Incarceration · Reentry · Transformation · Community

100 Years

Four voices. A century of time behind bars. Conversations about survival, family, freedom, healing, accountability, and building a life after incarceration.

Stories rooted in lived experience

100 Years Podcast creates space for direct, human conversations about incarceration, wrongful conviction, reentry, family, community, and the work of building a different future.

A century behind bars is not just a number. It represents lives, families, loss, resilience, and the power of people to tell their own stories.

The Voices Behind 100 Years

100 Years Podcast brings together Michael Rhynes, Robert Julien, Demetrius Molina, and Efrain Diaz.

Featured coverage and resources

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Cornell University

Community events featuring 100 Years Podcast

Cornell Performing and Media Arts announces the Cinemapolis event and identifies the participating podcast voices.

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Cinemapolis

100 Years Podcast screening

Event page for the Ithaca screening and live presentation of the 100 Years Podcast.

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Downtown Ithaca

100 Years Podcast event listing

Community listing describing four men—including someone wrongfully convicted—who spent a combined century behind bars.

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New York State Council on the Arts

Screening of the Hundred Years Podcast

NYSCOC listing for the Cinemapolis presentation hosted by Michael Rhynes, Demetrius Molina, Ephraim Diaz, and Robert Julian.

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Civic Ensemble

Podcast launch announcement

Launch post describing the project as highlighting the experiences and transformation of imprisoned and formerly imprisoned New Yorkers.

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WRFI Community Radio

Michael Rhynes: Voices Over the Wall

Related Michael Rhynes program exploring poetry, literature, and the lives of people affected by the carceral state.

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Spectrum News

Michael Rhynes freed after 37 years

Reporting on Rhynes’s release after his conviction was vacated, providing background for his public storytelling work.

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Instagram

100 Years Podcast on Instagram

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Community Milestone

August 23, 2026 — Cinemapolis, Ithaca, New York

100 Years Podcast was presented at Cinemapolis as a free community event. The program included a screening, discussion, and opportunity for audience dialogue about incarceration, healing, transformation, and life after prison.