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Corny-Ass Episode
Season 17 Episode 5
Nigel says no matter where you are, everyone has a story to tell about a hug: good, bad, or awkward. Earlonne isn’t buying it.
Thanks to Alonzo, Deon…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Revisiting “Chicken on the Bone”
Season 17 Episode 4
For our latest installment in the ”revisiting” series, Nigel and Earlonne time-travel back to Season 4 and the uncertain futures of men who were livi…
5 months ago
My Favorite Color
Season 17 Episode 3
The last time Domonica saw her dad, he was behind prison glass and she was just six years old. Now, more than two decades later, they’re trying to re…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Dear Ear Hustle
Season 17 Episode 2
The letters come from all over: incarcerated men and women listening to Ear Hustle on their tablets, fans tuning in from as far as Australia and the …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Ear Hustle Presents: Blood Will Tell
Season 17
Today, we're sharing something a little different in the feed: an episode of the podcast Blood Will Tell.
Blood Will Tell chronicles the aftermath of…
6 months ago
Songs of San Quentin
Season 17 Episode 1
From beatboxing, to blues, to a song of praise once heard in the Met Museum, musicians in San Quentin have created some indelible songs. And we have …
6 months, 1 week ago
Revisiting “Gold Coats and OGs”
Season 16 Episode 10
Earlonne brings his second selection from the archives: an episode from Ear Hustle’s first season about how people care for each other in a harsh pla…
7 months ago
Revisiting “Saber-Toothed Cat”
Season 16 Episode 9
At the start of a new year, Nigel revisits an episode about time passing and one man’s experience of four decades behind bars: our 2023 episode “Sabe…
8 months ago
The Loop Ep. 6: Make Your Partner Look Good
Season 16 Episode 8
For the final episode of our all-NYC series, we take the train uptown to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, where a group of incarcerated dads from …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
The Loop Ep. 5: Yes, And ...
Season 16 Episode 7
Kaysha is in her early 20s: low on resources, but big on dreams. Sometimes, those dreams feel tantalizingly close to reality; other times, she's pull…
9 months, 1 week ago