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The Whole Shabang
Season 7 Episode 6
Toothpaste, ramen noodles, sneakers, coffee creamer. If you want to shop from prison, it’s either the commissary or a prison-approved package catalog…
5 years, 4 months ago
Catch a Kite 6
Season 7 Episode 5
Can you have an Xbox in your prison cell? Is it OK to say “inmate”? How have stimulus checks affected the prison economy? Ear Hustle listeners have q…
5 years, 4 months ago
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…
5 years, 5 months ago
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, 5 months ago
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, 6 months ago
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, 6 months ago
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, 7 months ago
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, 8 months ago
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, 9 months ago
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, 9 months ago