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Brian Asey

Brian Asey is the father of three children: two sons and a daughter. His passion is using his extensive multimedia experience to dispel negative images with which mainstream media frequently portray the incarcerated. He directs and edits programming for SQTV, helping to choose and shape the institution TV content. Brian is a member of the San Quentin’s Day of Peace Committee, and serves as General Manager of the San Quentin Basketball Program. He is also the proud recipient of an A.A. degree from Mount Tamalpais College. He continues to be dedicated to doing whatever he can to help transform the lives of those who have negative influence in our communities and neighborhoods into positive role models.

  • Uncuffed
    Uncuffed My Mixtape: All My Life
    Brian Asey
    Brian Asey at San Quentin on "All My Life," by K-Ci & JoJo. It's the Uncuffed My Mixtape, where we listen to our producers' favorite songs.

    Learn more, sign up for Uncuffed news, and support the program at www.weareuncuffed.org

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    Transcripts are available within a week of the episode coming out, at www.kalw.org/podcast/uncuffed
  • Tommy "Shakur" Ross poses with the Solano Uncuffed crew after a visit inside.
    Uncuffed
    Got Nothin' On The Chow Line: Navigating Life Outside Of Prison
    Tommy "Shakur" Ross
    An original Uncuffed producer visits prison again, this time as a free man. Tommy "Shakur" Ross shares stories and advice from almost two years of freedom.
  • Everett Wiley pitches for the San Quentin Giants at San Quentin State Prison.
    Uncuffed
    Striking Out Stigma: A Prison Team Goes Beyond Baseball
    Anthony Caravalho
    People in prison are no stranger to stereotypes. This week, stories about breaking stereotypes everywhere from the classroom to the San Quentin baseball diamond.
  • Kelton O'Connor explains his program to a group of visitors and incarcerated people during a media and arts event at San Quentin. Kelton helped found an environmental group inside prison called Earth Equity.
    Crosscurrents
    Behind bars, people are working to save the kelp forests
    Brian Asey
    What does it mean to try to project the ocean, when you’re barred from seeing it or feeling it? An environmentalist’s fight for the planet, from inside prison walls.
  • Jessie Milo paints in a comic he drew for Uncuffed.
    Uncuffed
    Art Saved My Life
    Timothy Hicks
    San Quentin producers reflect on the lessons –– both good and bad –– that are passed down from family.
  • Steve Brooks runs around the track at San Quentin State Prison. 105 laps equals a marathon.
    Crosscurrents
    "I can do anything": The marathon mindset at San Quentin
    Brian Asey
    If you run around the bustling San Quentin prison yard 105 times, you’ll have completed the San Quentin Marathon. Every year, incarcerated people train to complete the race. And for many, running is more than a way to work out. Uncuffed Producer Steve Brooks shares his journey to becoming a marathoner at San Quentin.