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Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Despite the additional hurdles involved, daters in prison fall into the same categories as daters on the outside: romantics, hopefuls and players.

Thanks to Charlie Srey, Sincere Carter, Kevin Turner, Mo, Allyson West and Jessie Ayers for talking to us for this story.

Ear Hustle is produced by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods with help from outside producer Pat Mesiti-Miller, who also comes in to lead the sound design team. This episode was scored with music by David Jassy, Antwan Williams, E. Phil Phillips, Eric “Maserati E” Abercrombie and Lee Jaspar (aka Matthew Lee Jasper). Eternal thanks to Lt. Sam Robinson and Warden Ron Davis for their support of the show.

Thanks to Nectar and Bombas for supporting this episode. Find out more about the show at earhustlesq.com, where you can also buy an Ear Hustle mug to go with your T-shirt! Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.

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0:00.0	This is Allison West, the director of the California reentry program here at San
0:03.8	Quentin. The following episode of Ear Hustle contains language and content
0:07.6	that may not be appropriate for all listeners. Disgression is advised, especially for
0:12.2	you singles out there.
0:19.5	We're going to have to ask you some pretty personal questions. Just think of us as
0:22.4	doctors. How are you when you got arrested? I was 14 when I first got arrested.
0:27.3	What grade you was in? I believe I was still a sophomore at that time.
0:31.8	Sophomore? Yes, sir. Okay. So how many sexual encounters had you had at 14?
0:39.4	So, about 14, there was none. There was one that was younger, around 12, 13. It's about like,
0:47.6	I don't remember because every time I had like a girl at the house we get drunk by
0:52.2	remembering we did some games. So, it sounds like zero. You're now tuned in to
1:00.6	San Quentin's Ear Hustle from PRX's Radio Topia. I'm Irlein Woods. I've been
1:06.0	incarcerated for 21 years and I'm currently housed here at San Quentin State
1:10.2	Prison in California. I'm Nigel Poor, a visual artist, now podcaster. I've been
1:15.7	working with the guys here at San Quentin for about seven years. And together
1:19.6	we're gonna take you inside. On this episode dating and romance from prison.
1:28.1	Sweet. Part two. The X-rated part. The dog part.
1:35.4	Roof. Irlein, when most people think about prison, they probably don't think
1:51.1	about guys in here dating and finding romance. No, they probably think it's part of
1:56.2	the punishment that we can't have those things. And for the most part, we can't.
2:01.2	Well, maybe if you're gay, but that's a whole complicated subject that we talked
2:06.8	about in earlier episodes. But if you're straight, you're not gonna meet a lot of
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