I never do excuses.

I never do explanations.

I am guilty of my crimes and justly sentenced according to the laws of the time.

Don't you know that the music should be solemn?

This is Theo Rossi.

This is theory.

There's a war going on outside.

No man is safe from.

Hey, everybody.

How we doing?

How we doing?

Today is going to represent my first step in something that I've been kind of circling for a little while and something that I've really wanted to start dedicating a lot of my time to, which was the issue of prison reform, mainly in this country.

I know it's pretty horrific all around the world.

And I know, and I also know, and I'm aware that it's an extremely touchy subject for many people, and we'll go into why.

I believe the prison industrial complex is one of the most insidious things that we have in our society.

And again, I also understand that it's a touchy subject for many, for reasons we'll go into.

So on this episode of theory is going to be my first step into learning more about it

and then sharing that knowledge with you, the listeners.

And I'm going to do that by sitting down with prison advocate Ryan Lowe, who I've known for a little while and who is one of the smarter individuals I've ever spoken to in my life.

And you'll find out why on this issue.

So without further ado, let's go sit down with my fellow human, Ryan Lowe.

All right. So we were just actually talking before this. First of all, how are you?

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