The Inside Circle Podcast with Eldra Jackson III

Welcome to the Inside Circle podcast with your host Eldra Jackson III. Eldra spent over a decade unlearning dangerous lessons about masculinity and finding freedom while serving 24 years in prison. In conversation with leaders from all walks of life who have overcome some of lifes' greatest challenges, The Inside Circle podcast aims to broaden our concept of personal transformation, 'men's work', and what it means to 'lead change from within'. Beyond the manufactured constructs of race, class, gender, and even criminal history, this deep dive exposes the heart of our shared humanity, revealing prison as an intensely personal state of mind that can be transcended at any time.Eldra is the Co-Executive Director of Inside Circle, a non-profit organization that supports justice involved people in transforming their lives. Featured in the documentary The Work while he was still incarcerated at New Folsom prison, Eldra's TEDTalk about his personal journey received over 1.2 million views.

The Inside Circle Podcast with Eldra Jackson III is a health podcast hosted by Eldra Jackson III, with 94 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Eldra Jackson III hosts The Inside Circle Podcast with Eldra Jackson III, a health show with 94 episodes published.

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  Episode #93

  William Harris: Building a Life From Scratch, episode 93

  Aug 7, 202634 min

  After 30 years inside William Harris is starting over in a city where he knows no one. Host Eldra Jackson III sits down with the longtime Inside Circle member, part of the group since its first Tuesday in the New Folsom chapel, to talk about the identity crisis that shaped his path to prison, the mentor who helped turn him around, and why he chose Oakland over going home to Sacramento. William opens up about masking pain with alcohol, chasing belonging through gang life, and the slow work of becoming a man he actually likes. He also shares what freedom feels like two months in, paying his first bill, riding a packed bus, learning to sit with discomfort instead of running from it. More at insidecircle.org/podcast

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  Episode #92

  Peace Was the Point: Keilen Crenshaw on Anger, Healing, and Learning to Respect the River, episode 92

  Jul 3, 202647 min

  Keilen Crenshaw learned early that the world responded to force. Taken from his mother at 10, cycling through foster care, carrying unchecked anger that eventually led to a four-and-a-half-year federal sentence — survival was the only thing he knew. What he didn't know was where that anger came from. Or what it had cost him. In this episode, Keilen traces the full arc: from a school hallway in DC to the Middle Fork of the American River, where getting thrown from a raft and coming up gasping taught him something prison never could — respect. Now a recovery support counselor at Jubilee Housing in Washington D.C., he brings that hard-won wisdom directly to the men who need it most. This is a conversation about the difference between surviving and living. Learn more about Inside Circle at insidecircle.org/podcast

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  Episode #92

  Peace Was the Point: Keilen Crenshaw on Anger, Healing, and Learning to Respect the River, episode 92

  Jul 3, 202647 minS0

  <p >Keilen Crenshaw learned early that the world responded to force. Taken from his mother at 10, cycling through foster care, carrying unchecked anger that eventually led to a four-and-a-half-year federal sentence — survival was the only thing he knew.</p> <p >What he didn't know was where that anger came from. Or what it had cost him.</p> <p >In this episode, Keilen traces the full arc: from a school hallway in DC to the Middle Fork of the American River, where getting thrown from a raft and coming up gasping taught him something prison never could — respect. Now a recovery supp...

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  Episode #91

  Building the Inside Circle Healing Home with Aaron Burris, episode 91

  Jun 5, 202629 minS0

  <p >When Aaron Burris walks into the dining room of the Inside Circle Healing Home, he feels two things at once — joy and grief. Joy because a dream that was born in prison circles, in chapel chairs, in hushed conversations about what if we built something — is now real. Grief because some of the men who dreamed it with him didn't make it out to see it.</p> <p >In this conversation, Aaron sits down with Eldra Jackson III to talk about what it really takes to come home after incarceration — not just physically, but as a person. He talks about...

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  Episode #94

  Breaking the Cycle: Edwin Lee on Self-Worth and Survival, episode 90

  May 1, 202645 minS0

  <p >How do you find self-love after 15 years in prison? In this episode, Edwin Lee joins host Eldra Jackson III to share his raw journey from a lonely childhood in San Francisco's Chinatown to finding his humanity behind bars.</p> <p >Edwin discusses the "Tiger Parenting" that fueled his early resentment, his transition from gang life to becoming a certified counselor, and the "culture shock" of leaving prison for a world that moves faster than ever. It is a powerful conversation about the pressure to succeed, the complexities of modern reentry, and why healing is a lifelong process.</p> <p >...

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