Ear Hustle

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From PRX’s Radiotopia, Ear Hustle brings you the daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration.

From PRX’s Radiotopia, Ear Hustle brings you the daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration.
Launched in 2017 as the first podcast created and produced in prison, the podcast is a partnership between Nigel Poor, a Bay Area visual artist, and Earlonne Woods, formerly incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison.

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If airing Ear Hustle, please credit "From PRX's Radiotopia..." anywhere on the web that Ear Hustle appears.


76 Pieces

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San Quentin houses California’s only death row for male inmates. And though it’s technically not far from the media lab, access to this area of the...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, and WMMT


  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 41:10
  • Purchases: 3
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You've asked (via postcard), and we have answers! A “kite” is prison slang for a written note. Since Ear Hustle launched, we’ve encouraged listener...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 32:19
  • Purchases: 4
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Parenting is never easy, but from prison it's especially challenging. In this episode, incarcerated fathers share their stories of striving to be p...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, PRX Remix, Public Radio for All and more


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 34:54
  • Purchases: 6
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Looking good and feeling good matters just as much on the inside as on the outside. But in prison, you can't just walk to the barbershop or stop by...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WMMT, PRX Remix, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 32:46
  • Purchases: 4
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Sex trafficking crimes are hard to talk about. In this episode, Sara and LA share their different experiences of being “in the life,” at the same t...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WMMT, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 3
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“Firsts” in prison can be especially memorable: the first time you meet your cellie, or leave the prison for medical treatment, or run your first m...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WMMT, PRX Remix, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 39:05
  • Purchases: 4
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There are only a few ways to leave prison: serve your time, get out early on parole ... or escape. Steve, Danny, Phillip and Ron are all trying to ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WMMT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 31:15
  • Purchases: 4
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Dealing with aging and death is never easy. But in prison, these issues are fraught with extra challenges, both emotional and physical. Meet two in...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WMMT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 24:09
  • Purchases: 4
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“I’m a stupid idiot who stole some money.” Curtis Roberts was sentenced to 50 years to life, under the three strikes law, for committing three non-...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WMMT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 35:24
  • Purchases: 3
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The color of your skin influences your life in prison, from sharing food to celebrating birthdays. Meet Andrew Sabatino (Drew) and Arthur Snowden (...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 4
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Being married in prison is common. Opportunities to get intimate with your spouse are not, and — like everything else inside — are governed by both...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 4
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“Kite” is a common term in prison for a written note. Over the course of the season, listeners have been encouraged to send in their questions abou...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 4
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The hole, the box, solitary confinement. It doesn’t matter what you call it; doing time in the SHU (Security Housing Unit) means you are alone and ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 06, 2018
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 5
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The need to nurture and show love for another living being (or, in San Quentin parlance, “looking out”) is an essential human impulse. Away from yo...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 23:51
  • Purchases: 6
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Tommy Shakur Ross grew up in South Central Los Angles in the 1980’s. As a boy, he was seduced by what he saw as the “glamour” of gang life. Thirty ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 5
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At San Quentin Prison, the typical cell measures approximately 4’ x 9’ and contains a bunk bed, toilet, sink, two men, and their six cubic feet of ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WMMT, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 23:38
  • Purchases: 5