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My Favorite Color
Season 17 Episode 3
The last time Domonica saw her dad, he was behind prison glass and she was just six years old. Now, more than two decades later, they’re trying to re…
6 hours ago
Dear Ear Hustle
Season 17 Episode 2
The letters come from all over: incarcerated men and women listening to Ear Hustle on their tablets, fans tuning in from as far as Australia and the …
2 weeks ago
Ear Hustle Presents: Blood Will Tell
Season 17
Today, we're sharing something a little different in the feed: an episode of the podcast Blood Will Tell.
Blood Will Tell chronicles the aftermath of…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Songs of San Quentin
Season 17 Episode 1
From beatboxing, to blues, to a song of praise once heard in the Met Museum, musicians in San Quentin have created some indelible songs. And we have …
4 weeks ago
Revisiting “Gold Coats and OGs”
Season 16 Episode 10
Earlonne brings his second selection from the archives: an episode from Ear Hustle’s first season about how people care for each other in a harsh pla…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Revisiting “Saber-Toothed Cat”
Season 16 Episode 9
At the start of a new year, Nigel revisits an episode about time passing and one man’s experience of four decades behind bars: our 2023 episode “Sabe…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Loop Ep. 6: Make Your Partner Look Good
Season 16 Episode 8
For the final episode of our all-NYC series, we take the train uptown to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, where a group of incarcerated dads from …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Loop Ep. 5: Yes, And ...
Season 16 Episode 7
Kaysha is in her early 20s: low on resources, but big on dreams. Sometimes, those dreams feel tantalizingly close to reality; other times, she's pull…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Loop Ep. 4: Where’s the Conflict?
Season 16 Episode 6
Boys at Crossroads outnumber girls 10 to one, but if you ask staff about who’s harder to work with, it’s the girls, hands down. To find out for ourse…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Loop Ep. 3: No Violence
Season 16 Episode 5
At Crossroads, just three little letters — SMD — can spark some very big drama. This episode is all about conflict: watching it, responding to it, an…
4 months, 3 weeks ago