Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always... more
Earlonne's here with his "mystery" episode, and it's a doozy. He tells Nigel a redemption story wrapped in a drug-trafficking... more
Over the past two episodes we’ve been hearing about “memory places” at San Quentin: ordinary-seeming spots that become extraordinary through... more
In the second part of this two-part series, Nigel reveals to Earlonne the final stops in her memory-tour of San... more
Nigel — with help from our team inside San Quentin — has been cooking up an episode that her co-host... more
Incarcerated people in California can’t vote, but that doesn't mean they aren’t tracking electoral politics as closely as many of... more
Wali was on his way to make a life-altering decision when a book made him reconsider. Shaka’s 40 years on... more
It can be hard to admit, but some people are more comfortable inside prison than out. We meet people who... more
The countdown is on! Earlonne and Nigel give listeners a taste of what’s in store this season: some controversy, some... more
Our team inside San Quentin explores the complicated acts of crying and Hula dancing in prison, reports on the joys... more
Celebrating our 100th episode last year got the Ear Hustle team thinking about all the stories we’ve told since 2017.... more