From Me To You's Alison Hitchcock and Brian Greenley didn't know each other well. But when Brian was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Alison offered to write him letters. 100 letters later, their lives were changed.

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From Me To You’s Alison Hitchcock and Brian Greenley didn’t know each other well. But when Brian was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Alison offered to write him letters. 100 letters later, their lives were changed.

Ear Hustle is a podcast made inside San Quentin by and about the men incarcerated there, in collaboration with Nigel Poor. In prison, a letter is a precious thing.

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS:

You can donate a letter to a stranger via From Me To You; click here to find out more about how to do that, and here for tips to start a letter to a stranger.
See some of Ear Hustle's kites.
Samara O'Shea wrote letters on behalf of people - if you couldn't write your own love letter or break-up letter, you used to be able to hire her to do it. I'm halfway through her book about it.
The Letter Writing Alliance aims to keep letter writing alive.
The Letter Farmer is a pop-up letter writing experience.
Earlier this week, I answered your questions about how this show is made.
The transcript of this episode is at theallusionist.org/transcripts/open-me-1.

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CREDITS:

From Me To You was founded by Alison Hitchcock and Brian Greenley. Find it at frommetoyouletters.co.uk. And they received a Points of Light Award the other day!
Ear Hustle is produced by Earlonne Woods, Antwan Williams and Nigel Poor. Visit earhustlesq.com to hear the show, see some of the kites and learn where to send one yourself.
This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman, with Martin Austwick, who does the music for the show. Pre-order his new album at palebirdmusic.bandcamp.com.
Find me at facebook.com/allusionistshow, twitter.com/allusionistshow, twitter.com/helenzaltzman and instagram.com/helenzaltzman.