Inside Circle: Vulnerability, Forgiveness, and Freedom with Eldra Jackson III
Hosted by Ana María Dávalos, Maria Lanas & Maclovia Martell
In this powerful conversation, writer, speaker, and advocate Eldra Jackson III (co-executive director of Inside Circle, featured in the award-winning documentary The Work) traces his path from a life sentence at Folsom to becoming a faci...
The Loneliness at the Top: Nick Jonsson's Journey Toward Connection and Recovery - Episode 84
In this episode of the Inside Circle Podcast, host Eldra Jackson III speaks with Nick Jonsson, global keynote speaker and bestselling author of Executive Loneliness, about the hidden cost of success and the healing power of vulnerability.
After reaching the top of his corporate career, Nick's li...
Episode 264: Eldra Jackson III - Unlearning Dangerous Masculinity
This is episode #264 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, and we are honoured to feature Eldra Jackson III, Executive Director of Inside Circle.
In this episode, Eldra shares a powerful, deeply personal perspective on unlearning dangerous masculinity — the kind that silently shapes men’s b...
EPISODE 10: ELDRA JACKSON III from serving a life sentence in prison to serving humanity with a life mission
To describe Eldra Jackson III as a "prison reform success story" would not only be a vast understatement; it would also leave unacknowledged the trauma, the trials and the transformation this extraordinary man has gone through to become who he is today. Eldra is an inspiring public speaker, autho...
In the Face of Fear: Year-End Reflections on Fear, Healing, and Hope - Episode 85
As we close out the year, Eldra Jackson III returns to a theme that has surfaced again and again—in his own life, in Inside Circle's work, and across the communities we've sat with: fear, and the choices we make when it shows up.
In this reflective year-end episode, Eldra looks back at conversat...
How I unlearned dangerous lessons about masculinity | Eldra Jackson
In a powerful talk, educator Eldra Jackson III shares how he unlearned dangerous lessons about masculinity through Inside Circle, an organization that leads group therapy for incarcerated men. Now he's helping others heal by creating a new image of what it means to be a whole, healthy man. "The c...
Breaking the Cycle: Edwin Lee on Self-Worth and Survival, episode 90
How do you find self-love after 15 years in prison? In this episode, Edwin Lee joins host Eldra Jackson III to share his raw journey from a lonely childhood in San Francisco's Chinatown to finding his humanity behind bars.
Edwin discusses the "Tiger Parenting" that fueled his early resentment, h...
Building the Inside Circle Healing Home with Aaron Burris, episode 91
When Aaron Burris walks into the dining room of the Inside Circle Healing Home, he feels two things at once — joy and grief. Joy because a dream that was born in prison circles, in chapel chairs, in hushed conversations about what if we built something — is now real. Grief because some of the men...
Eileen Ruiter: Building Inside Circle in a Dutch Prison, episode 94
Eileen Ruiter, founder of Inside Circle Netherlands, joins host Eldra Jackson III to share how a documentary about Inside Circle's work sparked a two-year journey to bring Circle into a Dutch prison — one met with security pushback, a strip search, and a culture where naming your own emotions is ...
10/02/2026 - Robin Graham on Trauma, Recovery, and 25 Years of Writers Behind the Walls, episode 95
Robin Graham was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and for 25 years she has given incarcerated writers a place to tell the truth. As founder and publisher of Spotlight on Recovery Magazine, she has grown a newsletter at a treatment facility into a publication featuring more than 400 writers ...
