Episodes 35
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Highly Active
Since Sep 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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About This Podcast

Many believe prison inmates to be completely undeserving of love or friendship. PenPals.Buzz founder, Big Steve, disagrees. He discusses the value of having a pen pal, both for the inmate and for the free-world individual. He should know -- after all, in 2014, he met his wife on a prison pen pal website. In this fascinating podcast, Big Steve shares contrasting opinions from men and women of all walks of life in attempt to answer this key question: should all 2.1 million prison inmates in America be discarded like trash and forgotten? Do they really deserve to "rot", or might they have some redeeming qualities, some hope for a brighter future? In the Prison Pen Pal Podcast, you'll hear a more human side to prisoners, and you'll realize that not all prison pen pals are just after money on their commissary accounts or sexy photos. There's more to the story -- a lot more. Most inmates, in fact, just want a "friend on the streets." And why wouldn't they? Only 2% of inmates in the USA regularly keep in touch with someone on the outside.

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Recent Episodes

S1E44 More Than an Inmate's Girlfriend: Interview with Prison Wife and Host, Jae Ely

Apr 02, 2026 43m

"Welcome to More than an Inmate's Girlfriend. I'm your host, Jae," speaks a soothing voice each week from her podcast studio in Canada. Since 2024, Jae Ely has been releasing podcast episodes aimed…

S1E43 Psychology of Prison Relationships, with Trauma Specialist Jennifer Garcia

Mar 27, 2026 42m

Romantic relationships between an inmate and their free-world pen pal often start out like a whirlwind romance. After just a few letters exchanged, prisoners often feel like they met the person of…

S1E42 Prison Relationships: Alone Again

Mar 26, 2026 35m

Prison relationships can seem like a fairytale love story. Take Anthony Cloud, for instance. A few years ago, he met the love of his life, Melissa on PenPals.Buzz. They referred to each other as…

S1E41 Xandan Gulley: Female to Male Transgender Inmate Pen Pal

Mar 11, 2026 23m

Britney Gulley is his legal name, but this female to male transgender inmate is better known as Xandan. He's a political prisoner, activist, and published writer. Xandan Gulley enjoys football,…

S1E40 Richard Strong: Never Alone, but Always Lonely

Feb 27, 2026 26m

Richard Strong was convicted of First-Degree Murder for the 2011 shooting of Ygnacio Bermudez, Jr., on the streets of Lansing, Michigan. Rick, who was sentenced to Life without Parole, claims he was…

S1E39 Doing God's Work

Feb 19, 2026 21m

Robert, a PenPals.Buzz Super Fan, works as a caretaker in Illinois. After some personal experiences with friends and family members being arrested and incarcerated, he decided it was time for less…

S1E38 Marc Rosemond: How Music and Art Helped Transform the Life of a Convicted Murderer

Feb 04, 2026 27m

In 1993, Marc Rosemond was convicted of 3 counts of murder and sentenced to Life in prison. Now, 33 years later, he calls the Prison Pen Pal Podcast from his cell at the Shawangunk Correctional…

Matt Reynolds: Animal Trainer, Professional Wrestler, and Prison Pen Pal

Jan 05, 2026 28m

Matt Reynolds, Prison Inmate #2014486 at the Great Plains Correctional Center, is quite possibly the most interesting man in Oklahoma. This former Marine, paint salesman, and toy store manager most…

A Very Prison Thanksgiving: Inmates Share Holiday Traditions

Nov 27, 2025 1h 17m

Thanksgiving in prison is a plate full of mixed emotions. On one hand, there's excitement with the special holiday meal (often including real turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie). It's a time…

Ryan Rice Shares His Story

Nov 22, 2025 29m

When Ryan Rice was growing up in Illinois, his parents let him do anything he wanted. Spoiled might be the word that comes to mind. The "freedom" he was granted as a young child ultimately sculpted…

Prison Pen Pals: Still Human

Nov 10, 2025 31m

Prison Pen Pals, defined as prison inmates who write letters to people on the outside, may be incarcerated for doing really bad things, but they're STILL HUMAN. That's the belief of Salena in…

Locked Up on Halloween: Hear Real Stories from Inmates

Nov 01, 2025 31m

As we celebrate Halloween today, we thought we'd invite inmates around the USA to join in on the fun, eat some candy, and share their traditions both in and out of prison. We wondered if they watch…

Is Marvin Dearing Innocent?

Oct 30, 2025 24m

Over 25 years ago, just a few days after the turn of the millennium and the Y2K madness, Marvin Dearing was arrested, interrogated, and ultimately convicted of murder. But did he do it? New DNA…

David Bomber: Incarcerated Artist, Blogger, and Actor

Oct 15, 2025 22m

Prison Pen Pal David Bomber has been incarcerated for 15 years at Nottoway Correctional Center in Burkeville, Virginia, but there's so much more to his story. This blogger and artist once acted in…

Jason Kurtz - Incarcerated Author

Aug 01, 2025 30m

Jason Kurtz, an incarcerated author at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin, has written four highly praised books: Secrets to Wealth, Secrets to Wisdom, Secrets to Wealth and Wisdom, and…

Easter Nightmare: An Interview with Colby Brookman

Jul 17, 2025 31m

It was Easter, 2020. PenPals.Buzz member Colby Brookman was driving home from dinner at his mother-in-law's house, where he had been drinking. His wife, J'lynne Stothers, was a passenger in the front…

Prison Wife, Therapist, and Author: Interview with Annie Perry of JailHouse Books

Jul 04, 2025 21m

Annie Perry is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who often helps her therapy clients learn to manage grief. She's also a prison wife. Annie met her husband, Henry, nine years ago on a prison pen pal…

Former EMF Gang Member Talks Faith, Hope, Redemption

Jun 20, 2025 27m

As a young boy, Christian LaFargo was introducted to the violent El Monte Flores EMF gang, affiliated with the Mexican Mafia, in Southern California. Forced to grow up with an incarcerated father,…

Write a Pen Pal Profile that Gets Results

Jun 13, 2025 30m

When a prison inmate spends their hard-earned money for a pen pal profile, it should be considered an investment -- into their lives, their happiness, and their future. But what actually makes a…

Jimmy Tench Interview from Death Row

May 29, 2025 31m

Jimmy Tench, convicted of murdering his mother, Mary Tench, and sentenced to Death Row in Ohio, recently appeared on Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks (Season 2, Episode 4: He Murdered My Mother).…

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