Hello and welcome to the political orphanage a big sandbox for friendly political mutants like you. I'm your host Andrew Heaton. Welcome home.

Today we're going to visit Prison. Whether you enjoy discussing criminal justice reform at cocktail parties, or if you like throwing

erodite cocktail parties while in prison, this episode is for you.

We're going to cover the drug war, private prisons, bail bonds, and solitary confinement.

I'm even going to argue with my former producer Jennings about capital punishment.

Interesting thing in particular about that argument, we don't agree.

As you know, the political orphanage is the number one podcast for people currently on death row,

and it's the number three podcast for executioners after

trap-o chaphouse in the fifth column so this episode is a great one and it's all

sponsored by Diet Tylenol from Silverthorne Pharmaceuticals when you've got a headache that you're

concerned about your figure try Diet Tylenol. Diet Tylenol make your head better

and your waistline slimmer.

We'll hear more from that fantastic advertiser later in the show.

Which is all underwritten by listeners via Patreon.

Let me pose a theoretical question for you.

If once a week I agreed to sit in your car and make interesting conversation on your way to work,

but only if you bought me a cup of coffee, would you do it?

Would it be worth $3 to listen to me, talk to smart people so you can

pilfer our dialogue for interesting observations to bring up later in your own

conversations?

Possibly at a fancy prison cocktail party?

I certainly think so.

...