Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor on ‘This is Ear Hustle’ and Telling Stories About Incarceration From the Inside

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Five years ago, Nigel Poor, an artist, and Earlonne Woods, an inmate in San Quentin, created a podcast chronicling the stories and daily life of prison. “Ear Hustle” smashed prison stereotypes with humor and candor even as it revealed the human toll of mass incarceration. The podcast became an enormous hit, surpassing 40 million downloads, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and was nominated for a Peabody Award. Poor and Woods’ new book “This is Ear Hustle” fills in the details about their remarkable project, and they join us to discuss what it means to tell stories about life in prison, from the inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.8	Today we're going to tell you the story of one of the unlikeliest artistic collaborations and smash hit podcasts in the world, Ear Hustle.
0:53.8	Starting from the Media Lab inside San Quentin, Ear Hustle. Starting from the media lab inside San Quentin,
0:56.8	Ear Hustle brought together artist Nigel Poore
0:59.2	with Erlon Woods, who was then an inmate at the prison in Marin.
1:03.2	The show they made smashed prison stereotypes with humor and candor
1:06.8	as well as revealed the human toll of mass incarceration.
1:10.6	Now they've got a book out that fills in the details about their remarkable project.
1:14.9	That's coming up next. Welcome to Forum.
1:32.7	I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:33.7	We're talking today about the Pulitzer-nominated podcast Ear Hustle.
1:38.0	If you haven't heard it, we're going to play some cuts for you this morning.
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