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, Danny, ...
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 an event a...
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, cellie d...
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 change their...
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 Alonzo, Deo...
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 were livin...
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 trying to reb...
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 and the P...
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 we have f...
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 harsh plac...