The podcast for the justice impacted

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Raw, long-form conversations about incarceration, reentry, accountability, healing, family, faith, employment, and the work required to move forward.

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THE SENTENCE ENDED.

THE STORY DIDN’T.

The Conviction Fiction Podcast creates space for honest dialogue about what happens after incarceration—and what it takes to rebuild a life with intention.

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Recovery • Purpose • Transformation

FROM ADDICTION TO PURPOSE W/ JONATHAN SCHWARTZ

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Listening • Boundaries • Self-Awareness

SILENT POWER: HOW TO LISTEN WITHOUT LOSING YOURSELF

The mission

REAL STORIES.
HARD TRUTHS.
SECOND CHANCES.

We do not erase the harm. We do not romanticize the past. We examine it, own it, and build beyond it.

Every episode challenges assumptions about justice-impacted people while making room for accountability, redemption, and measurable change.

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“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 approximately 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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