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100 Days to Redemption
The ex-criminal who turned MrBeast’s prison challenge into redemption
In February 2025, Ian Bick, once a convicted felon, now a podcaster - joined MrBeast’s 100-Day Prison Challenge. Locked in with a former NYPD officer for a shot at $500,000, Ian not only endured the full 100 days but used his winnings to pay down federal restitution, transforming internet spectacle into a real-life step toward redemption.
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Listen to riveting life stories shared by a diverse array of individuals, guided by Ian Bick whose own stint in federal prison offers a unique viewpoint as host.
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Kent McGowen
I Was a Texas Cop — Then I Spent 20 Years in Prison
Kent McGowen grew up in Texas in a good family with a father in the oil business and a brother who became a cop — served honorably in the United States Air Force became a Houston police officer and eventually became a sheriff's deputy in Harris County. In August 1992 while executing a felony warrant as part of a larger weapons operation the situation escalated when the woman he was there to arrest pulled a gun on him. He warned her repeatedly to drop the weapon before firing in what he says was an act of self defense. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares how the DA's office pursued him even after internal affairs cleared the shooting, what two separate trials and two separate convictions looked like from the inside, how the judge sentenced him to 20 years in the Texas prison system, what surviving as a former cop inside Texas's most brutal prisons actually required of him, and why he believes the corruption that sent him there runs far deeper than anyone in that system ever wanted to admit.
LATEST EPISODE
Kent McGowen
I Was a Texas Cop — Then I Spent 20 Years in Prison
Kent McGowen grew up in Texas in a good family with a father in the oil business and a brother who became a cop — served honorably in the United States Air Force became a Houston police officer and eventually became a sheriff's deputy in Harris County. In August 1992 while executing a felony warrant as part of a larger weapons operation the situation escalated when the woman he was there to arrest pulled a gun on him. He warned her repeatedly to drop the weapon before firing in what he says was an act of self defense. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares how the DA's office pursued him even after internal affairs cleared the shooting, what two separate trials and two separate convictions looked like from the inside, how the judge sentenced him to 20 years in the Texas prison system, what surviving as a former cop inside Texas's most brutal prisons actually required of him, and why he believes the corruption that sent him there runs far deeper than anyone in that system ever wanted to admit.
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MEET YOUR HOST,
IAN BICK
Ian Bick is an entrepreneur, storyteller, and host of the hit podcast Locked In with Ian Bick, where he explores real stories of incarceration, redemption, and the human capacity for change. His content has reached hundreds of millions of viewers across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Spotify.
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'Recently, Bobby spoke with Ian Bick on Locked In, where he opened up about his prison stint. One of his transfers, he spent at Rikers Island. “A lot of drugs. Lot of drugs, gang banging,” Bobby Shmurda recalls. He also recounts a large chunk of his time in IPC (Involuntary Protective Custody) and in “the box,” or solitary confinement.'
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UNLOCKING IAN BICK
Ian Bick spent three years in federal detention. He turned the experience into one of the most powerful prison influencing platforms in America.
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‘I always thought that the nightclub story… was the power. The power is what is in prison because that’s what makes me genuinely different.'
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FROM LOCKED UP TO LOCKED IN
Ex-cat burglar — here’s how I broke into 200 homes, stole $7M
