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The Case of Damien Echols in Times of COVID
📻 Episode #124
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Apr 13, 2020
About This Episode
COVID 19 has derailed our normal lives into that of isolation, restricted movement, anxiety, despair, and even the threat of death. Jason Flom knows a lot of people that have an intimate knowledge of all of these things and how to cope with them.
The Case
COVID 19 has derailed our normal lives into that of isolation, restricted movement, anxiety, despair, and even the threat of death. Jason Flom knows a lot of people that have an intimate knowledge of all of these things and how to cope with them.
In the first interview of a new mini series from Wrongful Conviction Podcasts Jason Flom speaks with Damien Echols, a man who spent 18 years on death row for a crime he did not commit.
Damien tells us how he used exercise, art, structure, mental focus, and free will to not allow isolation and fear to break him plus, an epiphany that came from one man’s deadly encounter with a can of corn that continues to guide him even through our current shared reality in this time of COVID.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:04:04“Speaker 2: about when is quarantine going to be over? When is Speaker 2: normal life going to return again? Because I honestly think Speaker 2: the world is probably going to change after this. I Speaker 2: don't think we'll ever go back to the same world Speaker 2: that existed before this quarantine came about. Also, I should”
00:15:27“Speaker 2: quarantine or lockdown or what's the other word they're calling Speaker 2: it self isolation. You know, a lot of times in Speaker 2: other states, people live in houses, they have yards, they Speaker 2: have cars that they can drive somewhere and go on Speaker 2: a hike. Most people in New York have none of that.”
00:26:58“Speaker 1: to time. And please please give a big hug to Speaker 1: your wonderful wife Lorie for me. And now, you know, Speaker 1: I think all that's left here is for me to Speaker 1: first of all, thank you again for inspiring me and Speaker 1: all of us on a daily basis, and particularly for”
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Also on the podcast: #73 Damien Echols (Live from the Church of Rock and Roll) · #126 Amanda Knox in Times of COVID · #128 Nick Yarris in Times of COVID