Susan Burton's guest appearances

Susan Burton

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

eTown

Harper Audio Presents

Life Coach Chat Channel

The Women's Eye with Stacey Gualandi and Catherine Anaya | Women Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Authors and Global Changemakers

I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast

Justice Is Served

The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library Events

Tavis Smiley | PBS

This Is the Author

The Catch with John Fischer

The Tavis Smiley Show

Sojourner Truth Radio

Open Stacks

The Sunny Chayes Show

Glennon Doyle

Dani Shapiro

Adam Grant

Malcolm Gladwell

Gretchen Rubin

Julianna Margulies

Lori Gottlieb

Ann Patchett

Ibram X. Kendi

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Samantha Irby

Katie Couric

Kwame Onwuachi

Kate Bowler

Alexi Pappas

OwlTail

Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van on their street in South Los Angeles. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. As a resident of South L.A., an impoverished black community under siege by the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for fifteen years; never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility.Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. She began by greeting women as they took their first steps of freedom, welcoming them into her home, providing a space of safety and community. Her organization, A New Way of Life, now operates five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children—setting them on the track to education and employment rather than returns to prison. Susan is now nationally known as an advocate for restoring basic civil and human rights to those who have served time. Becoming Ms. Burton not only humanizes the deleterious impact of mass incarceration, it also points the way to the kind of structural and policy changes that will offer formerly incarcerated people the possibility of a life of meaning and dignity.Susan Burton is a formerly incarcerated woman who after nearly two decades in the criminal justice system was unable to find work, housing, or adequate addiction-recovery treatment. She gained freedom and sobriety in 1997 and made it her life's work to help other women walking in her shoes. In 2010 she was nominated as a CNN Top 10 Hero and received the Citizen Activist Award from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has been a Soros Justice Fellow and a Women's Policy Institute Fellow at the California Wellness Foundation. She lives in Los Angeles.

Susan Burton: 'Becoming Ms. Burton'

Susan Burton’s life story is incredibly powerful. She is a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, the founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, and an outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. Over the next two weeks, we are recasting one of our very first episodes of the Nonprofit Build Up as a two-part series. In this episode, you will hear the second part of Nic's conversation with Susan Burton, a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, and outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. Susan shines a light on the policies and practices that encourage mass incarceration and offers advice for leaders and organizations for building infrastructure and investing in their communities. 

Nonprofit Build Up

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-burton-15a9a013/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Susan Burton</a>’s life story is incredibly powerful. She is a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, the founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, and an outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. Over the next two weeks, we are recasting one of our very first episodes of the Nonprofit Build Up as a two-part series. In this episode, you will hear the second part of Nic's conversation with Susan Burton, a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, and outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. Susan shines a light on the policies and practices that encourage mass incarceration and offers advice for leaders and organizations for building infrastructure and investing in their communities.

60. Rewriting the Narrative for Community Investment with Susan Burton (RECAST- PART II)

Over the next two weeks, we are recasting one of our very first episodes of the Nonprofit Build Up as a two-part series. In this episode, you will hear the first part of Nic's conversation with Susan Burton, a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, and outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. Susan shares why she founded A New Way of Life, shines a light on the policies and practices that encourage mass incarceration, and offers advice for leaders and organizations for building infrastructure and investing in their communities. 

Over the next two weeks, we are recasting one of our very first episodes of the Nonprofit Build Up as a two-part series. In this episode, you will hear the first part of Nic's conversation with Susan Burton, a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, and outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. Susan shares why she founded A New Way of Life, shines a light on the policies and practices that encourage mass incarceration, and offers advice for leaders and organizations for building infrastructure and investing in their communities.

59. Rewriting the Narrative for Community Investment with Susan Burton (RECAST- PART I)

The story of Ms. Susan Burton is a story of redemption and overcoming the odds. After the loss of her 5-year old son, addiction took hold of Ms. Burton sending her on a decades-long journey of incarceration and recidivism. After six separate stints in prison, Ms. Burton found sobriety and founded her own nonprofit, A New Way of Life, which aims to help other women break the cycle of incarceration.\r\n\r\nThrough this work, Ms. Burton pushed for reforms that reduced the mass incarceration of African Americans, overcrowding in the state's prisons, and for those stuck in the cycle to truly get back on their feet. A New Way of Life provides housing, case management, employment, legal services, leadership development, and community organizing on behalf of, and alongside people who struggle to rebuild their lives after incarceration.\r\n\r\nIn addition to her advocacy work, Ms. Susan Burton is the author of Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women, where she shares her own experiences with addiction, incarceration, and trauma.\r\n\r\nIn honor of the 2022 Charles R. See Forum on Reentry in partnership with Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, the City Club will welcome Ms. Susan Burton virtually, in conversation with an in-person live panel on reentry.

The City Club of Cleveland Podcast

The 2022 Charles R. See Annual Forum on Reentry featuring Ms. Susan Burton

The 2022 Charles R. See Annual Forum on Reentry featuring Ms. Susan Burton Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/programs/city-club-forum/the-2022-charles-r-see-annual-forum-on-reentry-featuring-ms-susan-burton.

The City Club Forum

The 2022 Charles R. See Annual Forum on Reentry featuring Ms. Susan Burton Detailed show notes at <a href="https://www.ideastream.org/programs/city-club-forum/the-2022-charles-r-see-annual-forum-on-reentry-featuring-ms-susan-burton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ideastream.org/programs/city-club-forum/the-2022-charles-r-see-annual-forum-on-reentry-featuring-ms-susan-burton</a>.

Susan Burton is an author, writer and editor on This American Life. Her brilliant memoir Empty was published in 2020 to critical acclaim.  Chronicling the binge-eating disorder and subsequent anorexia which dominated Susan’s life, Empty is a must read for anyone with any type of eating disorder/addiction or for those who simply love a good book.As a kid Susan was scared of food. Scared that food would make her sick or that, “something would get in me, that I could never get out.” When she was nine she went on a diet and barely ate for a week. She felt light and empty.Years later, Susan was commissioned to write about the cultural history of teenage girlhood but her own story kept butting in and demanding to be heard.I feel very strongly that by having these intimate and maybe difficult conversations the healing can start. As  our vulnerability is shared, our shame, the most toxic of all, can be publicly aired.  Join me to find out about Susan’s story and her book Empty. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS:[03:00] - Scared of food - picky[13:00] - Sophomore year - light and empty[19:00] - Bingeing[30:00] - Anorexia and marriage[39:02] - Writing EmptyCONNECT WITH SUSAN:Instagram: @susanmasonburtonWebsite: susanburton.netSusan’s memoir EMPTY @randomhouseTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know your thoughts on Instagram @thisfoodthingpodcast and consider leaving an honest review and rating for the show on iTunes, it helps with the ranking and as this is a brand new podcast, I’d be extremely grateful. Don’t forget to also subscribe to the show at the top of this page!

Love This Food Thing

Susan Burton is an author, writer and editor on This American Life. Her brilliant memoir Empty was published in 2020 to critical acclaim.  Chronicling the binge-eating disorder and subsequent anorexia which dominated Susan’s life, Empty is a must read for anyone with any type of eating disorder/addiction or for those who simply love a good book.As a kid Susan was scared of food. Scared that food would make her sick or that, “something would get in me, that I could never get out.” When she was nine she went on a diet and barely ate for a week. She felt light and empty.Years later, Susan was commissioned to write about the cultural history of teenage girlhood but her own story kept butting in and demanding to be heard.I feel very strongly that by having these intimate and maybe difficult conversations the healing can start. As  our vulnerability is shared, our shame, the most toxic of all, can be publicly aired.  Join me to find out about Susan’s story and her book Empty. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS:<ul><li>[03:00] - Scared of food - picky</li><li>[13:00] - Sophomore year - light and empty</li><li>[19:00] - Bingeing</li><li>[30:00] - Anorexia and marriage</li><li>[39:02] - Writing Empty</li></ul> CONNECT WITH SUSAN:Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/susanmasonburton" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@susanmasonburton</a>Website: <a href="http://susanburton.net" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">susanburton.net</a>Susan’s memoir EMPTY @randomhouse THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know your thoughts on Instagram <a href="http://instagram.com/thisfoodthingpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@thisfoodthingpodcast </a>and consider leaving an honest review and rating for the show on iTunes, it helps with the ranking and as this is a brand new podcast, I’d be extremely grateful. Don’t forget to also subscribe to the show at the top of this page!

Binge-Eating Disorder, Anorexia and Feeling EMPTY with Susan Burton

Susan Burton is the one-time producer &amp; now editor of the Pulitzer Prize winning weekly public radio show and podcast - This American Life - heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations across America; with another 2.5 million people downloading the podcast each week.  Susan’s radio documentaries have won numerous awards, including an Overseas Press Club citation, &amp; The film Unaccompanied Minors, which was directed by Freaks &amp; Geeks creator Paul Feig, is based on one of her personal essays. And Susan’s writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New Yorker, &amp; she’s a former editor of Harper's. Susan graduated from Yale in 1995.  So as far as professional pedigree goes, she’s incredibly inspiring.And yet, despite all the successes &amp; achievements, Susan has silently lived with anorexia &amp; binge eating disorder since she was 13 years old.  Now in her 40s, Susan bravely shares with me - as she has in her incredible memoir EMPTY - that food’s been the source of her anxieties for as long as she can remember.And whilst Susan’s working towards recovery, she’s the first to admit, she’s still a work in progress.This is Susan’s story …BUT BEFORE YOU GO…Find out more about Susan hereFind out where to buy Susan’s incredible memoir, "Empty", hereListen to This American Life hereFollow Susan on Find out more about Tam hereFollow Tam on InstaFollow BRAVE JOURNEYS on InstaJoin the conversation and chat about the episode hereNEED MORE INSPIRATION?Find other BRAVE JOURNEYS episodes hereCREDITS:Creator, Host &amp; Executive Producer: Tammi FaradayWith thanks to my special guest: Susan BurtonAudio Editor: Zoltan FecsoWith very special thanks to George Weinberg. BRAVE JOURNEYS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we record this podcast on, the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung who are part of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

BRAVE JOURNEYS with TAMMI FARADAY

Susan Burton is the one-time producer &amp; now editor of the Pulitzer Prize winning weekly public radio show and podcast - <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This American Life</a> - heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations across America; with another 2.5 million people downloading the podcast each week.  Susan’s radio documentaries have won numerous awards, including an Overseas Press Club citation, &amp; The film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488658/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unaccompanied Minors</a>, which was directed by Freaks &amp; Geeks creator Paul Feig, is based on one of her <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/175/babysitting/act-two-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">personal essays</a>. And Susan’s writing has appeared in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/magazine/terry-gross-and-the-art-of-opening-up.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times Magazine</a>, <a href="http://www.slate.com/authors.susan_burton.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slate</a>, <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/susan-burton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a>, &amp; she’s a former editor of Harper's. Susan graduated from Yale in 1995.  So as far as professional pedigree goes, she’s incredibly inspiring.And yet, despite all the successes &amp; achievements, Susan has silently lived with anorexia &amp; binge eating disorder since she was 13 years old.  Now in her 40s, Susan bravely shares with me - as she has in her incredible memoir EMPTY - that food’s been the source of her anxieties for as long as she can remember.And whilst Susan’s working towards recovery, she’s the first to admit, she’s still a work in progress.This is Susan’s story …BUT BEFORE YOU GO…Find out more about Susan <a href="http://www.susanburton.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>Find out where to buy Susan’s incredible memoir, "Empty", <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/214241/empty-by-susan-burton/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>Listen to This American Life<a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>Follow Susan on Find out more about Tam <a href="http://www.tammifaraday.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>Follow Tam on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tamfaraday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Insta</a>Follow BRAVE JOURNEYS on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bravejourneyspodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Insta</a>Join the conversation and chat about the episode <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bravejourneyspodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> NEED MORE INSPIRATION?Find other BRAVE JOURNEYS episodes <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/brave" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> CREDITS:Creator, Host &amp; Executive Producer: <a href="https://www.tammifaraday.com/brave-journeys-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tammi Faraday</a>With thanks to my special guest: <a href="http://www.susanburton.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Susan Burton</a>Audio Editor: <a href="https://www.zoltanfecso.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoltan Fecso</a>With very special thanks to George Weinberg. BRAVE JOURNEYS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we record this podcast on, the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung who are part of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Susan Burton - Empty

Rachel Kushner

Today's bonus episode of The Freedom Takes is a collaboration with the National Book Foundation. Over the last three years, the foundation's Literature for Justice committees have curated thought-provoking reading lists on the topic of mass incarceration. Dwayne is a former committee member and a selected author. The Foundation has partnered with Freedom Reads to send Literature for Justice titles to reading groups in prisons and juvenile detention centers nationwide.On today's episode, Dwayne returned to moderate a discussion with authors and committee members Susan Burton (Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women, 2019-2020 Reading List) and Rachel Kushner (The Mars Room, 2019-2020 Reading List) in conversation on their work and the larger work of literature inside and outside of prisons to open new worlds of possibility.

The Freedom Takes

Today's bonus episode of The Freedom Takes is a collaboration with the National Book Foundation. Over the last three years, the foundation's Literature for Justice committees have curated thought-provoking reading lists on the topic of mass incarceration. Dwayne is a former committee member and a selected author. The Foundation has partnered with Freedom Reads to send Literature for Justice titles to reading groups in prisons and juvenile detention centers nationwide. On today's episode, Dwayne returned to moderate a discussion with authors and committee members Susan Burton (Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women, 2019-2020 Reading List) and Rachel Kushner (The Mars Room, 2019-2020 Reading List) in conversation on their work and the larger work of literature inside and outside of prisons to open new worlds of possibility.

Telling Stories of Inside: Susan Burton and Rachel Kushner

Susan Burton's memoir, Empty, is one of my favorite recent books. I'm really excited to share our conversation which we had at the beginning of the pandemic. Now it feels like a lifetime ago! Susan is an editor at This American Life on where the episodes she has produced include "Ten Sessions," "Five Women," and "Tell Me I'm Fat.” Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New Yorker, and others. Empty is the story of Susan’s secret eating disorders, both anorexia and binge eating disorder, that defined her adolescence and adulthood. We talked about her book becoming both a confession about the painful secrets she had been living with and sharing her story as a means of recovery and connection. Our interview was the first one she had done and she meaningfully shed light on habits and compulsions, how we hide our turmoil, and the road to sharing ourselves with the people closest to us. Purchase Susan's book on Amazon or Bookshop:Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ggu5dCBookshop: https://bit.ly/2RLSVaY   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moms Don't Have Time to Move and Shake

Susan Burton's memoir, Empty, is one of my favorite recent books. I'm really excited to share our conversation which we had at the beginning of the pandemic. Now it feels like a lifetime ago! Susan is an editor at This American Life on where the episodes she has produced include "Ten Sessions," "Five Women," and "Tell Me I'm Fat.” Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New Yorker, and others. Empty is the story of Susan’s secret eating disorders, both anorexia and binge eating disorder, that defined her adolescence and adulthood. We talked about her book becoming both a confession about the painful secrets she had been living with and sharing her story as a means of recovery and connection. Our interview was the first one she had done and she meaningfully shed light on habits and compulsions, how we hide our turmoil, and the road to sharing ourselves with the people closest to us. Purchase Susan's book on Amazon or Bookshop:Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/3ggu5dC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3ggu5dC</a>Bookshop: <a href="https://bit.ly/2RLSVaY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2RLSVaY</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Susan Burton, EMPTY

Susan Burton is a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, founder of A New Way of Life, and outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. Following the tragic accidental death of her five-year-old son, Susan’s world collapsed. Her loss snapped the final tether of resilience burdened by a past of pain and trauma. She descended into an emotional abyss of darkness and despair, but living in South Los Angeles, Susan didn’t have access to the resources she needed to heal. Without support, she turned to drugs and alcohol, which led to nearly 20 years revolving in and out of prison.Drawing on her personal experiences, she founded A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL) in 1998, dedicating her life to helping other women break the cycle of incarceration. ANWOL provides resources such as housing, case management, employment, legal services, leadership development and community organizing on behalf of, and with, people who struggle to rebuild their lives after incarceration.

Susan Burton is a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, founder of A New Way of Life, and outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. Following the tragic accidental death of her five-year-old son, Susan’s world collapsed. Her loss snapped the final tether of resilience burdened by a past of pain and trauma. She descended into an emotional abyss of darkness and despair, but living in South Los Angeles, Susan didn’t have access to the resources she needed to heal. Without support, she turned to drugs and alcohol, which led to nearly 20 years revolving in and out of prison. Drawing on her personal experiences, she founded A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL) in 1998, dedicating her life to helping other women break the cycle of incarceration. ANWOL provides resources such as housing, case management, employment, legal services, leadership development and community organizing on behalf of, and with, people who struggle to rebuild their lives after incarceration.