Peep Show: Russian Prison Radio

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Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a Russian prison that has a playlist designed to torture it's prisoners featuring Moby and Bon Jovi. They play the songs day after day, month after month to drive them crazy.

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00:00one of russia's strictest prisons has a playlist of songs it plays to inmates every morning over

00:15the loudspeakers to drive them crazy time to go to the front lines wake up in ukraine

00:21sound like that uh moby oh wow is featured every morning wake up sons of bitches no not this moby

00:31yeah moby again no no yeah woman

00:39yeah i love russian movie yeah

00:44yeah woman something

00:50yeah

00:52yeah so moby's on there uh also on the playlist every single morning

01:01oh yeah

01:03oh yeah

01:05oh yeah

01:07oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah

01:11johnny likes to work on the docks

01:15the union went on strike he's down on his luck so tough

01:21oh

01:23so

01:25i'd listen to the russian guys singing along

01:29there's probably a lot of russian bon jovi tribute oh

01:33i'm sure there would be my guess

01:37yeah

01:39this is terrible way to wake up i can't stand up

01:43and then uh this one also

01:45every single morning

01:47ah

01:49yonder

01:51well

01:57acdc's thunderstruck

01:59everyone wake up and

02:01rock out

02:03this

02:05prison is located about 11 miles from the city center of moscow it has hosted political

02:09prisoners

02:11i was caught

02:13in the middle of a railroad track

02:15thunder

02:17yonder

02:19i look around

02:21and i knew there was no turning back

02:23artists have been housed here organized crime figures business leaders terrorists

02:31and government officials accused of committing various crimes

02:37they say it's all in effect

02:39to torture them a little more for all their wrongdoings

02:43man

02:45we like torture here in russia

02:47they do

02:49and the plunger in the butt

02:51the same playlist is repeated

02:53day after day

02:55month after month

02:57heard every morning

02:59by thousands of russian prisoners

03:01including political prisoners

03:03kind of like working at some radio stations

03:07same thing

03:09we have been tortured

03:11representatives for bon jovi

03:13and mobi

03:15did not return

03:17they reached out to mobi's management

03:19huh

03:21oh they put two

03:23mobi songs on there

03:25i haven't heard of this other one

03:27have you heard of

03:29maybe russians know more mobi than us

03:31mobi's body rock

03:33oh i think so

03:35have you heard of that one

03:37i don't know if i have

03:39i don't know

03:41oh yeah

03:45oh yeah

03:47yeah

03:49yeah

03:51yeah

03:53get the song was probably big when like fat boy slim

03:55yes that was all that time

03:57yeah

03:59basement jacks

04:01i just get me going in the morning

04:05i mean

04:07for a bit

04:09it's not fun when you're in a russian prison i'm sure

04:11no

04:12and it's 3 a.m. and they just flipped it on

04:15some guys like good morning

04:17here is your milby

04:19prisoners

04:21time for your playlist where the hits keep on coming

04:25russian prison radio

04:29if they really want to torture prisoners

04:31play miss rachel on loop

04:33yeah

04:35yeah some of these aren't that bad

04:37but then you think you hear it every single day

04:39it doesn't matter what

04:41it can be the best song on earth

04:43and if it just keeps playing and keeps playing

04:45and keeps playing

04:47you eventually want to kill yourself

04:49i love the idea of there being a cruel russian dj

04:51and he's just like good morning same songs again

04:53yes

04:55yeah he hits the post every time

04:57his mobile once more let's do it again

04:59it's rock your body

05:01body rock

05:03mobile

05:05on prisons

05:07number one hits

05:09kill yourself radio

05:11russian prison radio

05:13russian prison radio

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