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Gray Area

Julia Reynolds Martinez

Gray Area tells the stories of people who are dealing with this whole thing we call justice, people who are trying to get beyond labels of right and wrong or good and evil to get to somethin...

Gray Area Podcast Guide

Listen to Gray Area, a Society & Culture podcast by Julia Reynolds Martinez. Stream 21 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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ELDERS | Episode 2 Travels With Corbett

Art by Mara J. Reynolds Corbett O’Toole is 72 and lives in a van in the desert. But her life story embodies the strength of empowered...

01:03:28May 7, 2025

ELDERS | Episode 1 Uncle John

This is the story of John Spence, a Gros Ventre/Sioux elder who uses equine therapy to heal Native youth. Made in collaboration with The Imp...

00:59:24Apr 3, 2024

ELDERS | Episode 0 Trailer

Season 3 is on the way! Here’s the trailer for Gray Area Podcast, Season 3: ELDERS, including a sneak preview of Episode 1, Uncle John...

00:03:30Mar 22, 2024

AFTER LIFE | Episode 10 Full Circle

In our final episode, Gilbert settles into a new home while he continues to work on solutions to violence and injustice. Then, just as he ge...

00:43:11Jan 3, 2023

AFTER LIFE | Episode 9 Lockdown

It’s 2020. Just as Gilbert is adjusting to his new world outside prison, that world shuts down. Gilbert goes online during a year of joy and...

00:36:03Dec 27, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 8 A New World

Free at last, Gilbert has to find his way through a world that’s changed dramatically over the 21 years he’s been in prison. Tho...

00:43:49Dec 21, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 7 Freedom Calls

California lawmakers start paying attention to what neuroscientists are saying about the adolescent brain. Changes in the law now mean Gilbe...

00:28:55Dec 15, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 6 Under Color of Law

SPECIAL EPISODE – Gilbert grew up in the shadow of the LA County Sheriff’s Department — ever since the day he was taken from hom...

00:29:17Dec 10, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 5 Heart Strings

Gilbert’s penpal Rebecca flies to California from Texas so they can meet face to face. Even though Gilbert might not come home for yea...

00:27:42Dec 5, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 4 The Penpal

Gilbert’s younger brother Manny, who is also in prison, isn’t doing well. He’s deeply involved in prison gang “polit...

00:22:30Nov 30, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 3 Career Change

Gilbert realizes he has a lot to learn when he meets a man who changes his outlook on the world. As he struggles to stay close to his young...

00:23:32Nov 28, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 2 Doing Life

It’s the late 1990s. Although no one was injured in the shoot-out he took part in, Gilbert is sentenced to 24 years to life in prison...

00:18:47Nov 23, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 1 The Neighborhood

AFTER LIFE: The untold story of how a group of incarcerated men reshaped rehabilitation in California Meet Gilbert Bao, who was sentenced to...

00:34:44Nov 21, 2022

AFTER LIFE | Episode 0 Trailer

Four years in the making, our 10-part audio documentary launches November 21, 2022. This entire season focuses on the story of Gilbert Bao....

00:03:11Nov 19, 2022

S1 Episode 06: Unless death wants to fight

In this episode, we explore how the law intersects with what can be the most intimate and difficult decision a person ever makes — if they g...

00:44:24Mar 14, 2019

S1 Episode 05: A Gray Winter’s Tale

As the days reach their shortest and coldest extremes here in the northern hemisphere, humans of every culture find reasons to come together...

30:35Dec 17, 2018

S1 Episode 04: Lou

Lou Hammonds started out like lots of kids — playing Little League with neighbors and classmates, getting good grades and attending summer s...

00:51:19Jul 11, 2018

S1 Episode 03: Reynaldo in Yaqui Land

How can two brothers turn out so utterly different? Born 15 years apart to different fathers, Roy and Reynaldo found very different paths as...

00:59:53Feb 21, 2018

S1 Episode 02: Cheryl

How do you forgive the unforgivable? Cheryl Ward-Kaiser leads us down a path of shocking twists and turns. Her story contains detailed descr...

00:46:32Dec 12, 2017

S1 Episode 01: Gary

What makes a man decide to switch sides and buck everything he’s always stood for? Episode One is the surprisingly tender story of an ace pr...

00:25:14Nov 21, 2017

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