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Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Recently, Earlonne was drafted for a mysterious task: to pose for a photo with Nigel — wearing Minnie Mouse ears — while waving a fake “churro” in the air. (Earlonne, always a good sport, didn’t ask too many questions.) Here, in Nigel’s first-ever listener-inspired mystery episode, he finally learns what that was all about.

Special thanks to Becky Bach for suggesting this subject and for joining Earlonne and Nigel in the studio, and to our inside team — Derrell Sadiq Davis, Tony Tafoya, and Tam Nguyen — for sharing their photographs and stories with us.

This episode was scored with music by David Jassy, Lee Jaspar, Earlonne Woods, Antwan Williams, Fernando Arruda, and Derrell Sadiq Davis.

Big thanks to Warden Andes and Lt. Berry at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center; Acting Warden Parker, Associate Warden Lewis, and Lt. Newborg at the California Institution for Women; and Warden De La Cruz and Lt. Williams at the Central California Women’s Facility for their support of the show.

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0:00.0	Thank you to everyone who has already donated to our spring fundraisers so far.
0:06.0	We are so grateful.
0:08.0	We are especially grateful because, Erlon, I've got to be real here.
0:11.2	This is a shit time to ask anyone for money.
0:14.3	The economy sucks.
0:15.9	The news is terrible.
0:17.5	People are overwhelmed.
0:18.5	And then we are coming at people we care about our listeners
0:22.0	and asking them to give more. And I don't really like doing it, but we kind of have to.
0:28.9	So donors, yeah, I'm sorry to do this, but we are asking for donations. We do this every year.
0:36.4	We're hoping to get a thousand donors. I don't know if we're
0:38.5	going to reach it. But you know what? We're grateful for anyone who gives. If you've been thinking
0:42.8	about donating but haven't gotten around to it yet, now's the time. It only takes a minute.
0:47.7	Every single gift, no matter the amount, helps us push forward and continue to try new things.
0:53.8	Definitely.
0:57.6	Everyone who donates would be invited to our virtual party on June 11th.
1:03.2	It's a fun time where we just kick back, talk about the season, and answer some of your questions live.
1:10.3	Monthly gifts of $10 or more get you access to ad-free episodes and Ear Hustle Plus bonus content.
1:12.4	Yep, which is, you know, we talk about a lot of shit on there. Yeah, it's fun.
1:13.2	Please support us today at Ear Hustlesq.com slash donate or by following the link in the episode notes.
1:19.8	And I want to acknowledge again, this is a really hard time to ask people to donate.
1:23.7	If you can give anything, we really appreciate it.
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