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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 a…
1 year, 11 months 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…
1 year, 11 months 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 t…
2 years ago
Coming Up This Season
The countdown is on! Earlonne and Nigel give listeners a taste of what’s in store this season: some controversy, some mystery, and (maybe) some laugh…
2 years ago
Ear Hustle Extra: San Quentin: The Magazine, Issue 2
Our team inside San Quentin explores the complicated acts of crying and Hula dancing in prison, reports on the joys and sorrows of a new prison cloth…
2 years ago
Ear Hustle Extra: Revisiting “This Place”
Celebrating our 100th episode last year got the Ear Hustle team thinking about all the stories we’ve told since 2017. Over the next few months, EHers…
2 years, 1 month ago
Ear Hustle Presents: The Moth
In this collaboration with the venerable live-storytelling project The Moth, we share one man’s story about using a medical condition to break the is…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ear Hustle Presents: You Didn’t See Nothin
We’re introducing you to one of our favorite recent podcast discoveries. In 1997, a racially motivated attack and its aftermath roiled Chicago. “You …
2 years, 2 months ago
Daughters
Season 13 Episode 8
What’s it like to serve out a prison sentence alongside your mom? At the Central California Women’s Facility, a handful of mom-daughter combos are do…
2 years, 3 months ago
Crocasacks
Season 13 Episode 7
When he was growing up, gang life gave Larry confidence, purpose, and an identity. But after years behind bars, the affiliation lost its luster. He t…
2 years, 3 months ago