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Her Majesty's Philosophers

WUNC | By Dick Gordon

Published May 8, 2013 at 12:12 PM EDT

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Alan Smith spent 14 years teaching philosophy and literature to violent criminals in a prison in England until he realized he was changing, slowly "becoming more of the prison than I wanted to be," and had to walk away.

Hear Alan Smith's interview on The Story with Dick Gordon on the show's site. Also in this edition: the original Teenage Diary of Frankie Lewchuck, who was really close to his dad – until the day his dad almost went away for good.

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Before coming to North Carolina Public Radio to host The Story, Dick Gordon was host of The Connection, a daily national call-in talk show produced in Boston, from 2001 to 2005. Gordon is well-known in the profession as an experienced, seasoned journalist with an extensive background in both international and domestic reporting. He was a war correspondent and back-up host for the CBC's This Morning, a national current affairs radio program. An award winning journalist, he has also served as a Parliamentary reporter, Moscow correspondent and South Asia correspondent for both radio and television.

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