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Yard of Dreams
Season 8 Episode 6
Sports in prison are more than just games. They can be an outlet for stress, the realization of dreams deferred, or a positive way to prove oneself t…
4 years, 10 months ago
Counting Lines
Season 8 Episode 5
Going to prison in your home country can be disorienting enough. What about when you’re new to the culture, don’t speak the language, and are thousan…
4 years, 10 months ago
Taxx Is Tripping
Season 8 Episode 4
What does it take to be bonnaroo in prison? We explore the creative ways people inside transform and beautify their physical selves and their living …
4 years, 10 months ago
Stormy Monday
Season 8 Episode 3
At Ear Hustle, we hear more from listeners about music than almost any other topic. In response, we bring you the Ear Hustle Mixtape, including stori…
4 years, 11 months ago
Do It Movin’
Season 8 Episode 2
We bring you stories about the ups and downs of making bail and the bittersweet taste of freedom when you know you’re about to lose it. Plus: Nigel c…
4 years, 11 months ago
August 21, 1971
Season 8 Episode 1
August 21, 1971 was the deadliest day in San Quentin history, and it’s still a painful topic, both inside the prison and out. At the center of the st…
5 years ago
Coming Soon: 50 Years After George Jackson
Ear Hustle’s eighth season launches on September 8th with a dramatic account of one of the most notorious days in San Quentin’s history: August 21st,…
5 years ago
Ear Hustle Presents: Life Jolt
With just a few weeks to go before Ear Hustle returns with Season 8, we wanted to introduce listeners to a new show that’s been in all of our headpho…
5 years, 1 month ago
Home for Me Is Really a Memory
Season 7 Episode 8
Leslie has served more time in prison than anyone we’ve ever interviewed on the show: over half a century, for a crime committed when she was 19. Fou…
5 years, 3 months ago
Cracked Windshield
Season 7 Episode 7
A year after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer, the Ear Hustle team and friends talk about their first interactions with cops, th…
5 years, 3 months ago