Ep #151 Prison Story Telling: TV Pilot; Benny - a podcast by Caldwell

Bobby & Co-Host JD share one of Bobby's projects for PEN America's Incarcerated Writers Bureau (IWB): a pilot that he wrote for a TV show that's a unique take on incarceration, redemption, absurdity, and proof that humor can survive any environment a person can. The show follows Benny Gladwell at the end of a 12 yr. prison sentence as he prepares for his freedom, while still navigating all the personal, political, and institutional whirlwinds of a life behind bars. Over the course of his incarceration Benny struggles with addiction, mental health, discovers a passion for writing, goes viral, befriends a personal hero and infamous comedian, beefs with an 80's movie villain, meets a girl in a prison writing program, writes a pilot and finally—most terrifying of all—allows himself to think about the future (all of which actually happened).

In the pilot episode Benny is harangued, by his best friend Toro, into considering the possibility that his current spate of bad luck might have something to do with an interrupted—and hence incomplete—masturbatory session the night before.

You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on the website:  notesfromthepen.com

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Shout-out to JD for all his behind the scenes support.

Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.

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