Episodes

Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Host Reme Frye of Humanizing Death Row confronts the scheduled execution of Blaine Milam in Texas on September 25, 2025, and urges listeners to see the person behind the sentence. The episode focuses on the human cost of the death penalty, the isolation of death row, and systemic flaws that can lead to irreversible injustice.
Remy calls for action—contact the governor, share Blaine’s story, write letters, and pray—reminding listeners that mercy, awareness, and collective advocacy can make a difference.

Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Hosts Reme Frye and Brianna Holloway examine why the death penalty should be abolished, arguing it is immoral, dehumanizing, and irreversible. They discuss wrongful convictions, racial and mental health disparities, and the emotional toll on families and communities.
The episode outlines the financial costs and lack of deterrence, highlights humane alternatives like life without parole and rehabilitative prison models, and contrasts U.S. practices with lower‑recidivism systems abroad.
Listeners are urged to join the movement for mercy and justice through advocacy, writing letters, attending rallies, voting, and supporting reforms that prioritize dignity and redemption over state killing.

Sunday Sep 14, 2025
Sunday Sep 14, 2025
A high-energy musical episode where the performer makes a bold, fiery entrance and delivers confident, rhythmic lines.Themes include living through music, bold self-expression, and a smooth, catchy flow.

Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Host Reme Frye examines Michelle Alexander’s argument that the war on drugs was a political tool that targeted Black and Brown communities, driving mass incarceration and feeding those caught in its pipeline toward the death penalty.
The episode connects over-policing, harsh sentencing, and real human stories to show how criminalization devastates families and fuels the ultimate punishment, and it closes with a call to recognize and challenge these systems.

Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Host Reme Frye introduces a new series unpacking Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow, exploring how mass incarceration functions as a modern system of racial control. Through stories and statistics, the episode connects historical patterns of disenfranchisement to contemporary practices that fuel the death penalty and systemic injustice.
Reme urges listeners to read the book, reflect on equal justice, and take action to challenge the broader systems that produce unequal outcomes. The episode closes with a prayer and a call to stay engaged, follow the podcast, and work toward ending executions.

Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Host Reme Frye responds to the tragic shooting of Charlie Kirk, exploring how sudden violence shatters lives and communities and reminding listeners that every person has value beyond their politics.
The episode connects this tragedy to the podcast's work humanizing people on death row, urging compassion, dialogue, and efforts to break cycles of violence rather than seeking retribution.

Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Reme Frye offers a faith-driven reflection on the God-given humanity of people on death row, sharing letters, poems, and firsthand voices that reveal remorse, hope, and transformation.
The episode calls for mercy-centered justice that honors victims' grief, prays for all affected, and invites listeners to change language, support families, and choose life and repair over execution.

Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Reme Frye examines how the death penalty affects more than the person executed—eroding compassion, burying chances for change, and shrinking our collective humanity.
Through stories, letters, and reflections on forgiveness, this episode argues for justice rooted in restoration, mercy, and the possibility of transformation.

Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Host Reme Frye welcomes listeners to One Minute Left, Humanizing Death Row, and explores the quiet, real work of rehabilitation happening inside death row: accountability, emotional growth, mentoring, spiritual healing, and creative transformation. Through portraits of incarcerated people and letters, the episode examines why the system often fails to recognize change and offers concrete ideas for what second chances could look like. Remy shares practical actions listeners can take — from writing respectful letters to supporting families and advocating for clemency — and invites reflection on how we can honor both victims and the possibility of redemption.

Sunday Aug 17, 2025
Sunday Aug 17, 2025
This is One Minute Left, a Humanizing Death Row podcast. I'm your host, Reme Frye. In this episode I explore the quiet, daily fight for mental health on death row — isolation, missed showers and calls, sleepless nights, and how inconsistent access to recreation, sunlight, and communication erodes dignity and wellbeing.
Reme shares letters and personal coping strategies, simple breathing and routine exercises, and practical actions for families, faith communities, and policymakers to provide steady support, insist on humane conditions, and restore hope to people living on death row.

