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.
All Episodes
My Understanding of This Place, Part 1
October 16, 2024 09:10 · 48min
Election!
October 2, 2024 09:10 · 46min
A Little Streets, a Little Romance, a Little Deception
September 18, 2024 09:09 · 53min
Comfortable Inside
September 4, 2024 09:09 · 47min
Ear Hustle Extra: San Quentin: The Magazine, Issue 2
August 21, 2024 07:08 · 45min
Ear Hustle Extra: Revisiting “This Place”
July 31, 2024 12:07 · 1hr 09min
Ear Hustle Presents: The Moth
July 10, 2024 09:07 · 36min
Ear Hustle Presents: You Didn’t See Nothin
June 26, 2024 09:06 · 33min
Daughters
June 12, 2024 09:06 · 43min
Crocasacks
May 29, 2024 09:05 · 49min
Catch a Kite Nationwide
May 15, 2024 10:05 · 32min
Moms
May 1, 2024 13:05 · 42min
Hope Lacquer
April 17, 2024 09:04 · 49min
Five Mirrors
April 3, 2024 09:04 · 44min
What's Up, Michael Freeman?
March 20, 2024 09:03 · 51min
A Rock Across a Lake
March 6, 2024 10:03 · 28min
Ear Hustle Extra: A Sneak Peek at "Cellies, with Commentary"
February 14, 2024 19:02 · 11min
Bunkies
December 20, 2023 10:12 · 46min
Shine Some Light
November 29, 2023 10:11 · 42min
That World
November 15, 2023 10:11 · 47min
Do You Think There Are Ghosts Here?
November 1, 2023 03:11 · 38min
San Quentin: The Magazine
October 18, 2023 09:10 · 1hr 00min
Transitional
October 4, 2023 09:10 · 38min
Once You're in the Ocean, You're Going Everywhere
September 20, 2023 12:09 · 54min
12 Hours on the Yard
September 6, 2023 12:09 · 49min
Ear Hustle Presents: Violation
July 5, 2023 12:07 · 35min
Ear Hustle Extra: Pride Month Special
June 21, 2023 12:06 · 50min
Articles of Hustle
June 7, 2023 16:06 · 52min
The Preacher
May 24, 2023 12:05 · 44min
Abundant and Passionate Trash
May 10, 2023 12:05 · 1hr 05min