Yvette Gentile
speaker
2,097 appearances
23 recordings
4 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 6d ago
Yvette Gentile’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 23 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 7.
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Which is why many Ohlone people were frightened of the island.
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They believed the dead souls that lived on Alcatraz were evil and violent.
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And the Miwok had similar legends.
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If anyone broke the laws in their communities, the punishment was banishment to Alcatraz.
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There they believed the ghost would kill the convicted person, then torment their soul for all eternity.
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So maybe Alcatraz is a home to evil spirits or a gateway to the underworld.
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But you don't need a portal to explain the dark energy on the island.
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For as long as anyone remembers, this island has been associated with death and despair.
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It's impossible to estimate how many people lost their lives there over the decades.
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Even those who survived their sentences spent years on that island.
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Close enough to see the lights of San Francisco.
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Close enough to hear the city thriving without them.
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Laughing, moving, free.
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Everything Alcatraz was designed to take away.
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We started this episode asking why the fear of prison keeps most of us in line.
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Maybe now we have our answer.
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It's not just the walls.
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It's the idea that a place can hold you long after it has any right to.
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That some cages don't have doors.
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And if Alcatraz has taught us anything, it's that time may free the body,
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