Revisiting “Chicken on the Bone”
Ear Hustle
Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
4.9 • 21.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
For our latest installment in the ”revisiting” series, Nigel and Earlonne time-travel back to Season 4 and the uncertain futures of men who were living on San Quentin’s now-shuttered death row.
Big thanks to everyone who shared their stories with us for this episode: Al aka Watson Allison, Abu Qadir Al-Amin, Lt. Sam Robinson, and Lonnie Morris.
This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, David Jassy, and Rhashiyd Zinnamon, and a remix of our theme music from listener Ingibjörg Friðriksdóttir.
Thanks to Lt. Sam Robinson and Warden Ron Davis for their support of this episode.
Big thanks to Warden Andes, Lt. Berry, and Sgt. Graves at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center; Acting Warden Parker, Associate Warden Lewis, and Lt. Avina at the California Institution for Women; and Warden De La Cruz at the Central California Women’s Facility for their support of the show.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Nigel. |
| 0:01.8 | Hey, Bruce. |
| 0:02.6 | Hello, Erlon. |
| 0:03.4 | What up, man? |
| 0:04.6 | Good to see you all. |
| 0:05.5 | Yeah, nice to be here. Good to be seen. I love being on the mic together. Happy spring. That's right. I enjoy spring. I enjoy the longer sun. Me too. For sure. You know. Enough weather chat. We are here for serious business. We're listening to an episode out of the archives |
| 0:22.4 | for our next sleeper hit or revisiting hit. What is the name of this episode? Chicken on a bone. |
| 0:29.4 | This is episode 35 dropped October 2nd, 2019 from season four. Episode 35. I think we're about at 135. |
| 0:39.2 | I think we're like at 130. |
| 0:40.8 | Previously, we've done these just with one Ear Hustle team member at a time. |
| 0:44.6 | This is the first time we've had two people on the mic with me to re-listen to an episode. |
| 0:50.8 | That's right. |
| 0:51.4 | Exciting. |
| 0:52.1 | Or first. |
| 0:53.6 | This was, you all both put some through and this ended up being the consensus choice |
| 0:58.2 | for various reasons. |
| 0:59.5 | I'm going to be honest, it was not my choice. |
| 1:02.1 | But I was super excited when I saw it. |
| 1:03.9 | It was Erlon's choice. |
| 1:04.9 | Why did you suggest this one, Erlon? |
| 1:07.8 | Without giving in a way any spoilers. |
| 1:09.8 | Yeah. |
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