Episodes

  • The Crash | 1

    The Crash | 1
    Nov 13 2024
    Binge all episodes of Fire Escape exclusively and ad-free, right now on Wondery+ or Amazon Music. Start your free trial in the Wondery App, Amazon Music or by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. How did Amika Mota go from a midwife and mother of three to a prisoner inside one of the largest women's prisons on Earth? Handcuffed to a hospital bed, awaiting trial, Amika tries to come to grips with the tragic crash that cost one man his life and took her away from her children. Inside the Chowchilla prison walls, she faces the "green cops" and the threat of solitary confinement. Outside the walls sits Firehouse Five, the home of the legendary crew of incarcerated firefighters called the Fire Girls. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    32 mins
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  • Escape | 2

    Escape | 2
    Nov 13 2024
    Amika is thrown in the hole for forty days. Locked in a windowless cell, she can hear the women through the walls losing their sanity. To protect herself, Amika must shut down all connections with everyone she loves: her cellies, her mom, and even her kids. The world looks dark until she sees a small light that may illuminate a path to her new life when she gets a call from the firehouse. Binge all episodes of Fire Escape exclusively and ad-free, right now on Wondery+ or Amazon Music. Start your free trial in the Wondery App, Amazon Music or by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    28 mins
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  • Release | 5

    Release | 5
    Nov 13 2024
    As wildland fires burn hotter and stronger across California, Amika and the incarcerated firefighters are put in extreme danger. At a massive, out of control fire, Amika must defy orders for the sake of the women on her crew. Binge all episodes of Fire Escape exclusively and ad-free, right now on Wondery+ or Amazon Music. Start your free trial in the Wondery App, Amazon Music or by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    31 mins
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  • Worthy | 6

    Worthy | 6
    Nov 13 2024
    The Fire Girls blast their sirens to salute Amika as she is released from prison after seven years. She has no career, no home, no money, and teenage children who have been waiting for their mom to return. But the hardest part of regaining her freedom, would be believing that she is worthy. Binge all episodes of Fire Escape exclusively and ad-free, right now on Wondery+ or Amazon Music. Start your free trial in the Wondery App, Amazon Music or by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    32 mins
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  • Bonus Episode: Brittany with Special Guest Anna Sale | 7

    Bonus Episode: Brittany with Special Guest Anna Sale | 7
    Dec 9 2024
    Brittany Davies' house burned to the ground when she was a little girl. She was kept on life support for months until she miraculously awoke in the hospital. As a mom, her life came to a screeching halt when she faced losing contact with her own child. Special guest Anna Sale, host of the podcast Death, Sex & Money joins us in the studio to talk about Brittany's story, and what happens when mothers are separated from their children. Binge all episodes of Fire Escape exclusively and ad-free, right now on Wondery+ or Amazon Music. Start your free trial in the Wondery App, Amazon Music or by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    37 mins
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  • Bonus Episode: KD with Special Guest Earlonne Woods | 8

    Bonus Episode: KD with Special Guest Earlonne Woods | 8
    Dec 9 2024
    This BONUS episode of Fire Escape is available exclusively for Wondery+ and Amazon Music subscribers. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. From one of California's most notorious juvenile detention centers, a 16-year-old girl named KD joins fire camp. There she fights wildfires side-by-side with free firefighters, dropping in from helicopters, sawing down trees, and securing ridgelines. When she's released and tries to become a professional firefighter on the outside, she faces a different reality. Special Guest Earlonne Woods, from the podcast Ear Hustle, joins us in the studio to talk about KD’s story, and life after incarceration. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    40 mins
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  • Bonus Episode: Jodi with Special Guest Stephanie Foo | 9

    Bonus Episode: Jodi with Special Guest Stephanie Foo | 9
    Dec 9 2024
    This BONUS episode of Fire Escape is available exclusively for Wondery+ and Amazon Music subscribers. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. As a kid at home reading National Geographic, Jodi Biers found an article about smoke jumpers – women who jumped out of helicopters to fight wildfires. Jodi knew that she’d found her calling. But when her firefighting crew suffers a catastrophe, Jodi’s life spun out of control and she ended up in prison, and – she thought – stripped of her firefighting role forever. Special Guest Stephanie Foo, author of, “What My Bones Know: A memoir of Healing from Complex PTSD,” joins us in the studio to talk about interviewing people in traumatic environments. This episode mentions suicide. Please take care while listening. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline can be reached at 988 or by visting 988Lifeline.org See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    38 mins
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  • Bonus Episode: Adrianna with special Guest Sukey Lewis | 10

    Bonus Episode: Adrianna with special Guest Sukey Lewis | 10
    Dec 9 2024
    This BONUS episode of Fire Escape is available exclusively for Wondery+ and Amazon Music subscribers. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. No one ever comes back to Chowchilla once they have been freed from prison. But as a Fire Girl, Adrianna Montiel had saved lives and battled blazes hand in hand with the Chowchilla Volunteer Fire Department for years. When it came time for her release, the one place she wanted to live was the town where she got her start. Special Guest Sukey Lewis, host of the podcast "On Our Watch" from KQED, joins us in the studio to talk about prison town culture. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    38 mins
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