So I was in prison about seven years and I felt like I was like thrown away.

I'm Erlan Woods and I'm Nigel Pore and we wanted to give you a taste of season two of

ear hustle from PRX's radio topia coming up in just two weeks.

Like did you know there's an annual marathon that takes place inside of San

Quentin?

People were running past me though I noticed they got a guy in the club named Mark

Kelly Gazelle teller he's fast he let me twice before my first mile so I knew

it was going to be a long day for me.

Oh man.

If you listen to season one welcome back and if you're just tuning in we're really glad you're here.

For new listeners you need to know that ear hustle is a collaboration between inside and outside people

working together to bring you the stories of life and size San Quentin.

I'm incarcerated and I'm serving 31 years to life for attempted second degree robbery.

And I'm a visual artist who volunteers at San Quentin.

In this season you're going to hear about parts of the prison that you almost never hear about.

Yeah like death row.

It's a prison inside a prison.

The only way I can describe what it's like as a minister going in there as a priest is it's like going into this dark, dark cave with a flashlight.

My worth there is to remind the men in there that despite where they are that they're still there's still purpose in life.

We're also going to hear about how to make a fee fee.

You ever heard of a fee fee?

Yeah I heard of fee fee.

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