OuttaDeeBox Podcast

About OuttaDeeBox Podcast

OuttaDeeBox podcast is a pre-recorded bi weekly show geared towards supporting former and current inmates and their families in Wisconsin. Our mission is to inform listeners about community resources that can assist them in securing employment opportunities, housing, mental health and substance abuse support, with the goal of reducing recidivism in Wisconsin. We also give listeners and guests the opportunity to share their unique inspirational stories through spoken word and other forms of musical artistry.

Publisher

Dee Star

Category

arts · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Apr 2022

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 62 episodes have a transcript.

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   16 Sept 2026

   Madison Nonprofit Day Podcast

   Send us Fan Mail We meet the people building Madison’s safety net in real time, from corporate community partnership and philanthropy to the on-the-ground programs that keep families stable. We leave with a clearer picture of what’s changing for nonprofits and how each of us can donate, volunteer, and collaborate with more focus. • TrueStage’s role as a convener through community events and shared space • Corporate social responsibility rooted in listening and long-term partnershi...

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   28 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Second Chances In Wisconsin

   Send us a text Doors don’t open themselves—people and policy do. We sit down with survivor and advocate Shanyeill McCloud, founder of Clean Slate, to unpack how Wisconsin’s tight expungement rules shut deserving people out and how the revived Pardon Advisory Board created a powerful path to redemption. Shanielle explains why document prep is only half the story; the other half is people preparation—coaching clients to articulate growth, take accountability, and face an intimidating hearing wi...

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   27 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   A Survivor Turned Advocate Shows How Expungement And Pardons Open Doors

   Send us a text Some doors slam so hard they seem permanent. We sit down with Shanyeill McCloud, the force behind Clean Slate Pardon Help Desk, to explore how a self-defense conviction turned her into a paralegal, a policy advocate, and a builder of second chances. She explains why Wisconsin’s expungement rules shut out so many—especially when eligibility must be requested at sentencing—and how the restored Pardon Advisory Board created a new path for thousands ready to move forward. You’ll h...

Inside a recent episode

A Survivor Turned Advocate Shows How Expungement And Pardons Open Doors

Published 27 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You know, I had kids. I need to get back home too. And that's all my whole goal was just to get back home to my kids. So fast forward to, you know, just helping, you know, just grow the company, just doing more advocacy, you know, trying to expand the opportunity for more people. We had some wins. We had some losses because we still have not been able to expand expungement and state of Wisconsin. However, in 2019, something historical happened where our current governor, Tony Evers, reestablished the pardon advisory board. And when he established that board and open it up for people who have felony convictions, not misdemeanors, but felony convictions, in order to be qualified, you have to be off probation or have served your sentence for five years. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

67 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

71

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