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Season 9 Episode 5
Life in prison, without regular sex and intimacy, can cause all sorts of emotional and physical issues. Yep, we're going there — to explore the impac…
4 years, 4 months ago
Gabrieleen Silver Queen
Season 9 Episode 4
What happens to a prison town when its main prison closes? The residents of Susanville, in Northern California, are about to find out. Ear Hustle too…
4 years, 5 months ago
Is Your Name Alfredo?
Six massive murals span hundreds of feet across the walls of a San Quentin chow hall, depicting the history of California in epic scale and detail. R…
4 years, 5 months ago
Boots and Max
Season 9 Episode 2
We talk about love on Ear Hustle, plenty, but it’s hard to think of prison as a “romantic” place. What does dating look and feel like, on the inside?…
4 years, 6 months ago
15 Minutes
Season 9 Episode 1
In California and many other states, calls from prison are limited to 15 minutes and are monitored, recorded, and often difficult to come by. But whe…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ear Hustle Extra: Making Trouble
Season 8 Episode 11
Sometimes, when you’re up against a big state institution, you have to make some trouble. For this mini-episode, part of Radiotopia’s winter fundrais…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ear Hustle Extra: A Call from Sacramento
Season 8 Episode 10
We’re between seasons but have an exciting update to share with listeners: Our friend and colleague Rahsaan “New York” Thomas’ prison sentence has be…
4 years, 7 months ago
Ear Hustle Presents: Written Off
Season 8 Episode 9
While Ear Hustle works on its next season, which starts March 2, we wanted to introduce you to the podcast Written Off. It features formerly incarcer…
4 years, 8 months ago
Camp Grace
Season 8 Episode 8
This past fall, we followed a group of kids into Salinas Valley State Prison to spend two days with their dads, whom they hadn’t seen in years. Throu…
4 years, 8 months ago
Tray, Tumbler, Spork
Season 8 Episode 7
Earlier this year, some of the Ear Hustle team spent a month living under a specific set of constraints informed by the daily routines of our inside …
4 years, 9 months ago