Kite Line

Series produced by WFHB

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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.

Explore the episode archive at kitelineradio.org


259 Pieces

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Over the upcoming weeks, we will be sharing some of our favorite moments from our archive of shows, but we encourage you to go to our website, kite...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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Eric King is an anarchist prisoner who was arrested in September 2014 after he carried out a solidarity action to support the Ferguson Uprising. W...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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Eric King is an anarchist prisoner who was arrested in September 2014 after he carried out a solidarity action in support of the Ferguson Uprising....

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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For our show this week, Micol Seigel talks to Abby Cuniff. Cuniff is a reporter who recently published an article about arsenic contamination in Ke...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, we share Isaiah Willoughby’s story. He’s been on the show before, talking about his incarceration due to actions on behalf on the Black ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
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This week, we speak with Dan from Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity. MAPS is an exemplary grassroots abolitionist group, which arose out o...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, we share a conversation with Brian Dolinar. He has been on the show before, speaking about Parole Illinois. In this episode, he talks ab...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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We begin this episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances, generously compiled by Perilous Chronicle. Afterwards, we share a piece by ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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In this week’s episode, we air the second part of a conversation between Jok Huerta from Focus Initiatives and Rodney Jones, known as Big R. Big R ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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In this week’s episode, we air the second part of a conversation between Jok Huerta from Focus Initiatives and Rodney Jones, known as Big R. Big R ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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In this week’s episode, we air the first part of a conversation between Jok Huerta from Focus Initiatives and Rodney Jones, known as Big R. Both me...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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We open this episode with our monthly collection of prison disturbances, generously compiled by Perilous Chronicle. Afterwards, we share a convers...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
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This week, we share two features dealing with the cunning ways that the carceral system conceals itself and the harm it causes. The first is an ac...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, we air an interview with WFYI reporters Lauren Bavis and Jake Harper in Indianapolis. They co-host the podcast called Sick, the second s...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, we share two features dealing with the cunning ways that the carceral system conceals itself and the harm it causes. The first is an ac...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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The explosive spread of the Omicron variant has brought our focus back to the COVID-vulnerability the prison system imposes on its captives. This w...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, Mwalimu Shakur calls us from inside Corcoran prison in California to share his experiences in the Secure Housing Unit. He’s been on the ...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we return to the final part of our conversation about carceral non-profits with Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan. Kurti is a professo...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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We begin our episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances contributed by Perilous Chronicle. We close out the episode with a call from ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, we cover carceral non-profits in an interview with Drs. Zhandarka Kurti, a professor of criminology and Criminal Justice at Loyola Unive...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00