Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into the reality of life inside prison. Hosts Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods co-created the show that launched in 2017 while Earlonne was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, where Nigel was a volunteer teaching photography. Since Earlonne’s release in 2018, the show has expanded to include stories from prisons across the state, including the California Institution for Women, as well as stories about getting out of prison and starting over, post-incarceration. From finding romance, to grappling with a life sentence, to trying to parent via 15-minute phone calls, Ear Hustle stories deliver what This American Life host Ira Glass calls a “"very real” and “untragic” take on prison life. Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX, a network of independent listener-supported podcasts. Discover audio with vision at radiotopia.fm and learn more about Ear Hustle at earhustlesq.com.

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episode 1: A Rock Across a Lake


The many things you long for from prison and the compromises you’re willing to make.


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 March 6, 2024  27m
 
 

episode 2: What's Up, Michael Freeman?


Facing the end of life at a prison hospice.


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 March 20, 2024  53m
 
 

episode 3: Five Mirrors


Nigel surprises Earlonne with a story about one of their long-time colleagues inside San Quentin.


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   44m
 
 

episode 4: Hope Lacquer


Give the objects some respect.


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   49m
 
 
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