My Understanding of This Place, Part 2

Ear Hustle

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Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the second part of this two-part series, Nigel reveals to Earlonne the final stops in her memory-tour of San Quentin, culminating in an exploration of the prison’s former death row.

Thanks to Shaka for speaking with us for this episode.

Special thanks to Lt. Guim'Mara Berry for letting Nigel and our inside team explore and record inside East Block.

This episode was scored with music by Earlonne Woods, Antwan Williams, and Derrell Sadiq Davis.

Big thanks to Acting 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	My name is Nathan Dalton. I'm a producer with the Kitchen Sisters and also an office mate with the Ear Hustle team.
0:08.0	This episode of Ear Hustle contains discussion of suicide and other content that may not be appropriate for all
0:14.2	listeners discretion is advised. You might Kim as were going up so he described it.
0:25.0	That one?
0:30.0	All right.
0:31.0	What's up here?
0:32.0	So not right now, we're in West West Block and we're going up the stairs.
0:35.0	Right now we're going to the first, the second tier, but we plan to go out,
0:40.0	fuck, I just walked into a firebox.
0:42.0	We're going to the fifth tier. We're going to go see something.
0:47.0	Okay, so just as a reminder, this is part two of a project I've been working on with the team inside where together we go to these different places inside San Quentin that are significant to each of the guys.
1:02.0	So in the first half we heard from Tony to FOIA,
1:05.3	Tom Wynne and Derel Cadee Davis.
1:08.6	Exactly, so who's left?
1:10.1	Who's, damn, so Tony, did Trinidad
1:12.0	get a whole episode? Not only do you get two episodes for your original one
1:17.3	Tony did Trinidad get his own? Well remember there's another big component to this story
1:22.0	You're right you're right, you're right.
1:24.2	And we will get there, but first,
1:26.3	Tony De Trinodette had a place he really wanted to show us.
1:30.0	So we're here on the fifth tier of West Block, right?
1:34.4	Whenever I was feeling cooped up, lockdowns,
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