Background Check Podcast
After five DWI’s landed me prison, something had to change. One day I got into a fight and I spent eight days in solitaire confinement thinking about my life and the decisions I had made that led me to that dark place, literally. I came out of the hole a different man with a different heart, mind, soul, direction, and outlook on life. I got mentored by a couple of inmates who eventually made parole but within a year they were both back in. This confused me and ticked me off. I wondered how I was going to make it out there. Since my release in 2006 we’ve opened up a transitional house for men, with another ”ranch” coming, launched a documentary, been on the Mike Huckabee Show, launched this podcast, and it goes into prisons all over the nation.
Episodes
Checking In from the Alabama prison road trip.
Music from Landy
Used with permission.
Shorter versions of Background Check Podcast, in between the longer versions.
In this episode, “I Got Your Back”, Reggie share his life story in a very unique way, from being called a “mistake” to being one of the most sought after school assembly speakers in the world.
Born to an unwed teenager, Reggie Dabbs considers himself fortunate to be alive. With no place to go, the pregnant teenager ended up living in a chicken coop in Tennessee. It was there she remembered a former schoo...
Background Check-In
The Drop Off Line
This is a replay for the men and women inside prisons all over the nation.
Live concert in Plano, TX
With permission to record and play on this platform.
Enjoy guys
Super Bowl Background Check In
With Jessa and Jay Dan, talking about various things from the Olympics, to volleyball, to a devotion about the Super Bowl teams.
Jessa and Jay Dan do a quick Check In, highlighting two successful former inmates, talk about sports, fine arts, the sleet that's happening in the Dallas area, and we they pray over the inmates.
We are bringing back the shorter episodes, Background Check In's, to hold us over til the next full episode is ready.
Preparation. Prayer.
Have a great day.
We are bringing back the shorter episodes, Background Check In's, to hold us over til the next full episode is ready.
Have a great day.
This is our annual tour of lights for the men and women still incarcerated.
Before we start the tour, we do announcements, recap of events like Christmas party, talk sports, show video shout outs from residents and other organizations.
This episode plays on their tablets inside prisons and jails across the nation. They can call their loved ones on the tablets, and the whole family can look at lights together.
This year, we had tech...
John Montana performs "There For You"
Written by John Montana and Terry Solley
We air this here but it's for the men and women behind bars to enjoy too. If you have a loved one on the inside, across the nation, tell them to watch on the Edovo app, the Podcast App (Securus), the NCIC tablet (county jails).
To partner with us please click here: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support
Oth...
In this episode we sit down with John Montana. John is an author, speaker, father, husband, and prison minister.
He comes from a family of partiers but now, they’re all prison ministers and serving the Lord.
After having surgery at a young age, he became addicted to Vicodin and then eventually found Zannax. While giving his child a bath, an accident happened and his child was burned. He felt so guilty and ashamed, that he prayed an...
In this episode, we sit down with the CEO of I Scoop Poop, Steven Trevino.
We had fun recording this episode. We talked about everything from him getting hooked on hydrocodone at 15 after an injury, to how he started his poop scooping company while still on an ankle monitor.
We laughed hard when he tells the story of him waiting on the corner, in the middle of a neighborhood, with bags ...
In this episode, Jessa and Jay Dan recap the Forgiven Felons Thanksgiving Open House, Jay Dan’s trip to Chicago to see the Steelers and visit Stateville prison, tell thanksgiving jokes, and so much more.
We talk about the upcoming Building Blocks 4 Kids event we are having so please sign your kids up.
We share a devotion on remaining stable in this unstable world.
And we do Th...
EP 216 "Have Patience" Announcements, jokes, fishing, golf, and a devotional, with Jessa and Jay Dan
In this episode, Jay Dan and Jessa share big events coming soon, air some shout outs from men who just got out, tell jokes, talk about our fishing trip, and the golf outing.
We share our Thanksgiving gatherings coming up. First one is this Saturday and the second one is on Thanksgiving day. Details in the podcast.
We also share about a community event coming up that is for justice impacted kids. Whether the kids parents are sti...
One of my favorite episodes.
I know I say this a lot, but Cassie has helped so many of our men coming to the transitional house. The Way Back has been a sponsor of the show for a while now, and even though we had the directors on the audio version a long time ago, we have been waiting to get them back on in studio.
Cassie is a case manager for The Way Back, and Drew, who has his own amazing story, is her husband, and he joins the c...
In this episode, we sit down with Stevin "Hedake" Smith, a former college and professional basketball player known for his promising career that was derailed by a point-shaving scandal.
He was a two-time All-Pac-10 selection at Arizona State, but in 1994, he was involved in a scandal where he bet on his own games, ultimately leading to a prison sentence and ending his NBA prospects. Today, Smith works to educate young athletes abou...
Short video of one of our former residents and his boss.
Buddy is one of the reasons why we do this.
To help us continue helping others like Buddy, please consider partnering with us.
forgivenfelons.orghttps://www.forgivenfelons.org/
Due to technical difficulties on the tablets inside prison, we are replaying this special Christmas Lights episode for the men and women on the inside.
EP 213 “Know Your Own Truth” Separated by Wrongful Conviction, Restored by Exoneration In 1987, just a few months after they were married, shortly before they had their son, the Spencer family was devastated and separated by our broken legal system which led to a wrongful conviction, for 34 years. We sit down with Ben and Deborah Spencer to hear their love story, and their wrongful conviction of Ben journey. Throug...
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