The host
Andre Calloway
“I spent eight years being talked about. This show is where we finally get to talk.”
Andre served eight years in a state prison. Inside, he edited the facility newspaper and found out he was good at one thing: getting people to tell the truth. Since his release he has worked as a reentry case manager, a radio producer and now the host of Second Chapter.
Host & producer · Served 8 years
The road here
From cell block to studio
2009
Sentenced at 23
A bad decision on a bad night. Eight years, no parole.
2013
The prison paper
Starts writing for the facility newspaper. Becomes its editor a year later.
2017
Home
Released with $40 and a bus ticket. First job: night shift at a warehouse.
2024
Episode one
Records the first interview at a kitchen table with a borrowed microphone.
2026
124 episodes
2.1 million listens and a community of people rebuilding their lives.
Why this show
Coming home is the hardest sentence nobody talks about.
Most stories about prison end at the gate. The ones I wanted to hear start there: the first job interview, the first holiday dinner, the first time you tell someone the truth about where you’ve been.
Every guest on Second Chapter has lived it. We take our time, we don’t edit out the hard parts, and we never treat anyone’s worst day as the whole story.
Andre
As heard on
The Weekly Ledger
RIVERBEND RADIO
Second Draft
CITY HOUR
Open Gate Review
“Calloway asks the questions most interviewers are too polite to ask, and his guests answer because they trust him.”
— The Weekly Ledger
“One of the most honest shows about justice you can listen to. It never feels like a lecture.”
— Riverbend Radio
Your story matters
Want to sit down with Andre?
If you’ve come home from prison and you’re ready to talk about what came after, we’d love to hear from you.