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Ear Hustle Presents: Uncuffed

Ear Hustle

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Documentary, Society & Culture

4.921.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A special episode from Uncuffed: During the COVID lockdown at San Quentin, Steve and Darren both got unexpected letters that changed their lives.

This is the second episode of the new season of KALW’s Uncuffed, a podcast training program at San Quentin and California State Prison, Solano. They’re in the middle of an emergency fundraiser right now, trying to keep their training and broadcast programs going after their main funder rescinded a grant because of a bureaucratic error.

You can learn more and support Uncuffed’s work here. Uncuffed is a production of KALW public radio in San Francisco.

Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Ear Hustle listeners.

0:08.4

E and I here.

0:09.7

Our next season, season 10 is just a few short weeks away.

0:13.2

First episode drops September 7th, and it's going to be a good one.

0:17.2

In the meantime, we wanted to share the latest episode of a podcast that's very close to

0:21.4

us here at Ear Hustle, literally.

0:24.0

It's called UnCuff.

0:25.6

Long time listeners may remember us talking about it before.

0:29.1

Love, teaches, incarcerated people in Salano State Prison, and in San Quentin, the

0:33.7

fundamentals of storytelling and audio production, and shares the stories of guys inside.

0:39.1

And their studio in San Quentin is right next to Ear Hustles.

0:42.0

I mean, literally right next door.

0:44.0

Sometimes we have to actually ask each other to be quiet when we're recording.

0:47.6

Not politely either.

0:50.5

You've heard a lot of UnCuff guys on Ear Hustle too.

0:53.4

Guys like Tommy Shakur Ross, time train.

0:55.7

Oh, and don't forget Greg Eskridge.

0:58.2

Good homies are the show.

1:00.2

And Erlan, I do love what those guys do.

1:02.7

It's amazing.

1:03.7

And it's great sharing a space with them inside San Quentin.

1:06.7

But they just hit a real snag.

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