Sending Messages: The Podcast
True stories, poetry, interview and radio plays written, performed and produced by youth in a secure care facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Happy Halloween! This episode, the youth from Decker Lake bring you stories, poetry, interviews and music all themed all about monsters, nightmares, and fear. Virtuosity, Dawn Breaker, Rambollo, K-One, and Liu Kang share their insights on both the fun of the holiday, as well as their own experiences growing up celebrating Halloween and thinking about the difference between childhood fear and the fear they experience now. This episode is hosted by Dopey. Thanks for listening!

Direct download: Halloween_2022_-_103122_8.11_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:32pm EDT

This episode is a compilation for a research project about how the true stories and recollections by incarcerated youth can change attitudes about their situations to the public at large. While this episode is used for this purpose with a particular audience, we also wanted to share it with our larger podcasting audience as it represents some of the most impactful and interesting pieces from the last 12 years. Thanks for listening.

Direct download: Episode_82_Greatest_Hits_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:43pm EDT

The mischeif we get into as kids has a way of spinning out of control. The same behaviors that once seemed innocent now echo very real consequences. Freeway DK, N. and P sit down and discuss everything from playing with legos to the first time their parents caught them with a gun. Featuring music by Liu Kang and Sosa, Goofy and BabyKing. Thanks for listening.

Direct download: Episode_81_Final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:43pm EDT

When have you felt trapped? What did you do to overcome it? How did you escape? In this episode, our host Dawn Breaker shares stories from his peers about moments of weakness, feeling stuck and backed up against a wall, and what tools they used to find a way out. Poetry, prose and interviews from Stuck Soul, Saskia, Twitch, Answer, Dawn Breaker, Traumatized Young One, Virtuosity, and Kenzo. Thanks for listening!

T.W. - child abuse, drug use, self harm, themes of suicide, 

Direct download: TRAPPED_Final_42522_12.17_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:23pm EDT

What does it mean to hear someone's story? To understand what they were going through or to compare their story with your story? It could lead to greater understanding, but that’s up to the listener. In this episode, our host Lobster shares stories from his peers about struggles, despair, the paths that we travel and the journeys that we take. Poetry, prose and interviews from Saskia, Virtuosity, Dawn Breaker, Lobster and Twitch.

T.W. - self harm, themes of suicide, 

Direct download: 79_-_Telling_Stories_NEW-_32822_12.06_PM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:12pm EDT

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