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Prison Diaries: Thousands of Pages Written in Solitary #shorts

May 25, 2026 / 00:55

This episode discusses the themes of joy amidst bleakness, writing during imprisonment, and the duality of personal identity. Key topics include prison diaries and the process of writing.

The conversation highlights the experience of writing a thousand words daily in prison, resulting in around 20 volumes of diaries. The guest reflects on the importance of maintaining productivity during challenging times.

There is a focus on the contrast between a wild side and a more introspective, productive side of the individual. This duality is presented as a significant aspect of personal growth and coping.

TLDR

The episode discusses writing in prison and personal duality.

Episode

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It seems like these moments, like these these moments of like just pure joy and amongst the

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bleakness. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was. Henry was funny. Yeah. Henry was real funny. And you did so much writing, like

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you wrote thousands and thousands, you wrote prison diaries and you wrote a thesis, you wrote thousands of pages

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while you're in there. >> Yeah. I wrote about a thousand about a thousand words a day in my

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diary. They were full scape 100 leaf diaries and I'd fill them up every few months.

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Oh, I ended up with probably 20, I think, 20 volumes. Mhm. Yeah. So it's So it's almost like there's two there's

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two different versions of you. Like there's this this guy that's like a you know, addicted to

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the wild side, but then you've got this I don't know this sort of guy in you

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that like lets you know, you need to do something something productive with your

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time. Yeah, yeah, hell yeah.

Episode Highlights

Writing in Prison
The speaker wrote about a thousand words a day in their diary while incarcerated.
“I wrote about a thousand words a day in my diary.”
@ 00m 20s
May 25, 2026
Two Versions of Self
The speaker reflects on having two different versions of themselves: one wild and one productive.
“there’s this this guy that’s like a you know, addicted to the wild side.”
@ 00m 41s
May 25, 2026

Episode Quotes

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was.
Prison Diaries: Thousands of Pages Written in Solitary #shorts
Henry was funny. Yeah. Henry was real funny.
Prison Diaries: Thousands of Pages Written in Solitary #shorts
I wrote about a thousand words a day in my diary.
Prison Diaries: Thousands of Pages Written in Solitary #shorts
Oh, I ended up with probably 20, I think, 20 volumes.
Prison Diaries: Thousands of Pages Written in Solitary #shorts
there’s this this guy that’s like a you know, addicted to the wild side.
Prison Diaries: Thousands of Pages Written in Solitary #shorts

Key Moments

Prison Diaries00:18
Two Versions of You00:39