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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...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9 stars from 25,631 ratings
Not what it used to be
I’m finding the stories a lot less meaningful than they used to be. Feels more like meandering pointless musings by the same people
cgram via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 11/11/24
Deeply human, compelling, funny, engaging, insightful, challenging, complex, and humanizing. Worth the download, and the time to listen. And listening to the arc as storytellers are released and transition to civilian life? Heart-expanding. Thank you for giving me so many people to root for in a...Read full review »
lamumfia via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/08/24
Not possible
I can’t afford to buy any episodes
sister mary of the forest via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 11/03/24
Recent Episodes
Earlonne's here with his "mystery" episode, and it's a doozy. He tells Nigel a redemption story wrapped in a drug-trafficking story, and, along the way, dives deep into several subjects we swore we'd never touch. Buckle up.  Thanks to George for telling his story. He co-authored a book about...
Published 11/13/24
Published 11/13/24
Over the past two episodes we’ve been hearing about “memory places” at San Quentin: ordinary-seeming spots that become extraordinary through the eyes of people who spent time there. In this extra mini-ep, Nigel and Earlonne take us to their spots, and down Ear Hustle memory lane.    This episode...
Published 11/06/24
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