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Episode 3 | Billie Edison — "For Such a Time as This"

What do you do when you're surrounded by US Marshals, guns pointed at your head, and you've already told yourself you'd never go to prison alive?

Billie Edison did the one thing she never expected — she listened.

In this episode of B.A.S.I.C. Conversations, Brother Boston sits down with his friend and fellow Last Mile alumni Billie Edison — a mother of seven, a woman of faith, and one of the most remarkable transformation stories you'll ever hear. Billie opens up about growing up surrounded by drugs and alcohol, working in the medical field for 23 years while fighting addiction, and the chain of events in 2016 that led to her arrest on charges of felony murder and robbery.

But this isn't a story about what Billie lost. It's about what she chose.

Behind bars, she picked up a Bible she had no interest in reading — and encountered a peace she had never felt from any drug, any relationship, or anything in this world. Then came the decision that changed everything: with early release on the table and her attorney ready to go, Billie told God she needed a sign. She asked Him specifically — if you want me to stay, someone has to tell me I was brought here for such a time as this. The very next day, at a seminar, a woman on the screen said exactly that.

So she chose to stay.

She completed The Last Mile Program, came home, and within two years landed a job in the IT department of the Indiana Pacers. She has since purchased her own home, her own car, and is actively going back into prisons across the country to bring hope to those still inside.

God didn't just change her circumstances. He gave her a purpose she couldn't have planned for herself.

This one will stay with you.

Key topics: addiction and recovery, finding faith while incarcerated, The Last Mile Program, reentry, restoration, purpose after prison

Episode #2: "We're Gonna Be Okay" — Molly Kelly

In this powerful conversation, Brother Boston sits down with Molly Kelly, Executive Director of Upper Room Recovery Community — who also happens to be his wife.

Molly shares her raw, unfiltered journey from 20 years of meth and heroin addiction to nearly three years in Indiana Women's Correctional Facility, where she found something unexpected: joy. She opens up about the day before her arrest when she was already looking for a way out, how prison became the place where she truly met God, and the leap of faith that brought her to California to marry a man she'd only known through letters and phone calls.

Now leading transitional housing and recovery programs in South Bend, Molly breaks down the brutal reality of the overdose crisis, the emotional toll of helping others while protecting her own sobriety, and why she believes recovery is 110% possible — even when it's hard.

If you've ever felt like you're too far gone, this episode is for you.

B.A.S.I.C. Conversations - Episode 001: Oak Smith

What happens when a formerly incarcerated man sits down with the warden who led the prison during his time inside?

Host Brother Boston welcomes Oak Smith - former Acting Warden of San Quentin State Prison - for a raw conversation about faith, transformation, and second chances.

Oak spent 27 years in California corrections. He shares how "checking his humanity at the gate" nearly destroyed him, why he played pickleball with incarcerated residents, and the moment he realized he'd been living as a "fake Christian" for 15 years.

Brother Boston opens up about finding freedom in Christ while incarcerated and the anxiety of reentering society.

Together, they explore the dehumanization on both sides of the bars, the mental health crisis among correctional officers, and what it means to live your faith when it's hardest.

Two men. Two perspectives. One truth: transformation is possible.

Guest: Oak Smith, former Acting Warden of San Quentin (retired Nov 2024)

Host: Brother Boston, founder of B.A.S.I.C. Ministry, former San Quentin resident