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The Political Orphanage

Death Row Pen Pals

The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton

Comedy, Moderate, Politics, Independent, News, Nonpartisan, Libertarian

5951 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Kirsten Brink is pen pals with prisoners who have been sentenced to death in Texas, as well as other people currently incarcerated in our penitentiaries. She joins to discuss how she got into the program, what it’s like having friendships with people inside the klink, and how others can get involved and help.

Write A Prisoner: https://writeaprisoner.com/

Wire of Hope: https://wireofhope.com/inmate-penpal-listings/

The Justice Network: https://www.thejusticenetwork.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for misfits, rogues, and folks who don't fit

0:14.7

neatly into boxes. I'm your host, Andrew Heaton, and today is the fifth and final episode of Charity Week, in which we explore interesting

0:24.4

groups that make the world better.

0:26.7

Yesterday, we heard big picture stuff from two billionaire philanthropists about what it's

0:32.3

like to run a large operation with a lot of resources.

0:36.6

So today, we're going to go clear in the other direction,

0:40.3

not a big organization, not running a nonprofit, not directing money in a philanthropy,

0:46.4

just the activities of one person. What's something kind and interesting that just one person

0:53.6

can do on their own without even necessarily

0:56.2

having to form a committee. What can they do to make the world a little brighter?

1:03.4

Well, you wake up in the morning. As it happens, you hear the work barrel.

1:13.1

The friend of the show reached out to me, serendipitously,

1:16.2

and they march you to the table.

1:19.1

And mentioned that she is pen pals.

1:21.6

You see the same old thing.

1:24.5

With death row inmates.

1:26.9

So that is our interesting charity of the day, pen pals for death row inmates.

1:33.0

There's no park up in the pan.

1:35.3

Right here on The Political Orphanage.

1:39.6

But you better not complain, boy.

1:49.0

You get in trouble with a man let the midnight special shine a light on me Let the midnight special

2:02.6

shine a light on me

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