We go to the neighboring state of Ohio this week in order to dig into the history of... Read Full Article
Jan 16, 17
Kite Line #24: The Muse on the Inside
Listen and Download Here Our topic this week is creativity behind bars. We showcase poetry from prisoners working with the Indiana Prisoners’... Read Full Article
Jan 16, 17
Kite Line #23: Childbirth in Prison
Listen and Download Here This week, we hear some prison-related news and then return to the topic of pregnancy in prison. We... Read Full Article
Dec 30, 16
Kite Line #22: Spaces of Exception; Resilience in Prisons and on Reservations
Download and Listen Here This week, we explore various spaces of exception. We spoke with Matt Peterson, a documentary filmmaker and contributor... Read Full Article
Dec 19, 16
Kite Line #20: Community Policing
From Kite Line Listen and Download Here This week, we are sharing a conversation we had with Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies... Read Full Article
Dec 13, 16
Kite Line #19: Immigration and Incarceration
Listen and Download Here Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS This week’s episode begins to explore the intersections of borders, documentation, and... Read Full Article
Dec 2, 16
Kite Line #18: Dignity in Detention, from Standing Rock to the Spanish State
From Kite Line Radio Listen and Download Here Our focus this week is on Red Fawn Fallis, currently detained in North Dakota... Read Full Article
Nov 26, 16
Kite Line #17: Female Survival in Prison
From Kite Line Listen and Download Here This episode is the second installment exploring women within prisons. First, we get updates on struggles in... Read Full Article
Nov 26, 16
Kite Line #16: Families and Prison, Part Two
From Kite Line Listen and Download Here This week’s episode is the second installment of our Families and Prison series. We speak with... Read Full Article
Nov 13, 16
Kite Line #15: Families and Prison, Part One
From Kite Line Download and Listen Here This week is our first installment of a series covering the impact of prison on... Read Full Article
Nov 5, 16
Kite Line #14: Sekou Kambui
Download and Listen Here This week, we return to the experiences and stories of Sekou Kambui, who was incarcerated for 47 years... Read Full Article
Oct 31, 16
Kite Line #13: Hunger and Work Strikes
Listen and Download Here We learn about the Chicago Community Bond Fund, a group that bails people out of Chicago’s Cook County... Read Full Article
Oct 24, 16
Kite Line #12: The Bomani Episode
Listen and Download Here This week, we focus on a topic that is close to many of us on the outside: the... Read Full Article
Oct 18, 16
Kite Line #11: Habeas Corpus
Listen and Download Here The focus this week is on the impact of habeas corpus both for prisoners and their loved ones.... Read Full Article
Oct 12, 16
Kite Line #10: Yes, In My Back Yard
Listen and Download Here Welcome to the YIMBY episode: Yes In My Backyard. We focus on some positive projects in our area... Read Full Article
Sep 28, 16
Kite Line #8: Dear Marius Episode
Listen and Download Here We begin our show with updates on the National Prison Strike, and then devote the entire episode to... Read Full Article
Sep 19, 16
Kite Line #7: National Prison Strike Updates
Listen and Download Here This week on Kite Line, we follow up on what’s happening nationally and internationally in regards to actions... Read Full Article