Kissing the Concrete
Ear Hustle
Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
4.9 • 21.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Serving a prison sentence is hard, but getting out isn’t exactly a cakewalk, either. A lot depends on who’s waiting for you, what you have lined up on the outside and how you handle the regular pressures of life after incarceration.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Brandon Woods, public defender of Alameda County. |
| 0:04.0 | In this episode of AirHustle Contains Explicit Language, please be advised |
| 0:08.0 | it may not be for every listener. |
| 0:15.0 | They told me I was limited, huh? |
| 0:20.0 | Limbing it to reach my dreams. |
| 0:23.0 | They told me I was limited, huh? |
| 0:26.0 | I couldn't let her find her things, and my mum would please don't cry. |
| 0:32.0 | Why? |
| 0:34.0 | Because I was a five through the jungle I'm a king. |
| 0:36.0 | My eyes always on the prize, huh? |
| 0:40.0 | I hit success despite the things that I've seen. |
| 0:46.0 | You're now tuned in to San Quentin's AirHustle from PRX's Radio Topia. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm Nigel Poor, a visual artist, now podcaster. |
| 0:54.0 | I've been working with the guys in San Quentin State Prison in California for about eight years. |
| 1:00.0 | And I'm Rossan New York Thomas, a resident of San Quentin serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. |
| 1:06.0 | And together we're going to take you inside and out. |
| 1:15.0 | On this episode we're talking about getting out. |
| 1:18.0 | Hidden Streets, Kissing the Concrete. |
| 1:20.0 | What it's like to leave prison and start in your life? |
| 1:23.0 | Freedom! |
| 1:34.0 | Hey listeners, it's Rossan New York Thomas, air hustle producer. |
| 1:37.0 | And this is Bruce Wallace, air hustle executive producer. |
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