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The Great Ear Hustle Cook Off
Season 6 Episode 3
For our first-annual Ear Hustle Cook Off, four formerly-incarcerated people replicate meals they used to make inside their cells, using only the tool…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Christmas Boxes
Season 6 Episode 2
Six cubic feet. That’s how much stuff each incarcerated person in California is allowed to have in his or her cell. The few personal objects you keep…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Gray Goose
Season 6 Episode 1
Being incarcerated doesn’t always mean staying in one place. Ear Hustle kicks off Season Six with stories from inside the vans and buses that carry p…
5 years, 6 months ago
Ear Hustle Extra: Summer Listening
Season 5 Episode 9
Ear Hustle will be back with new episodes starting September 9. In the meantime, we talk with people experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak at San Quenti…
5 years, 8 months ago
Nobody Comes Back
Season 5 Episode 8
Getting out of prison means freedom, but this liberation often comes with caveats. In our final episode of the season, three formerly incarcerated pe…
5 years, 9 months ago
Tired of Running
Season 5 Episode 7
Hollywood loves stories about fugitives on the run, but in reality that lifestyle is anything but glamorous, especially for those who get pulled in a…
5 years, 10 months ago
Catch a Kite 5
Season 5 Episode 6
Every season we answer questions from listeners in our Catch a Kite episode. This time around, formerly incarcerated people lend their experiences an…
5 years, 10 months ago
Hold That Space
Season 5 Episode 5
Four women share their stories of loving incarcerated men, and the challenges they face in maintaining their relationships, staying hopeful about an …
5 years, 11 months ago
Sorry Means Nothing
Season 5 Episode 4
One crime is treated differently than all others, both inside and outside prison. People who commit sex crimes against children are often ostracized,…
5 years, 11 months ago
Us and Them
Season 5 Episode 3
The relationships between incarcerated people and the correctional officers who guard their prisons are often as bad as you might expect. But sometim…
6 years ago