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Ear Hustle

So Long

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.921.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Leaving an organization or community often calls for an exit strategy – even in prison. In this final episode of season two, four men who are preparing to leave San Quentin share stories about what they’ve learned on the inside, and their aspirations, big and small, for life on the outside.

Thanks to Chayne Hampton, Gus Lumumba Edwards, Michael Thompson, and Anouthinh Pangthong, aka Choy, for sharing their stories with us.

Learn more about Re:store Justice, the organization that Choy now works for.

Ear Hustle is produced by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods with help from outside produce Pat Mesiti-Miller, who also comes in to lead the sound design team. This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams and contributions from David Jassy.  Our story editor is Curtis Fox and our executive producer for Radiotopia is Julie Shapiro. Finally, here’s one last shout out to Lt. Sam Robinson and Warden Ron Davis, for their support of the show.

And… that’s a wrap! For now. Thanks so much for hanging with us through season two; we’ll be back with season three and more stories this fall. In the meantime, stay current on all things Ear Hustle by signing up for up for our monthly newsletter, The Lowdown. Or tell us what you want to hear more about next season, by sending a kite.

Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains language and descriptions of graphic violence that may not be appropriate for all listeners.

0:05.5

Discussion is advised.

0:07.0

I'm going to my grandbabies and then we're going to Disneyland.

0:28.0

You're now tuned in to San Quentin's Ear Hustle from PRX's Radio Topia.

0:33.0

I'm Irleyn Woods.

0:34.0

I'm incarcerated here at San Quentin State Prison in California.

0:38.0

I'm Nigel Pore, a visual artist who volunteers at the prison.

0:42.0

And together we're going to take you inside.

0:49.0

On this episode we're talking to guys on their way out.

0:53.0

Irleyn, let's start with a clip from season one.

0:57.0

It's from the episode we did on the Security Housing Unit.

1:01.0

The shoe.

1:02.0

That's what they send you when you're fucking up in prison.

1:05.0

And it's incredibly isolating.

1:07.0

Some guys spent so long in the shoe, they just couldn't take it anymore.

1:11.0

One thing about the hunger strike is that after a while,

1:15.0

the whole thing is going to be a little bit more difficult to get out of the prison.

1:19.0

I don't think I can take it anymore.

1:23.0

One thing about the hunger strike is that after about six days of not eating,

1:27.0

if you can taste what's on the inside of your system that you never tasted in your mouth before,

1:31.0

that was a weird sensation that had me wondering,

1:35.0

that's the only thing that I'm going to survive on is what juices or liquids

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