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“Bushido, the code of conduct for a samurai: When you render it down, it's about honor.” When a former AB member testifies against the gang and goes into hiding, its leadership debates whether to murder his family as retribution. PLAYLIST! https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/frente-a-espejos Looped Bowed Gong - Star of the Sea  (Unreleased) https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/2-paisaje-oblicuo https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/the-ash-around-us https://nonturn.bandcamp.com/track/opportunity https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/against-futures https://ab-marcneys.bandcamp.com/track/tides https://ab-memoryscale.bandcamp.com/track/pluto-l-o https://ab-odnu.bandcamp.com/track/dividing https://lashermanas.bandcamp.com/track/dormir-un-a-o-entero https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/an-impossible-hello https://andrewfrankel.bandcamp.com/track/anibol-station https://dj-masuno.bandcamp.com/track/romero https://ab-strangebird-sounds.bandcamp.com/track/warm-soil https://ab-strangebird-sounds.bandcamp.com/track/lavender-river Lay Your Puny Bones Beside the Water by Boduf Songs (Coming 2027!) https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/candela-y-tron-2025-edit CREDITS! Additional Voices: Bill Rohlfing and Dan Conroy Contributing Research: Bethany Jones Series Producer: Meera Kumar Managing Editor: Robin Amer Additional Reporting Brian Krans, Anya Schultz Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy

“It's interesting how people think when they're attempting to justify or rationalize the damage to another human being.” Michael considers a proposal from the Aryan Brotherhood that could alter his future – and the gang’s. PLAYLIST! https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/despegar https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/early-morning-light Sax Synth Loop - Star of the Sea (unreleased) https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/chiron https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/reversa-2 https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/tigre-de-papel-feat-king-klav https://rosarito1-2.bandcamp.com/track/tiempo-libre https://inter-bellum.bandcamp.com/track/remnants-of-structures-built-to-break https://wilbolton.bandcamp.com/track/swept https://entranas.bandcamp.com/track/resbala https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/covina https://entranas.bandcamp.com/track/nublado https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/hesperia https://eezzmmeerraallddaa.bandcamp.com/track/l-grimas-de-sangre-ii https://ab-strangebird-sounds.bandcamp.com/track/lavender-river https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/deriva-qoa https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/17-minutos https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/nonorganics https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/a-crushing-down https://landless.bandcamp.com/track/the-newry-highwayman https://rosarito1-2.bandcamp.com/track/karmario CREDITS! Additional voice: Tina Antolini Series Producer: Meera Kumar Managing Editor: Robin Amer Additional Reporting: Brian Krans and Anya Schultz Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy AP

“Somehow it always turns out that trouble finds me.” Michael is sent to prison, where the teachings of Walks On Top are put to the test. PLAYLIST! https://eileanrec.bandcamp.com/track/solsticehttps://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/le-syst-me-d-railleStar of the Sea - Winter People (unreleased)https://zoroxxe.bandcamp.com/track/tahuandohttps://joaquincornejomusic.bandcamp.com/track/quixosis-lisergium-tremens-joaqu-n-cornejos-broken-mixhttps://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/undoinghttps://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/fuegohttps://entranas.bandcamp.com/track/resbalahttps://entranas.bandcamp.com/track/chimborazohttps://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/el-viento-lo-sabehttps://landless.bandcamp.com/track/the-fishermans-wife CREDITS! Additional voice: Katie Mingle, Dave Shaw Series Producer: Meera Kumar Managing Editor: Robin Amer Additional Reporting: Brian Krans and Anya Schultz Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka  Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy

“Stop what you’re doing. There’s two bodies buried there.” Police discover two dead bodies buried under a shed in Michael’s back yard. When he runs off with one of the murder victims’ wives, his involvement is called into question. PLAYLIST! https://canvas-index.bandcamp.com/track/i-wed-my-shadow https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/la-desolaci-n-del-gran-ahorrar
 https://dj-masuno.bandcamp.com/track/filamentos
 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/tundra
 https://rosarito1-2.bandcamp.com/track/tiempo-libre
 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/pululahua
 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/onitsura
 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/la-ni-a-al-gato-le-ense-a-danza
 https://dialogdiscos.bandcamp.com/track/las-olas-oxygen-studio-version
 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/alas
https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/oxygen
 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/acqua
https://orietachrem.bandcamp.com/track/punta-uva
 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/vespere
https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/kon
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 https://ab-strangebird-sounds.bandcamp.com/track/lavender-river
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 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/apoapside
 https://oracogan.bandcamp.com/track/ground-and-grave
 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/kon CREDITS!
 Additional voices: Katie Mingle, Bill Rohlfing, Peter Lang-Stanton, Adam Conover
 Series Producer: Meera Kumar
 Managing Editor: Robin Amer
 Additional Reporting: Brian Krans, Anya Schultz
 Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka
 Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy

While cutting firebreak as a teen, Michael is approached by a rancher who offers to look after him, become his spiritual mentor, and teach him how to handle himself in a fight. PLAYLIST! Momenta Neo 1 by Quixosis https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/el-ascenso-de-la-luz https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/shown-in-the-corner https://olivercoates.bandcamp.com/track/living-branches-feat-chrysanthemum-bear https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/inmutable https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/3-autopolesis?in=tambi3n/sets/zoroxxe https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/cet-cea https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/ausente https://inter-bellum.bandcamp.com/track/winter-tungsten https://andrewheath.bandcamp.com/track/spaghetti-western https://ab-odnu.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-igloo https://bodufsongs.bandcamp.com/track/sword-weather https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/false-drain SUPPORT L+R! https://loveandradio.org/member CREDITS! Additional voices: Katie Mingle, Lorrie Goldensohn, Bill Rohlfing Series Producer: Meera Kumar Managing Editor: Robin Amer Additional Reporting Brian Krans, Anya Schultz Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy Editorial Consultant: Allison Herrera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Sometimes, if you want something great, you have to make a lot of sacrifices.”  Two women meet the same man in prison and walk away with decidedly different impressions of him. PLAYLIST! PLAYLIST! https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/track/the-lighthouse-trembles https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/mind-shifts https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/acqua https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/not-in-our-name https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/album/mermaids https://ab-memoryscale.bandcamp.com/track/apr-s-la-pluie http://soundcloud.com/zoroxxe/07-zoroxxe-revoluciones-micro No More Underground by Sereptie, from the forthcoming Bone Pile EP https://glitchbird.bandcamp.com/track/intemperie https://russyoung.bandcamp.com/track/a-listening-voice https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/la-inmanencia-del-ser https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/tigre-de-papel-feat-king-klav https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/chanclas-de-mercurio-2 https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/sentimental-sedimentary https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo https://eezzmmeerraallddaa.bandcamp.com/track/l-grimas-de-sangre-ii https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/the-process-from-birth https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/2-paisaje-oblicuo https://timbertimbrefth.bandcamp.com/track/well-find-out https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/chahuarmishqui-remastered-2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The motto of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang is “blood in, blood out." During his 45 years in prison, Michael Thompson became one of the few people to leave the white supremacist gang alive — and to testify against it. But is Thompson a gentle soul trapped by a broken system, or, as his critics claim, a master manipulator who can’t be trusted? Blood Memory, a new series from Love + Radio, grapples with that question. Winner of the Best Independent Nonfiction Audio Award at the 2025 Tribeca Festival. The new season unfolds February 2. Subscribers can listen to the entire series a week early though, just sayin'. SUPPORT LOVE AND RADIO! http://loveandradio.org/member MUSIC ON THIS TRAILER! H2O - The Inner Cave https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/the-inner-cave vhvl - tree https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/treee Timber Timbre - We’ll Find Out https://timbertimbrefth.bandcamp.com/track/well-find-out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I've been pretty obsessed with the idea of forgiveness the last few years, trying to tease apart when it empowers and when it becomes something that appeases the worst kind of behavior. So when my friend Katy told me about Wilma Derksen, a woman who chose forgiveness in the face of unimaginable tragedy, I had to figure out how she was able to do it. PLAYLIST (in order of appearance): https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/three https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/grown-one-iota https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/kamouraska https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/drop https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/interlude-2 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/vespere https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/dock https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/father-of-light https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/synth-2-2 https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/half-moon https://msage.bandcamp.com/track/crick-foam https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/fleuve-v https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/1991 https://paulineannastrom.bandcamp.com/track/morning-splendor More information about Candace Derksen can be found here: https://www.candacederksen.com/

I've been pretty obsessed with the idea of forgiveness the last few years, trying to tease apart when it empowers and when it becomes something that appeases the worst kind of behavior. So when my friend Katy told me about Wilma Derksen, a woman who chose forgiveness in the face of unimaginable tragedy, I had to figure out how she was able to do it. PLAYLIST (in order of appearance): https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/three https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/grown-one-iota https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/kamouraska https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/drop https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/interlude-2 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/vespere https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/dock https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/father-of-light https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/synth-2-2 https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/half-moon https://msage.bandcamp.com/track/crick-foam https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/fleuve-v https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/1991 https://paulineannastrom.bandcamp.com/track/morning-splendor More information about Candace Derksen can be found here: https://www.candacederksen.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Danny Valentine says he "got his shirt tails caught in the justice system" at an early age, but meeting Buzz and Janie would radically alter the course of his life, and theirs. Produced by Kelly Loudenberg. Read more about Danny, Janie, and Buzz in her Atavist piece: https://magazine.atavist.com/the-caregivers-prison-art-michigan-love-dementia/

Cassandra Dee makes jokes. Produced by Justin Kramon. Special thanks to Brett Wean from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, who helped us think through this episode. If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal ideation, get help at afsp.org or call 988 in the US. PLAYLIST (in order of appearance): https://katenv.bandcamp.com/track/oak https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/overgrown-song https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/celestial-shimmer https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/nine https://olivercoates.bandcamp.com/track/radiocello https://juliannabarwick.bandcamp.com/track/night https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/melinas-torch https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/one https://www.anost.net/release/C6C9/m-sage%2Fparadise-crick (Socked In) https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/zen-cero https://sugaiken.bandcamp.com/track/wochikaeri-to-uzume https://visiblecloaks.bandcamp.com/track/place https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/sentimental-sedimentary https://paulineannastrom.bandcamp.com/track/in-flight-suspension

Originally published in 2018. RIP Adrian Street: 1940-2023. The Exotic Adrian Street grew up in a three generation family of Welsh coal miners, but he wasn’t destined to be in the dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A sympoietic stream of consciousness; on language, art making, and more-than-human interconnection, from our friends at the Future Ecologies podcast. Listen to more future ecologies at https://www.futureecologies.net/ !

Sandor Katz has had a deep and longstanding love affair with fermented foods that spans decades. His book The Art of Fermentation is considered by many to be the Bible of DIY fermentation (although if you're just starting out his book Wild Fermentation is a little less overwhelming). His latest book is Fermentation Journeys. PLAYLISTS AND CITATIONS: https://loveandradio.org/2023/06/rotting-with-style/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://loveandradio.org/member Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices