The Wrong Line of Business

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Earlonne's here with his "mystery" episode, and it's a doozy. He tells Nigel a redemption story wrapped in a drug-trafficking story, and, along the way, dives deep into several subjects we swore we'd never touch. Buckle up.

Thanks to George for telling his story. He co-authored a book about moving past gangs and criminal thinking; you can find that here. Thanks also to Tanaya for the rap and listener alert, and to everyone else we talked to for this story.

This episode was scored with music by Darrell Sadiq Davis, Antwan Williams, Fernando Arruda, David Jassy, and Earlonne Woods.

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

Radiotopia’s fall fundraiser is here! Donate today to support Ear Hustle. Thank you! on.prx.org/3s6RrL5

Transcript

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0:00.0	What up? It's Erlon. Nigel and I want to take just a couple of minutes to talk about
0:06.3	Radiotopia, our podcast network. I'm sure you've heard us say that Ear Hustle is a proud
0:12.0	member of Radiotopia, a nonprofit that supports independent podcasts. Independent and listeners
0:18.5	support it means that we have full ownership of our show, and we get to make the creative and business choices that are right for us.
0:27.0	Exactly. That means no one tells us what to do. We have complete creative control to explore any topic no matter how challenging.
0:35.7	Which is true freedom.
0:38.1	Yep, that's what keeps us creative, and Erlon also keeps us growing.
0:42.3	Radiotopia is like the scaffolding for everything we do.
0:46.3	They support us with sponsorship, marketing, podcast publishing technology, and industry
0:52.2	expertise.
0:52.6	And Radiotopia is able to provide all of that support
0:56.2	because of listeners like you. Listener support means that we are in this with our listeners.
1:02.3	Yes, we are not alone. Listeners are part of the journey with us, whether we're in an interview,
1:07.5	whether in the studio recording or dropping an episode, we are always thinking about you,
1:12.3	the listener, and how important it is that you are there with us.
1:16.6	And if we get it wrong or if people feel we got it wrong, they will come in.
1:23.5	So we love y'all for that.
1:25.0	Yes, they will.
1:26.3	It is tough out there for podcasts right now.
1:29.0	Advertising revenue is down, which leads to tighter budgets and layoffs across our industry.
1:35.0	Your gift helps make up the difference. We need listener support in order to keep this network going.
1:41.1	If Ear Hustle has meant something to you, whether you're a long-time listener
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