Both Sides of the Bars – College In Prison – Increased Civic Engagement After Incarceration – May 12 2025
Providing incarcerated people with a college education has equipped them with the critical thinking skills, political awareness, and advocacy tools that have increased their civic engagement post-incarceration. Considering that Black and Brown people are disproportionately represented within the prison population, providing them with higher education has uniquely positioned them to challenge oppressive systems and drive policy change that benefit their communities. This episode's guests are Dr. Robert Tynes, the director of college-in-prison operations at the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), and Tammar Cancer, a formerly incarcerated man who earned a bachelor's degree in political science from BPI. He is the assistant to the executive director at the Center for Community Alternatives.
The True School is Life – My Thoughts – the Settlers – Oct 7 2024
By watching ourselves we realize that in all that we do, something is going on continuously: We think and think! Since everything is energy, this includes thoughts as well. No energy is lost -so what happens with all our thoughts?
The True School is Life – Everyone Is the Architect of Their Own Happiness – Sep 30 2024
Does lasting happiness come from without, from the approval and love of others? What if praise fails to flow and we reap rejection instead? This schooling gives tips on how we can become independent, free and happy from within.
The True School is Life – When the Life Film Rewinds – Sep 24 2024
Our life can be compared to a film on which each day, every moment is recorded. Starting at birth it runs forward until there comes a turning point, when the life film gradually comes to a standstill and then begins to rewind.
The True School is Life – Keep the Inner Calm in Every Situation – Sep 12 2024
Who doesn’t want that! How often do we react rashly with the result that misunderstandings arise. But why didn't we stay calm? How can we do it differently next time?" To these and more questions, we receive answers...