Behind the Scenes: “Bag of Skittles” and “Over and Over and Over and Over”
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Ear Hustle brings you stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it. The podcast is a partnership between Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, currently incarcerated a...
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Revisiting "Getting a Date"
Earlonne relistens to the final episode of Ear Hustle’s first season, about one official and one unofficial way to get out of prison. Steve,...
Over and Over and Over and Over
Even though they share a difficult past, Sadiq and Demarion had never met in person, and it was probably best that it stayed that way. When...
Tricks of the Trade
At North Kern State Prison, incarcerated people are being trained to do what staff cannot: provide peer support, whether it’s with addiction...
Bag of Skittles
From obsessive body-building to extreme tattoos and other transformations: stories about the ways people in prison think about and try to ch...
Corny-Ass Episode
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 Alo...
Revisiting “Chicken on the Bone”
For our latest installment in the ”revisiting” series, Nigel and Earlonne time-travel back to Season 4 and the uncertain futures of men who...
My Favorite Color
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 try...
Dear Ear Hustle
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...
Songs of San Quentin
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...
Revisiting “Gold Coats and OGs”
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...
Revisiting “Saber-Toothed Cat”
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 epis...
The Loop Ep. 6: Make Your Partner Look Good
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 d...
The Loop Ep. 5: Yes, And ...
Kaysha is in her early 20s: low on resources, but big on dreams. Sometimes, those dreams feel tantalizingly close to reality; other times, s...
The Loop Ep. 4: Where’s the Conflict?
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...
The Loop Ep. 3: No Violence
At Crossroads, just three little letters — SMD — can spark some very big drama. This episode is all about conflict: watching it, responding...
The Loop Ep. 2: Who What Where
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 wor...
The Loop Ep. 1: The Five Rules of Drama Club
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 an...
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 crimin...
Catch a Kite: On Tour
What textures do you miss in prison? How is menopause handled behind bars? What makes you feel dignified? These are just some of the questio...