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The Loop Ep. 4: Where’s the Conflict?
Season 16 Episode 6
Boys at Crossroads outnumber girls 10 to one, but if you ask staff about who’s harder to work with, it’s the girls, hands down. To find out for ourse…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Loop Ep. 3: No Violence
Season 16 Episode 5
At Crossroads, just three little letters — SMD — can spark some very big drama. This episode is all about conflict: watching it, responding to it, an…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Loop Ep. 2: Who What Where
Season 16 Episode 4
Nigel and Earlonne get a peek inside one of Crossroad’s residential halls, and hear from kids and staff about what it’s like to live and work here. A…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Loop Ep. 1: The Five Rules of Drama Club
Season 16 Episode 3
In the first episode of Ear Hustle’s all-new, all-New-York series, Nigel and Earlonne head to Brooklyn to hang out with incarcerated kids and staff a…
11 months, 1 week ago
Starting Next Week: The Loop
Next week we’re dropping the first episode of our six-part series about kids who are involved, one way or another, in New York City’s criminal justic…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Catch a Kite: On Tour
Season 16 Episode 2
What textures do you miss in prison? How is menopause handled behind bars? What makes you feel dignified? These are just some of the questions we col…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Ear Hustle Live! 2023
Season 16 Episode 1
At the end of 2023, Ear Hustle embarked on its first live tour — a celebration of our 100th episode. Nigel and Earlonne shared favorite moments from …
1 year ago
Revisiting “Future on Ice”
Season 15 Episode 12
Revisiting our 2018 episode “Future on Ice,” about the lives of immigrants in San Quentin.
Being an immigrant in an American prison can pose unique ch…
1 year ago
San Quentin: The Magazine, Issue 3
Season 15 Episode 11
The candy craze that’s sweeping the prison. What happens when your cellie dies? An update to our continuing coverage on jeans. And, why some people l…
1 year, 1 month ago
Revisiting “12 Hours on the Yard”
Season 15 Episode 10
Cat Schuknecht, Ear Hustle’s Senior Producer at the California Institution for Women, listens back to our 2023 episode “12 Hours on the Yard.” Inspir…
1 year, 2 months ago