{"podcast":{"title":"Prisoncast!","slug":"prisoncast-7796732","podcast_index_feed_id":7796732,"rss_url":"https://prisoncast.podcasts.wbez.org","website_url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?uf=https%3A%2F%2Fprisoncast.podcasts.wbez.org","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/16692/images/ebee2700-d5cc-4d71-a4ab-895dfc6b8ac6/PrisonCast-ShowTile-3000x3000.jpeg","author":"WBEZ (prisoncast@wbez.org)","episode_count":11,"summary":"Prisoncast! is a show made with and for people in Illinois prisons and jails, and their loved ones on the outside. We feature stories, investigations, interviews, and sounds from beyond prison walls – all requested by our incarcerated listeners. Each episode is a bite-sized bundle of some of our favorites. Take a glimpse inside a carceral system that’s designed to be invisible. Engage us at prisoncast@wbez.org. Listen free in prisons and jails on the Edovo app.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T10:19:49.978857+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prisoncast-7796732"},"episode":{"title":"S1E7: The Catholic sister-turned-activist against the death penalty","slug":"s1e7-the-catholic-sister-turned-activist-against-the-death-penalty","published_at":"2026-05-18T05:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prisoncast-7796732/s1e7-the-catholic-sister-turned-activist-against-the-death-penalty","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prisoncast-7796732","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_16692_ff15b252-31bf-4adc-8864-da1e79648064&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fprisoncast.podcasts.wbez.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/16692/ff15b252-31bf-4adc-8864-da1e79648064/S1_EP_7_Prisoncast_Podcast_lufs.mp3","summary":"Sister Helen Prejean has been counseling people on death row since the 1980s. To mark the 15th anniversary of Illinois abolishing the death penalty, she joins Prisoncast! to make the case against capital punishment. Plus, some original music produced behind bars.","meta_description":"Sister Helen Prejean has been counseling people on death row since the 1980s. To mark the 15th anniversary of Illinois abolishing the death penalty, she j…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":932,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/prisoncast-7796732/episodes/s1e7-the-catholic-sister-turned-activist-against-the-death-penalty/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prisoncast-7796732/s1e7-the-catholic-sister-turned-activist-against-the-death-penalty.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}