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Revisiting “August 21, 1971”
Season 14 Episode 10
In the next installment in our “sleeper hits” series, Earlonne listens back to the episode “August 21, 1971,” about George Jackson and one of the most significant days in San Quentin’s history. E tal…
Published on 9 months ago
Last Memory: Linda
Season 14 Episode 9
Linda’s mom brought her to a Catholic Mass because she had a sense her daughter was on the verge of something, and needed help. Thirty-seven years into her prison sentence, Linda wonders what would h…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Last Memory: Leisha
Season 14 Episode 8
Leisha didn't plan on getting pregnant. And she certainly didn't plan on giving birth in prison. But on the day those two red lines showed up, Leisha found kindness in an unexpected place.
Thanks to K…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
The Wrong Line of Business
Season 14 Episode 7
Earlonne's here with his "mystery" episode, and it's a doozy. He tells Nigel a redemption story wrapped in a drug-trafficking story, and, along the way, dives deep into several subjects we swore we'd…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
My Understanding of This Place: Nigel & Earlonne
Season 14 Episode 6
Over the past two episodes we’ve been hearing about “memory places” at San Quentin: ordinary-seeming spots that become extraordinary through the eyes of people who spent time there. In this extra min…
Published on 11 months ago
My Understanding of This Place, Part 2
Season 14 Episode 5
In the second part of this two-part series, Nigel reveals to Earlonne the final stops in her memory-tour of San Quentin, culminating in an exploration of the prison’s former death row.
Thanks to Shak…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
My Understanding of This Place, Part 1
Season 14 Episode 4
Nigel — with help from our team inside San Quentin — has been cooking up an episode that her co-host knows nothing about. Without giving too much away, we can tell you that it involves visiting a par…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Election!
Season 14 Episode 3
Incarcerated people in California can’t vote, but that doesn't mean they aren’t tracking electoral politics as closely as many of us on the outside are. In this episode, Ear Hustle’s inside team reve…
Published on 1 year ago
A Little Streets, a Little Romance, a Little Deception
Season 14 Episode 2
Wali was on his way to make a life-altering decision when a book made him reconsider. Shaka’s 40 years on death row were shaped by three books picked out for him by a prison librarian. At three Calif…
Published on 1 year ago
Comfortable Inside
Season 14 Episode 1
It can be hard to admit, but some people are more comfortable inside prison than out. We meet people who keep coming back and people who’ve stopped trying to go home, and ask: Is being “OK” inside pr…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago