Too Close to the Flame with Joe Ingle

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

When you think of prisoners on Death Row, what imagery comes to mind? Author of Too Close to the Flame, Joe Ingle, joins Sharon McMahon to talk about what it is like inside America's death penalty system. After spending 45 years working as a spiritual advisor to men and women on Death Row, Joe vulnerably shares his experiences of the final moments before they are executed, and sheds a light on how the legal system disenfranchises those who can not afford a lawyer. What is an alternative to the death penalty, and what might restorative justice look like?

Special thanks to our guest, Joe Ingle, for joining us today.

Host: Sharon McMahon

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

Production Assistant: Andrea Champoux

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0:43.2	Hello friends,
0:49.2	welcome delighted to have you with me today.
0:51.8	My guest is Joe Engel who has written a book
0:55.1	about what it is like inside America's death penalty system. He has worked inside the system for decades as a spiritual advisor to people on death row and he has a new book out called Too Close to the flame.
1:12.7	And I think you are going to find this conversation
1:16.0	very instructive, but also just fascinating
1:19.7	to listen to his experiences.
1:21.3	So let's dive in. I'm Sharon McMahon and here's where it gets
1:26.0	interesting. I'm really excited to be chatting with Joe Ingle today who has
1:31.2	written a book called Too Close to the Flame. Thank you for being here.
1:35.3	Well I'm glad to be here and discuss the book with you. I want to start first of all
1:39.6	with the premise of your book. What is this a story about? Well the book provides the
1:48.0	reader a keyhole so that they can look into what is become what I mentioned in the subtitle, it's called Too Close to the Flame with
1:57.6	a Condemned inside the Southern Killing Machine. So the reader is going to be able to look into that killing machine that is
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