Episodios

  • Stay Free Forever Podcast E16: Therapist, advocate for former inmates, and recovering wounded child Dr. Crystal D. Nelson
    Apr 15 2025

    Sixty-four percent of us have lived through "adverse childhood experiences," a clinical term for really bad stuff. For the prison population, that jumps to 98 percent. Drawing from her own life, counselor Crystal Nelson explains where it comes from, why it matters, what to do about it, and how her own "Rising Phoenix" non-profit will help.

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    39 m
  • Stay Free Forever Podcast E15: Julia C'Bearing, Preparing for Great-Grandchildren
    Mar 5 2025

    At first convinced that the Domestic Violence and Anger Management courses were not what she needed or deserved, a 37-year-old single mom and EMT comes to terms with her anger, her past, her abuser and her family. Effort, thought, Arapahoe culture, a devoted aunt and an emotionally mature 10-year-old daughter combine forces for the win.

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    45 m
  • Stay Free Forever Podcast E14: 20-year-old student/survivor/thriver Rae Gresham
    Feb 5 2025

    Court-ordered to complete the SFF Personal Responsibility eLearning course after a freak ATV accident, medical student Rae Gresham recalls the flip and its aftermath. Along the way, we hear about the good and bad of foster care, the ABCs of dropping toxic friendships, nicotine-food-video game addictions, and the heart-to-heart wisdom of Taylor Swift.

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    44 m
  • Stay Free Forever E13: Longtime prisoner, accomplished cook and thinker Corkey Mullendore
    Jun 8 2024

    Once-happy family man recalls how an unexpected divorce and unimpeded self-indulgence led him to spend a third of his life behind razor-wire fences. Corkey Mullendore discusses bad choices, lucky breaks and the hard-earned wisdom that led him to where he says he is now: one stumble away from "an unmarked grave" in prison.

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    34 m
  • Stay Free Forever E12: Former death row inmate and mental health assistant Craigen Armstrong
    Jan 31 2024

    Interview from the Twin Towers Correction Facility in LA with the leader of a successful movement to help and treat severely mentally ill patients, while also restoring and truly rehabilitating lifers and other convicted felon volunteers by permitting them to serve in a meaningful way

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    57 m
  • SFF Podcast E11: Artist, blacksmith and former tobacco chewer Steve Fontanini
    Dec 12 2023
    Artist and blacksmith Steve Fontanini confronts years of addiction to smokeless tobacco and explains how he keeps it from controlling him.
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    42 m
  • Stay Free Forever Podcast E10: County Judge and Christian Bo Zeerip
    Nov 20 2023
    Judge Bo Zeerip discusses the challenges of being a County Court Judge in Delta, Colorado, and offers specific advice — to attorneys and their clients — as to how to appear and behave in court. He shares how his Christian faith informs and influences his decision-making as he attempts to do justice, make room for mercy, and run an efficient courtroom, all the while looking out for the rights of people who are innocent until proven guilty.
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    42 m
  • Stay Free Forever E9: Teenager Tanksi Duran
    Oct 28 2023
    15-year-old Northern Arapaho Tanksi (tungk-SHEE) Duran shares her thoughts on bullying, teen suicide, friendship, hip-hop and learning from the elders.
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    39 m
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