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Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle Extra: In It for the Long Haul

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.921.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In honor of the launch of “Over the Road,” Radiotopia’s new show about long-haul trucking, Earlonne and Nigel talk with a formerly incarcerated truck driver about being a woman in a male-dominated profession, and about how she stays safe on the open road.

This episode is part of a network-wide project to welcome “Over the Road” into the Radiotopia family. Head to overtheroad.fm for more information about the show.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Bruce Wallace, producer for Ear Hustle.

0:02.1

This episode contains language and depictions of violence

0:04.8

that may not be appropriate for some listeners.

0:06.8

Disgression is advised.

0:12.0

What about, sorry, guys, peeing?

0:14.8

Like, it's that's so easy for women to pee,

0:17.3

so is that of an issue?

0:20.8

Believe it or not, you're listening to Ear Hustle

0:23.3

from PRX's Radio Topia.

0:25.6

I'm Irlon Woods, and my co-host just asked a very unusual question.

0:30.0

I did.

0:30.8

And an important question if you're a lady truck driver.

0:33.7

I'm not a lady truck driver.

0:35.3

I'm Nigel Poor, and we're doing something very different

0:38.0

to Dan Ear Hustle.

0:39.2

This is not a regular Ear Hustle episode.

0:42.0

Season five begins on March 4th.

0:44.3

But in season four, we interviewed a woman

0:46.6

by the name of Erica Salano.

0:48.4

She had done time in prison, and we talked to her

0:50.4

about a romantic life post prison,

0:52.8

and also the dating advice she had for people just getting out of prison.

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