Podcast Episodes

Lifer Bakery

Season 7 Episode 4

A small Israeli bakery in downtown San Francisco has offered first jobs to dozens of lifers just out of prison. Four employees share their stories of…

4 years, 11 months ago

View Episode

Marcel and Angie

Season 7 Episode 3

Marcel and Angie each spent years in prisons determined by the gender on their birth certificate, not the one they identify with. Being trans in pris…

5 years ago

View Episode

Hot Trash

Season 7 Episode 2

Visiting a loved one in prison is both emotionally intense and constrained by countless rules – from how much PDA is too much PDA, to what kind of ca…

5 years ago

View Episode

Sugarbutt's a Snail

Season 7 Episode 1

A lot has happened since we got behind the mics to record Ear Hustle’s first season. As we begin our seventh, we catch up with three people whom list…

5 years ago

View Episode

Ear Hustle Presents: Suave

Season 6 Episode 9

While we work on our next season, launching March 3, we’re excited to introduce you to a new podcast series that we love, and think Ear Hustle fans w…

5 years, 1 month ago

View Episode

The Bells

Season 6 Episode 8

One in five incarcerated people in the U.S. has tested positive for COVID-19, and here in California, more than 100 people have died in prison. In ou…

5 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

The Trail

Season 6 Episode 7

In 1990, Leonard attacked a female hiker off a trail along the California coast. Three decades later, we hear the rest of the story, and explore what…

5 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

Crew No. 7

Season 6 Episode 6

Incarcerated people have long played an important role in firefighting in California. Now, in the middle of the state’s worst fire season on record, …

5 years, 4 months ago

View Episode

On Stage in Chicago

Season 6 Episode 5

Back before the pandemic, Nigel and Earlonne joined Jenn White (WAMU’s 1A, formerly WBEZ) on stage in Chicago for a conversation about how Ear Hustle…

5 years, 4 months ago

View Episode

Are You Listening?

Season 6 Episode 4

Incarceration doesn’t just separate a parent from his or her child, it changes that relationship forever, often leaving wounds that may never heal. W…

5 years, 5 months ago

View Episode