#81 Zane and Bear (Harold) - Criminals Anonymous (CrimAnon)

It's a 12-step fellowship for men, women, youth, survivors and their families who are committed to supporting and living a crime-free life. Both Zane and Bear spent almost their entire incarcerated time studying the criminal life style and the causes and incentives to keep doing it. They made a science out of it by studying addiction and discovering that when you diagnose addiction, you find that gambling, drugs, alcohol and any other addiction mirrors the high that criminals get when committing crime. So, why not treat crime as an addiction and help criminals overcome that addiction? That's the question they answered by taking pages from Alcoholics Anonymous and mixing it with Eastern philosophies and religions to come up with their own mission statement and start their organizations. And they organization treats the entire person, including their friends and family. Turning the recidivism needle back is their goal, and it's working. Felony Inc Podcast with your host Mark Gailey We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com