Reentry • Restoration • Redemption
Media • Learning • Books • Speaking
YOUR PAST IS
NOT YOUR
ENDING.
The Conviction Fiction helps people turn adversity, accountability, and lived experience into forward movement through honest conversations, structured learning, books, and transformative speaking.
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THE SENTENCE ENDED.
THE STORY DIDN’T.
The Conviction Fiction Podcast creates space for honest, unfiltered dialogue about what happens after incarceration—the battles no one sees, the systems that make starting over harder, and the personal responsibility required to build a different future. Through lived experience and purposeful conversation, the show confronts stigma, challenges limiting narratives, and proves that accountability, healing, and restoration can turn a painful past into a life of impact.
Meet the host →One message. Multiple ways to move forward.
TURN FORWARD.
Start with the free Blueprint, deepen the work through TCF Learn and the books, stay connected through the podcast, or bring Antoine to your organization.
TCF Learn · 30 courses available now
Practical learning for your next chapter. Build trade knowledge, strengthen reentry skills, and grow your confidence with technology.
30Available courses
3Learning pathways
15+Lessons per course
Trades. Reentry skills. Technology.
BUILD SKILLS.
MOVE FORWARD.
30 courses are available now through TCF Learn. Rooted in the mission of The Conviction Fiction Podcast, our self-paced learning helps you turn reflection into action and prepare for the opportunities ahead.
10 courses
TRADE SKILLS
Explore construction, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, painting and drywall, masonry, welding, facilities maintenance, and CDL training and permit preparation.
10 courses
REENTRY SKILLS
Build a plan for employment, housing, money, relationships, resilience, entrepreneurship, and purpose—including Turning Forward and Thought to Freedom.
10 courses
TECHNOLOGY
Grow your skills in digital literacy, professional email, office tools, IT support, networking, cybersecurity, web design, JavaScript, spreadsheets, and responsible AI.
Each course includes at least 15 lessons, with practical exercises, reflection, and knowledge checks. Use your learner dashboard to follow your courses and track your progress.
Individual course purchases provide access to the purchased course. Organization learner seats include all 30 courses. Explore organization plans →
Trade courses build foundational knowledge. CDL preparation does not replace required ELDT, behind-the-wheel training, or licensing.
“YOUR PAST MAY EXPLAIN YOU. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO DEFINE YOU.”
Host & creator
ANTOINE
RIVERS
Antoine Rivers is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, corporate trainer, and justice-impacted advocate who served over 15 years in prison. His work centers on accountability, reentry, resilience, mental conditioning, and helping people move from survival toward purpose.
Through The Conviction Fiction Podcast, Antoine brings lived experience into long-form conversations with returning citizens, community leaders, educators, advocates, entrepreneurs, and people committed to changing outcomes.
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ANTOINE.
Lived experience. Radical accountability. Forward movement.
Antoine Rivers brings a teaching-first approach to audiences navigating reentry, resilience, accountability, second chances, workforce development, identity, and personal transformation.
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BRING 30 COURSES TO YOUR COHORT.
Bring TCF Learn to your organization with 10, 50, or 100 learner licenses. The 10-learner package is $970 and includes 1 separate primary admin license. Contact us for pricing on the 50- and 100-learner packages, each with 1 separate primary admin license. Every active learner seat includes all 30 TCF Learn courses across trades, reentry skills, and technology. Ask about adding an Antoine Rivers kickoff or Q&A.
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