Jim Chapman

Co-Host

Jim Chapman has been a historian of prisons his entire life.
His first visit to Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was at the age of 11 with his church youth group.
Since that time Jim has visited angola countless times which lit his passion for America's prison history!

Jim Chapman is also the award winning Creator and Host of Local Leaders the Podcast.
Jim is also founder of several companies including Envision Podcast Production, Envision Podcast studio Rentals and The Louisiana Podcast Association.

Jim has received numerous awards for his podcasting efforts including being recognized as a finalist for a Peoples Choice Podcast award for Best Business Podcast in 2021 and In 2022 his podcast Local Leaders again was nominated for a Peoples Choice Podcast Award for Best Business Podcast.

Jim also wears executive producing hats for topped ranked podcast including Real Life Real Crime, and Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast by Kelly Jennings.

Jim's editing and sound mixing skills are also well known and he is managing sound and video editor for several top podcast including RLRC, Unspeakable, The Death of Journalism and Real Life Real Crime Daily where he also serves in a co-hosting role.