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Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This time on Ear Hustle we’re trying something different: we’re diving into San Quentin’s 166-year history. Normally, we get the guys inside to tell stories. But this place itself does speak, and it’s not always through words.

A heads-up: this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence — listener discretion is advised.

Thanks to George “Mesro” Coles-El, Richard Richardson aka Bonaru, John Robb, Norman Willhoite, Gregg Sayers, Lee Jaspar (aka Matthew Lee Jasper), Lt. Sam Robinson and Warden Clinton T. Duffy for sharing their stories.

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 includes music by David Jassy, with contributions from Antwan WIlliams. Our story editor is Curtis Fox, digital producer is Erin Wade and our executive producer for Radiotopia is Julie Shapiro. We’re grateful to Lt. Sam Robinson and Warden Ron Davis for their support of the show.

See the photos the guys describe in this episode on our website. You can find out more about the San Quentin Archive project on Nigel’s website, and information about Nigel’s show in Milwaukee through the Milwaukee Art Museum. Plus, learn more about Warden Clinton T. Duffy and check out his book.

Thanks to Nectar for supporting this episode. You can 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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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hump-Teeham Hicks, staff writer at Sankwood News.
0:04.5	The following episode of Ear Hussle contains explicit language and graphic descriptions
0:09.4	of violence that may not be appropriate for all listeners.
0:13.6	Discretion is advised.
0:15.6	Now as we walk down the ramp to the left, adjacent the imposing walls of Sankwood and
0:31.4	imposing 20 to 30 feet high walls of Sankwood and opposite that is one of the oldest facilities
0:38.4	we have on the side here at this prison.
0:40.4	This is building here, this granite gray building with this imposing gate in front of
0:46.6	it, it's our dungeon.
0:48.7	So everything is being bought and done, dark room, ball and shame, people hanging from
0:51.8	walls and being tortured, took place in here from inception all the way until 1943.
1:00.3	You're now tuned in to Sankwood and Ear Hussle from PRX's Radio Topia.
1:05.1	I'm Irlein Woods.
1:06.1	I've been incarcerated for 21 years and I'm currently housed here at Sankwood State Prison
1:11.3	in California.
1:12.3	I'm Nigel Poor, a visual artist, now podcaster.
1:15.8	I've been working with the guys here at San Quentin for about seven years.
1:19.4	And together we're going to take you on a tour.
1:23.1	Something different.
1:24.1	Indeed.
1:36.7	Hey listeners, Irlein here with the reminder, this is Zid.
1:40.6	Time is running out to donate before our fundraiser ends.
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