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ELDERS | Episode 2 Travels With Corbett
Art by Mara J. Reynolds Corbett O’Toole is 72 and lives in a van in the desert. But her life story embodies the strength of empowered disabled people who are agents of change, people who, like…
ELDERS | Episode 1 Uncle John
This is the story of John Spence, a Gros Ventre/Sioux elder who uses equine therapy to heal Native youth. Made in collaboration with The Imprint, Uncle John is part of the multimedia project Healing…
ELDERS | Episode 0 Trailer
Season 3 is on the way! Here’s the trailer for Gray Area Podcast, Season 3: ELDERS, including a sneak preview of Episode 1, Uncle John. Premiers April 3, 2024. Uncle John is produced by Julie…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 10 Full Circle
In our final episode, Gilbert settles into a new home while he continues to work on solutions to violence and injustice. Then, just as he gets comfortable with his new normal, he ends up in a place…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 9 Lockdown
It’s 2020. Just as Gilbert is adjusting to his new world outside prison, that world shuts down. Gilbert goes online during a year of joy and sorrow, until he and Marlena take to the streets to honor…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 8 A New World
Free at last, Gilbert has to find his way through a world that’s changed dramatically over the 21 years he’s been in prison. Though he feels joy reuniting with loved ones, he also panics over the…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 7 Freedom Calls
California lawmakers start paying attention to what neuroscientists are saying about the adolescent brain. Changes in the law now mean Gilbert suddenly has a chance for parole — years before he…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 6 Under Color of Law
SPECIAL EPISODE – Gilbert grew up in the shadow of the LA County Sheriff’s Department — ever since the day he was taken from home in a deputy’s patrol car at eight years old. This investigation looks…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 5 Heart Strings
Gilbert’s penpal Rebecca flies to California from Texas so they can meet face to face. Even though Gilbert might not come home for years or even decades, a small piece of string in the prison…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 4 The Penpal
Gilbert’s younger brother Manny, who is also in prison, isn’t doing well. He’s deeply involved in prison gang “politics” and has spent years in the SHU — full-time solitary confinement. It’s taking a…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 3 Career Change
Gilbert realizes he has a lot to learn when he meets a man who changes his outlook on the world. As he struggles to stay close to his young daughter in prison visiting rooms, he also discovers he has…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 2 Doing Life
It’s the late 1990s. Although no one was injured in the shoot-out he took part in, Gilbert is sentenced to 24 years to life in prison under California’s strict gang sentencing laws. While he…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 1 The Neighborhood
AFTER LIFE: The untold story of how a group of incarcerated men reshaped rehabilitation in California Meet Gilbert Bao, who was sentenced to life in prison but found a new life after life. In our…
AFTER LIFE | Episode 0 Trailer
Four years in the making, our 10-part audio documentary launches November 21, 2022. This entire season focuses on the story of Gilbert Bao. While serving a life sentence, Gilbert helped lead a group…
S1 Episode 06: Unless death wants to fight
In this episode, we explore how the law intersects with what can be the most intimate and difficult decision a person ever makes — if they get the chance: choosing how to die. Death is likely the…
S1 Episode 05: A Gray Winter’s Tale
As the days reach their shortest and coldest extremes here in the northern hemisphere, humans of every culture find reasons to come together and celebrate holidays, traditions, and community. We…
S1 Episode 04: Lou
Lou Hammonds started out like lots of kids — playing Little League with neighbors and classmates, getting good grades and attending summer school just because he wanted to. But by the time he was a…
S1 Episode 03: Reynaldo in Yaqui Land
How can two brothers turn out so utterly different? Born 15 years apart to different fathers, Roy and Reynaldo found very different paths as they grew up. By the time he reached adulthood, Reynaldo…
S1 Episode 02: Cheryl
How do you forgive the unforgivable? Cheryl Ward-Kaiser leads us down a path of shocking twists and turns. Her story contains detailed descriptions of violence, so it may not be appropriate for…
S1 Episode 01: Gary
What makes a man decide to switch sides and buck everything he’s always stood for? Episode One is the surprisingly tender story of an ace prosecutor who goes from putting murderers and child abusers…
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Gray Area has published 21 episodes since November 2017, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
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