Ear Hustle
Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
Ear Hustle
Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
Ear Hustle brings you the daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration. The podcast is a partnership between Nigel Poor, a Bay Area visual artist, and Earlonne Woods, formerly incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and was co-founded with former San Quentin resident Antwan Williams. The Ear Hustle team works in the San Francisco Bay Area, both in San Quentin State Prison’s media lab and from offices on the outside, to produce stories that are sometimes difficult, often funny and always honest. Episodes offer a nuanced view of people involved with the American prison system and those reintegrating into society after serving time.
Wednesday 09 June 2021 : Leslie has served more time in prison than anyone we’ve ever interviewed on the show: over half a century, for a crime committed when she...
Wednesday 26 May 2021 : A year after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer, the Ear Hustle team and friends talk about their first interactions...
Wednesday 12 May 2021 : Toothpaste, ramen noodles, sneakers, coffee creamer. If you want to shop from prison, it’s either the commissary or a prison-approved...
Wednesday 28 April 2021 : Can you have an Xbox in your prison cell? Is it OK to say “inmate”? How have stimulus checks affected the prison economy? Ear Hustle...
Wednesday 14 April 2021 : A small Israeli bakery in downtown San Francisco has offered first jobs to dozens of lifers just out of prison. Four employees share their...
Wednesday 31 March 2021 : Marcel and Angie each spent years in prisons determined by the gender on their birth certificate, not the one they identify with. Being...
Wednesday 17 March 2021 : Visiting a loved one in prison is both emotionally intense and constrained by countless rules – from how much PDA is too much PDA, to what...
Wednesday 03 March 2021 : A lot has happened since we got behind the mics to record Ear Hustle’s first season. As we begin our seventh, we catch up with three...
Wednesday 17 February 2021 : While we work on our next season, launching March 3, we’re excited to introduce you to a new podcast series that we love, and think Ear...
Wednesday 23 December 2020 : One in five incarcerated people in the U.S. has tested positive for COVID-19, and here in California, more than 100 people have died in...
Wednesday 09 December 2020 : In 1990, Leonard attacked a female hiker off a trail along the California coast. Three decades later, we hear the rest of the story, and...
Wednesday 25 November 2020 : Incarcerated people have long played an important role in firefighting in California. Now, in the middle of the state’s worst fire season...
Wednesday 11 November 2020 : Back before the pandemic, Nigel and Earlonne joined Jenn White (WAMU’s 1A, formerly WBEZ) on stage in Chicago for a conversation about how...
Wednesday 21 October 2020 : Incarceration doesn’t just separate a parent from his or her child, it changes that relationship forever, often leaving wounds that may...
Wednesday 07 October 2020 : For our first-annual Ear Hustle Cook Off, four formerly-incarcerated people replicate meals they used to make inside their cells, using only...
Wednesday 23 September 2020 : Six cubic feet. That’s how much stuff each incarcerated person in California is allowed to have in his or her cell. The few personal...
Wednesday 09 September 2020 : Being incarcerated doesn’t always mean staying in one place. Ear Hustle kicks off Season Six with stories from inside the vans and buses...
Wednesday 22 July 2020 : Ear Hustle will be back with new episodes starting September 9. In the meantime, we talk with people experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak at...
Wednesday 10 June 2020 : Getting out of prison means freedom, but this liberation often comes with caveats. In our final episode of the season, three formerly...
Wednesday 27 May 2020 : Hollywood loves stories about fugitives on the run, but in reality that lifestyle is anything but glamorous, especially for those who get...
Wednesday 13 May 2020 : Every season we answer questions from listeners in our Catch a Kite episode. This time around, formerly incarcerated people lend their...
Wednesday 29 April 2020 : Four women share their stories of loving incarcerated men, and the challenges they face in maintaining their relationships, staying hopeful...
Wednesday 15 April 2020 : One crime is treated differently than all others, both inside and outside prison. People who commit sex crimes against children are often...
Wednesday 01 April 2020 : The relationships between incarcerated people and the correctional officers who guard their prisons are often as bad as you might expect....
Wednesday 18 March 2020 : As the Coronavirus pandemic locks down parts of America and the world, we revisit an episode from 2018 about how the San Quentin community...
Ear Hustle
Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
Home for Me Is Really a Memory
Leslie has served more time in prison than anyone we’ve ever interviewed on the show: over half a century, for a crime committed when she...
Cracked Windshield
A year after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer, the Ear Hustle team and friends talk about their first interactions...
The Whole Shabang
Toothpaste, ramen noodles, sneakers, coffee creamer. If you want to shop from prison, it’s either the commissary or a prison-approved...
Catch a Kite 6
Can you have an Xbox in your prison cell? Is it OK to say “inmate”? How have stimulus checks affected the prison economy? Ear Hustle...
Lifer Bakery
A small Israeli bakery in downtown San Francisco has offered first jobs to dozens of lifers just out of prison. Four employees share their...
Marcel and Angie
Marcel and Angie each spent years in prisons determined by the gender on their birth certificate, not the one they identify with. Being...
Hot Trash
Visiting a loved one in prison is both emotionally intense and constrained by countless rules – from how much PDA is too much PDA, to what...
Sugarbutt's a Snail
A lot has happened since we got behind the mics to record Ear Hustle’s first season. As we begin our seventh, we catch up with three...
Ear Hustle Presents: Suave
While we work on our next season, launching March 3, we’re excited to introduce you to a new podcast series that we love, and think Ear...
The Bells
One in five incarcerated people in the U.S. has tested positive for COVID-19, and here in California, more than 100 people have died in...
The Trail
In 1990, Leonard attacked a female hiker off a trail along the California coast. Three decades later, we hear the rest of the story, and...
Crew No. 7
Incarcerated people have long played an important role in firefighting in California. Now, in the middle of the state’s worst fire season...
On Stage in Chicago
Back before the pandemic, Nigel and Earlonne joined Jenn White (WAMU’s 1A, formerly WBEZ) on stage in Chicago for a conversation about how...
Are You Listening?
Incarceration doesn’t just separate a parent from his or her child, it changes that relationship forever, often leaving wounds that may...
The Great Ear Hustle Cook Off
For our first-annual Ear Hustle Cook Off, four formerly-incarcerated people replicate meals they used to make inside their cells, using only...
The Christmas Boxes
Six cubic feet. That’s how much stuff each incarcerated person in California is allowed to have in his or her cell. The few personal...
The Gray Goose
Being incarcerated doesn’t always mean staying in one place. Ear Hustle kicks off Season Six with stories from inside the vans and buses...
Ear Hustle Extra: Summer Listening
Ear Hustle will be back with new episodes starting September 9. In the meantime, we talk with people experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak at...
Nobody Comes Back
Getting out of prison means freedom, but this liberation often comes with caveats. In our final episode of the season, three formerly...
Tired of Running
Hollywood loves stories about fugitives on the run, but in reality that lifestyle is anything but glamorous, especially for those who get...
Catch a Kite 5
Every season we answer questions from listeners in our Catch a Kite episode. This time around, formerly incarcerated people lend their...
Hold That Space
Four women share their stories of loving incarcerated men, and the challenges they face in maintaining their relationships, staying hopeful...
Sorry Means Nothing
One crime is treated differently than all others, both inside and outside prison. People who commit sex crimes against children are often...
Us and Them
The relationships between incarcerated people and the correctional officers who guard their prisons are often as bad as you might expect....
Locked Down Again
As the Coronavirus pandemic locks down parts of America and the world, we revisit an episode from 2018 about how the San Quentin community...
