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Apr 2025
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Introducing - Suave: Season Two

Futuro Media
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You can leave prison, but does the lingering trauma of prison ever leave you?


The Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast from Futuro Studios returns for its second season! “Suave” Gonzalez was one of thousands of juvenile lifers granted a second chance at life. Season 2 is his story about life after incarceration—and the search for the true meaning of freedom. You can hear the full season of Suave: Season 2 now.


Selected as an Apple Podcasts Series Essential.


Season 2 of Suave was made possible by The Mellon Foundation. Mellon makes grants to support the visionaries and communities that unlock the power of the arts and humanities to help connect us all. More at mellon.org.

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