Red Onion Randy - Life in a Supermax Prison
By Michael Garbutt, Randall Via, Prison Audio
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Mar 30, 2023
Description
Randall Via, known as Red Onion Randy, is currently incarcerated at Buckingham Correctional Center in Virginia. From inside prison, Randy shares honest, unfiltered conversations about daily life behind bars, prison culture, personal growth, accountability, and survival.
The Red Onion Randy Podcast gives listeners a rare, first-hand look at incarceration through storytelling, reflection, and real talk from someone living it every day.
The Red Onion Randy Podcast gives listeners a rare, first-hand look at incarceration through storytelling, reflection, and real talk from someone living it every day.
| Episode | Date |
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ROR 192: The New Tablets
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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ROR 191: Getting Old in Prison
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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ROR 190: Uncomfortable
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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ROR 188: A Weekend With My Wife
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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ROR 187: Violated, Part 2
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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ROR 186: Violated
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Quick Update: January 2026
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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ROR 185: The Nurse
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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ROR 184: ERICK ESTRADA | PART 1
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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ROR 183: Prison Tier Fight
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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ROR 182: They need your help
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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ROR 181: I Want to Give the World Nachos
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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ROR 180: Celeste Blair | In the Absence of Paint | Part 2
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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ROR 179: Austin | Voicemail Episode
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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ROR 178: Celeste Blair | In the Absence of Paint | Part 1
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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ROR 177: Cellie Adventures - Part 3
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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ROR 176: Cellie Adventures - Part 2
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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ROR 175: Cellie Adventures - Part 1
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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ROR 174: Scott’s Wild Story - Part 2
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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ROR 173: Scott’s Wild Story - Part 1
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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ROR 172: You Ain’t Beyond Saving
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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ROR 171: Knives, Drugs, and Cell Phones
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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ROR 170: The Virginia Parole Board
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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ROR 169: A Crazy Prison Story
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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ROR 168: Second Chancer | Jesse Crosson Interview
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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ROR 167: Something Needs to Change
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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ROR 166: Answering Listeners’ Questions
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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ROR 165: Some Good News
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The Tiger King (Joe Exotic)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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ROR 164: Statewide Lockdown
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May 29, 2025 |
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Fear, Fools, and Prison Weed Economics (Patreon Episode)
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May 26, 2025 |
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ROR 163: Mother's Day in Prison
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May 15, 2025 |
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ROR 162: Buckingham
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May 08, 2025 |
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ROR 161: On The Bus
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May 01, 2025 |
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ROR 160: The Visit
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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ROR 159: Pod Drama
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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ROR 158: Use of Force
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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ROR 157: Is this the end of Red Onion Randy?
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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ROR 156: DOGE
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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ROR 155: Robert Brooks
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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ROR 154: A Tough Nerd
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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America’s Original Prison Podcast – Now on Patreon!
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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ROR 153: Keefe Group
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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ROR 152: Co-Defendants
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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ROR 151: Hillbillies
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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ROR 150: To Catch a Predator
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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ROR 149: The LA Wildfires
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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ROR 148: The Fires at Red Onion
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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ROR 147: The rich and the poor
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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ROR 146: Where I'm at
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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ROR 145: Luigi Mangione
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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ROR 144: A Conversation With My Podcast Producer
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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ROR 143: The Alaskan Avenger
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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ROR 142: Hunter Biden
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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ROR:141 The Prison Library
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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ROR 140: Incentives
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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ROR 139: An Open Letter To Donald Trump
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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ROR 138: Be A Man
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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ROR 137: Religion
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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ROR 136: Battles Worth Fighting
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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ROR 135: Wedding day in prison
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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ROR 134: Hate Mail
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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ROR 133: Chaos, Part 3
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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ROR 132: Chaos Part 2
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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ROR 131: Chaos Part 1
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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ROR 130: Prison Weight Pile
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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ROR 129: Nicole
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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ROR 128: Answering listener questions
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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ROR 127: Friends
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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ROR 126: Keen Mountain
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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ROR 125: Life Update December 2023
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Psychic Vampires
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Drugs in Prison
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Some Men Can Handle It. Some Can't.
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Praying for a Lockdown
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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A Glimpse of Freedom
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May 18, 2023 |
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If it’s not treated, it’s going to kill you
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Eight Crazy Days
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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New Pod
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Glad to Be Back
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Questions from Kyrgyzstan
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Transfer Pain
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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A Way Out of Prison
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Endless Frustration
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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An Emotional Pressure Cooker
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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A Cast of Characters
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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A Young Man in Trouble
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Writing to Prisoners
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Prison Showers
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Convict Conditioning
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Keeping Sane Inside
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Anger and Forgiveness
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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John Q. Smith and a Season Break
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Pornography and Masturbation
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Shawshank Redemption - Fact or Fiction?
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May 26, 2022 |
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Hotline for Messages
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May 19, 2022 |
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Tattoo
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May 12, 2022 |
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Little John
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May 05, 2022 |
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Reputation
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Gunning
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Red Onion Then and Now Part 2
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Will Smith v Chris Rock
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Betrayal
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Spiraling Down
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Flower in the Wasteland
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Red Onion Then and Now: Part 1
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Republicans vs Democrats
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Randy in Quarantine
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Joe Giarratano
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Sports - One of the More Beautiful Forms of Escapism
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Randy's Model Prison
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Conor McGregor, Success Killer
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Time, The Cruel Mistress
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Hospital Visit
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Home Sweet Home
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Tuco Salamanca
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Frustration
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Cellies
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Randy Gets a Transfer
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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My Brother Jason
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Randy Answers Questions from Children and a Boxer
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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The Murder
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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The World Outside the Window
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Music
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Prison Medical
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Childhood: The Unforgettables
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Randy's Prison Rules Concluded
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Prison Boyfriends
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Elise and The Magic Well
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Randy's Prison Rules
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Mother
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Father
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Guns
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Dream of Freedom
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Mental Health
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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The Child Molester: a Closer Look
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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The Appeal: No Backing Up
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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The Podcast: Behind the Scenes
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Lockdown
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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The Appeal: Jonathan Sheldon
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Life is Beautiful
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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An Alpha Male
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Killer in the Jungle
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Gangbanger Danger
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Fear
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Beauty from the Ashes
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Dungeons and Dragons
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May 27, 2021 |
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My Education
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May 20, 2021 |
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Life Without the Possibility of Parole
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May 13, 2021 |
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Addicted to Crime
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May 06, 2021 |
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Prison Mash
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Visitation
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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The Coffee Dare
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Trust No-one?
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Don't Call Me Ghost: Prison Nicknames
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Recipes for Kevin
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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A Practical Guide to Prison Life
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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To Fight or not to Fight
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Fight Club
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Gladiator School
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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A 42-Year-Old Virgin
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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The Wild Horses of My Childhood
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Lace 'Em Up! Footwear on the Inside
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Keefe Commissary versus Prison Issue
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Stone Cold Warriors
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Racism and Red Onion
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Falling Out with Lee Boyd Malvo
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Interfaith Action for Human Rights: Gay Gardner Interview
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Christmas Holiday (Not) Special
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Randy Answers Your Questions
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Working for the Man
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Gimme the Chicken Tray! (Hilarious)
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Damn Nightmare
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Red Onion Lullaby
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Anger, Boredom and Fantasy
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Groundhog Day
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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The Child Molester
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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True Blood
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Solitary - Final Years Part 2
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Solitary - Final Years Part 1
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Don't Shake the Spoon
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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I Ain’t Heard from You in a While...
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Q&A: The Thing That Kept Me From Going Insane
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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From Solitary to Gen Pop and Back Again
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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A Walk in the Woods
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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The Choice We Make
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Covid-19 comes to Red Onion
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Basically a Torture Chamber
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Strike First
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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No Gettin' Punked Once
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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The Scary Thing
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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That Evil Black Cloud
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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My Teenage Years
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Childhood
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Loneliness and Friendship
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Welcome to my Podcast
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Jun 11, 2020 |