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Reginald Dwayne Betts on How Freedom Can Begin With a Book

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Reginald Dwayne Betts on How Freedom Can Begin With a Book

Time Sensitive

2022/04/13
Time Sensitive

Time Sensitive

2022/04/13
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For Reginald Dwayne Betts—a poet, lawyer, and activist who supports and contributes to prison decarceration efforts—reading and writing have a mind-expanding power that never wanes. The author of three books of poetry and a memoir, his prose is intimate an...

Highlights

In this episode, poet, lawyer, and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses his journey from a 16-year-old sentenced to eight years in prison to becoming a Yale Law graduate and founder of Freedom Reads, a nonprofit building libraries in prisons. He reflects on how a single violent act shaped his life, the concept of 'doing time,' and the transformative power of literature behind bars.
00:01
A conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts on prison decarceration.
03:40
A 30-minute crime shaped his entire life
25:03
Complications add substance, not detract from who we are.
36:12
His mother disclosed being raped at gunpoint
47:41
Prison allowed him to curate a more intentional reading habit.
1:08:07
Don't define prison writers solely by their experiences.
1:12:51
Freedom begins with a book.

Chapters

Intro
00:00
Before, During, and After
03:40
Doing Time
18:39
Marching Forth
30:47
Guiding Lights
47:41
Write On
1:00:12
Reading Materials
1:10:23

Transcript

Reginald Dwayne Betts: Hi, I'm Spencer, And I'm Andrew. Spencer Bailey: And we're here at the Slowdown's New York headquarters. You're listening to Time Sensitive, a podcast where we profile curious and courageous people in business, the arts, and beyond,...