Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

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Booking Overview

This is a long-form, first-person interview show focused on incarceration, crime, addiction, policing, trauma, and redemption, typically featuring former inmates, law-enforcement personnel, and people with direct lived experience. Credible pitches include formerly incarcerated advocates, recovery and reentry leaders, criminal-justice professionals, investigators, attorneys, and reform experts with compelling firsthand stories; booking difficulty is low because the show prioritizes accessible professionals and lived-experience guests over highly prominent public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 657

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 530.0k subscribers

Instagram: 221.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Ian Bick - Former federal inmate who became a podcaster and shares candid conversations about incarceration, crime, addiction, trauma, and rebuilding after prison.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Direct lived experience with incarceration, gangs, addiction, recovery, law enforcement, criminal investigations, criminal defense, reentry, trauma, or criminal-justice reform, combined with a compelling personal story or practical expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Served in law enforcement or criminal-justice roles, Survived incarceration or gang and drug involvement, Completed a significant recovery or personal transformation, Advocates for reentry, rehabilitation, or helping others avoid incarceration

Recent Guest Discussions

John Krupinsky - Changes In Policing, Undercover Work, Drug Enforcement, Law-enforcement Cooperation, Community Policing, Officer Trauma, And Modern Policing Challenges.

Sabu Stanley - Brooklyn Street Life, Gang Involvement, Rikers Island, Drug Dealing, Incarceration, Personal Transformation, And Life After Prison.

Julio Almanza - Gang And Cartel Involvement, Drug Smuggling, Mexican And Federal Prisons, Trauma, Addiction, Repeated Incarceration, Redemption, And Helping Others.

Recent Topics

Prison, Criminal Justice, Addiction Recovery, Law Enforcement, Redemption

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Locked In with Ian Bick
:

I Was a Gangbanger in New Jersey — Did 84 Months In Prison— Then a Bullet Finally Woke Me Up | Davione Warren

July 21, 2026

Davione Warren grew up in New Jersey without his father in the picture. His mother worked hard to give him and his siblings a better life — but the streets pulled him in young. Gang life juvenile detention and drug dealing became all he knew. He wanted to use street life to fund a future in music — but instead he did state time in his late teens and caught a federal case in his early 20s that resulted in 84 months in federal prison. When he finally got out a shooting almost took his life — an...

A Corrupt Cop & a Good Cop Sit Down Face to Face — Nothing Is Off Limits | Kyle Overmyer & Michael Smith

July 20, 2026

Kyle Overmyer was a cop who crossed the line — battled addiction and ended up in prison. Michael Smitty Smith was a Philadelphia prison guard and cop who spent his entire career on the right side of the badge. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick they sit down face to face for the first time — and nothing is off limits. They go deep on what creates a corrupt cop, how former officers are treated inside prison, what prison actually does to people who have worn a badge, whether someone who...

I Went to an Ivy League School — Made $60K a Week Selling Weed — Then Got 5 Years in Federal Prison | Kai "Verse" Tyler

July 19, 2026

Kai "Verse" Tyler had every advantage — a great upbringing in New Jersey a successful mother who pushed him to do better an Ivy League education and a promising career in the music business. But despite all of that he was a hustler. What started as selling weed as a teenager scaled into the big leagues — flying pounds across the country working with major connects and generating $60,000 a week in profit at his prime. He made millions in the weed game while simultaneously building a strong rep...

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