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JustUs Speaks Podcast

The JustUs Speaks Podcast, presented by JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA), amplifies the voices of formerly incarcerated individuals in the U.S. Hosted by Policy Analyst Zach Ruppel and Leadership Admin Coordinator Lana Mendis, the JustUs Speaks Podcast features interviews with directly impacted people sharing their experience with the criminal justice system, and life upon reentering society.

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Episodes

Crystal Voight on the JustUs Speaks Podcast
March 4, 2026
By JLUSA

Crystal Voight⁠ (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) shares her powerful personal story and her vision for helping others with reentry.
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Marcus Kelley on the JustUs Speaks Podcast
February 25, 2026
By JLUSA

Marcus Kelley (Leading with Conviction™ 2024)⁠ talks about his work to end the legal slavery exception clause in the 13th Amendment.
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Melissa Ludin on the JustUs Speaks Podcast
February 11, 2026
By JLUSA

Melissa Ludin (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) talks about balancing her work with the ACLU of Wisconsin and being a partner and a mother of four boys.
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Kyle Giddings on the JustUs Speaks Podcast
February 4, 2026
By JLUSA

Kyle Giddings⁠ (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) says it was a conversation with another person while incarcerated that helped him realize his purpose.
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Tamara Springs on the JustUs Speaks Podcast
January 21, 2026
By JLUSA

She spent 16 months mostly in maximum security prison after being convicted for RICO charges in nation’s largest public school cheating scandal.
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Stanford Professor Keith Humphreys discusses the steady decline in mass incarceration in the U.S.—and will it continue?
December 8, 2025
By JLUSA

Stanford Professor Keith Humphreys discusses his groundbreaking research published in The Atlantic magazine earlier this year.
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Ruby Welch and Sheriff Eric Higgins discuss the “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment” docuseries
August 29, 2024
By JLUSA

Ruby Welch (Leading with Conviction™ 2023) works with Sheriff Eric Higgins in the Pulaski County, Arkansas, jail system.
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Kristy Laschober on the JustUs Speaks Podcast
April 22, 2024
By JLUSA

She spent five years in prison and says she was angry at how women were treated behind the walls. She’s now a fierce advocate for reentry.
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Ronnie Waters and Felicia Tyson-Waters on the JustUs Speaks Podcast
April 15, 2024
By JLUSA

He was sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile and spent 40 years behind bars. She stood by him and fought for his release for four decades.
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Jessica Snow on the JustUs Speaks Podcast
April 8, 2024
By JLUSA

She lost her job, her home, and was forced to start all over. Today, she is using her educator skills by helping families of incarcerated loved ones.
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