Stay Free Forever Podcast E16: Therapist, advocate for former inmates, and recovering wounded child Dr. Crystal D. Nelson

SFF Podcast E20 - America Unfinished: Harvard Law's Alexandra Natapoff on the state of our union as told by her peers

Professor Natapoff speaks with Clifford Fewel of  ⁨@StayFreeForeverPodcast⁩  about 64 Harvard Law School professors who were invited to sound off — with a catch — in their areas of expertise: rule of law, economies, workers, markets, AI, all of it. The catch? 1,200 words max, no footnotes, and due in two weeks. For our nation's 250th birthday, America Unfinished was written and edited in record time and published by MIT Press with the goal of inviting Americans and the world to think of this country in new ways so that we might step up and preserve the consent of the governed. In January of 2027 the book will be open access and free online to everyone via MIT Press.

Why not suicide? So many reasons. SFF Podcast E19: Jamie Bolte

US Army veteran, spouse, mother, community leader and suicide attempt survivor Jamie Bolte talks about her own near miss and the loss of those close to her to suicide, and how to bring sunlight and real listening to the task of preventing more.

SFF E18: Investigative journalist and author Claudia Rowe on the dismal state of US foster care

Citing documented cases that speak to a century-old system gone wrong, Claudia Rowe of Seattle points to the plight of teens set up to fail by that system, new and better ways to keep families together or, at very least, place more  accountability on the states that call all the shots.

SFF Podcast E17: Speaker, writer, activist and Star Wars authority AJ Musewe

Straight talk from a Black historian who draws parallels and lessons for any oppressed community seeking to adapt and thrive, starting one at a time...

Stay Free Forever Podcast E16: Therapist, advocate for former inmates, and recovering wounded child Dr. Crystal D. Nelson

Sixty-four percent of us have lived through "adverse childhood experiences," a clinical term for really bad stuff. For the prison population, that jumps to 98 percent. Drawing from her own life, counselor Crystal Nelson explains where it comes from, why it matters, what to do about it, and how her own "Rising Phoenix" non-profit will help.