Podcast Episodes

The Loop Episode 1: The Five Rules of Drama Club

Season 16 Episode 3

In the first episode of Ear Hustle’s all-new, all-New-York series, Nigel and Earlonne head to Brooklyn to hang out with incarcerated kids and staff at the Crossroads Juvenile Center.

For Earlonne, it…

Published on 8 hours ago

Starting Next Week: The Loop

Next week we’re dropping the first episode of our six-part series about kids who are involved, one way or another, in New York City’s criminal justice system, and an innovative program that’s teachin…

Published on 6 days, 18 hours ago

Catch a Kite: On Tour

Season 16 Episode 2

What textures do you miss in prison? How is menopause handled behind bars? What makes you feel dignified? These are just some of the questions we collected from listeners on our live tour this summer…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Ear Hustle Live! 2023

Season 16 Episode 1

At the end of 2023, Ear Hustle embarked on its first live tour — a celebration of our 100th episode. Nigel and Earlonne shared favorite moments from the show’s history, and a few of our talented frie…

Published on 1 month ago

Revisiting “Future on Ice”

Season 15 Episode 12

Revisiting our 2018 episode “Future on Ice,” about the lives of immigrants in San Quentin.

Being an immigrant in an American prison can pose unique challenges, like deciding which racial group you’ll …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

San Quentin: The Magazine, Issue 3

Season 15 Episode 11

The candy craze that’s sweeping the prison. What happens when your cellie dies? An update to our continuing coverage on jeans. And, why some people like sharing a cell. Four stories from our inside t…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Revisiting “12 Hours on the Yard”

Season 15 Episode 10

Cat Schuknecht, Ear Hustle’s Senior Producer at the California Institution for Women, listens back to our 2023 episode “12 Hours on the Yard.” Inspired by the classic This American Life episode “24 H…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

30 Days

Season 15 Episode 9

Tam has been in prison for two decades, and is facing a third. But now, there’s a small chance a judge could send him home, time served. For one month, we follow Ear Hustle’s inside producer as he pr…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

I See the Castle

Season 15 Episode 8

Recently, Earlonne was drafted for a mysterious task: to pose for a photo with Nigel — wearing Minnie Mouse ears — while waving a fake “churro” in the air. (Earlonne, always a good sport, didn’t ask …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Revisiting "Cracked Windshield"

Season 15 Episode 8

For the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, Rahsaan revisits “Cracked Windshield,” an episode we did for the first anniversary. The Ear Hustle team and friends talk about their first interact…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago