EP #249 - Transferring Parole, America The Beautiful, And Hoodtels

Catching up with Bobby: social media fulfillment post prison, new Parole Officer, Soccer in America, and honing his stand-up set. B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com

Bobby tests a CPAP machine, binging TV shows while falling asleep, and dealing with Father's Day emotions by locking them up in the back of the mind. B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com

Bobby and Co-host Riann are dragged back to reality as they build their life together, post prison, in a new state. How do others outside of the U.S. see Americans? Do they notice the majority who are struggling to make ends meet, and is the American educational system in need of an overhaul?B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com

Bobby and JD are back to talk about childhood upbringing, learning to address fears, the lost purity of stand-up, and a crazy story of Prison Rambo. B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com

Bobby has a one on one with the Pebbles about a dream he had, his feelings, and what it's been like adjusting to freedom while still tethered to the prison industrial complex. B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com

Updates on Bobby living in Las Vegas and meeting his new Parole Officer, finally feeling free after 12 years in prison, and finding your place in life. B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:  notesfromthepen.comShout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their 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.

Bobby's post prison journey continues with his trip out to Las Vegas as he transfers parole out of Michigan. He's experiencing parts of America he's never seen, and reflecting on his freedom and the long road that's still ahead. B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@notesfromthepen9604Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bobbyb.l.a.c.k1X: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePenBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/notesfromthepen.bsky.socialShout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their 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.

Bobby running solo this week while Miss Ray is in Florida, and JD is away on family business. For the past 12 years Bobby learned how to live on the inside of prison, and learning to live on the outside has been more challenging and stressful than he ever imagined. In this episode he shares a recent visit to a Ketamine clinic where he's finally getting help to treat his anxiety and depression. *Stutz is a 2022 American documentary film produced and directed by Jonah Hill. The film chronicles the life and career of psychiatrist Dr. Phil Stutz, Hill's therapist, and is available on Netflix. B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@notesfromthepen9604Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bobbyb.l.a.c.k1X: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePenBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/notesfromthepen.bsky.socialShout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their 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.

The boys list their favorite movies of all time and talk all things cinema in a lightened episode for all. What are your top 3 movies of all time and why? B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@notesfromthepen9604Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bobbyb.l.a.c.k1X: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePenBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/notesfromthepen.bsky.socialShout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their 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.

The college Professor that taught classes in prison is now a guest on this podcast, a full circle moment for Bobby. They discuss everything from what it's like to be an inmate attending college classes, the Professor who taught the people that society throws away, and untold lost stores of people who lived and died behind bars. It's a heartfelt look inside the failures of prison, with how and why as a society, we should be doing more. B.L.A.C.K. Label Art   https://blacklabelart.shop/You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@notesfromthepen9604Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bobbyb.l.a.c.k1X: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePenBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/notesfromthepen.bsky.socialShout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their 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.