Dwayne Betts Is Proof That A Book Can Change Your Life

The Book Case

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Fiction, Arts, Books, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Reginald Dwayne Betts is on a mission is to put a curated library in the cell block of every prison in America. A survivor of the system himself, he has obtained a college degree, a law degree from Yale, and a MacArthur Genius grant. Looking to bring hope to America’s most hopeless places, Bates has founded Freedom Reads, an organization that brings free curated library collections to every prison system that agrees to it. His partner in the endeavor, Debbie Leff, also talks to us about what inspired her about this tremendous organization. No one better personifies the power of reading to change a life, so join us for what we believe is an important discussion about the vitality of libraries and the power of books to heal. Books mentioned in this week’s podcast: The Circumference of a Prison by Reginald Dwayne Betts Doggerel by Reginald Dwayne Betts Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts Redaction by Reginald Dwayne Betts Bastards of the Reagan Era by Reginald Dwayne Betts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is crypto perfect?
0:01.9	Nope.
0:02.7	But neither was email when it was invented in 1972.
0:06.0	And yet today, we send 347 billion emails every single day.
0:12.1	Crypto is no different.
0:13.5	It's new.
0:14.2	But like email, it's also revolutionary.
0:17.6	With Crackin, it's easy to start your crypto journey with 24-7 support when you need it.
0:22.6	Go to crackin.com and see what crypto can be. Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:27.3	This is a high-risk investment, and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.
0:35.8	Well, greetings to all of you out there.
0:37.8	I'm Charlie Gibson and we welcome you back for another edition of The Bookcase with Kate
0:43.0	and Charlie.
0:44.0	Wow.
0:45.0	I mean, he managed to work so much inflection.
0:46.5	I'm not sure I can do that, but you are also welcome to the bookcase with Kate and
0:50.4	Charlie.
0:51.4	No, that's sort of a professional voice that we both put on, right? Oh, sure.
0:55.0	We can call them professionally what exactly?
0:57.0	We have, that's right.
0:58.0	Well, it's amateurs pretending to be professionals on the bookcase.
1:03.0	We're delighted to have you back.
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