We're excited to share with you another podcast from Netflix about how real people's lives have been affected by their favorite television shows and movies. This episode of Because I Watched tells the story of how Orange Is the New Black made a

Episode 5: (Home)coming

Oct 10th, 2019 23m 35s

One quarter of women who are released from prison are arrested again within six months of release. Like these women, Susan Burton, founder of A New Way of Life, was in and out of prison throughout her early adulthood. She joins host Piper Kerma

Episode 4: Re(birth)

Oct 3rd, 2019 24m 5s

In this episode we explore the bond between a mother and child in the context of one of the most constructed and unnatural experiences in modern America: incarceration. We travel back to Minnesota’s Shakopee Correctional Facility to see how wom

Episode 3: (Trans)formation

Sep 26th, 2019 31m 50s

The prison system wasn’t created to allow non-conformity in any way. This week, we visit San Quentin State Prison, a men’s facility in California, where among the almost 4,000 incarcerated men live a small group of incarcerated women. We later

Episode 2: A(part)

Sep 19th, 2019 18m 47s

What does it mean to be undocumented in today’s America? In this episode we speak to this question and more. Listen in as Orange is the New Black’s Diane Guerrero talks about her personal experiences with the many challenges faced by undocument

Episode 1: (In)Touch

Sep 12th, 2019 31m 33s

In this first episode of From Where She Stands we explore the importance of touch for incarcerated women at Shakopee Correctional Facility in Minnesota. Until recently, the prison has prevented any sort of touching between inmates: no handshake

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From Where She Stands: The OITNB Podcast.

Sep 6th, 2019 2m 40s

From Where She Stands: The Official OITNB Podcast connects the storylines from Orange is the New Black with stories from real women whose lives have been impacted by prison. Hosted by Piper Kerman, author of 'Orange is the New Black: My Year In