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Award-winning podcast pays dividends, looks to the future

January 11, 2022 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Ear Hustle’s Rahsaan Thomas prepares for freedom, incorporates new sound designer Rahsaan “New York” Thomas is co-host and co-producer of Ear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prison Media, Recently Posted Tagged With: Antwan “Banks” Williams, Ear Hustle, Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor

Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-nominated Ear Hustle

February 23, 2021 by Marcus Henderson

Once again Ear Hustle, San Quentin’s critically acclaimed podcast, has broken new ground. It was nominated for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for audio … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Human Interest, Prison Media, Prison Stories Tagged With: Ear Hustle, Earlonne Woods

San Quentin music reaches New York City

September 18, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

If you go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) in New York City in the spring of 2019, don’t be surprised to hear music created by musicians … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: AJ Gonzales, Calvin Johnson, Charlie Spencer, Ear Hustle, Gary Harrell, LeMar “Maverick” Harrison, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Quentin Blue

Grammy Winner LeCrae Moore’s inspirational message

September 16, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Two-time Grammy-winning rapper LeCrae Moore used a hip-hop performance at San Quentin State Prison on July 24 to deliver inspirational messages and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Antwan “Banks” Williams, Ear Hustle, Eric “Maserati E” Abercrombie, Harry “ATL” Smith, LeCrae Moore, Nathan Lee, Sam Robinson, Send Musicians to Prison, Warden Duffy

NY’s Metropolitan Museum of Art comes to SQ

August 8, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

AJ Gonzales on the piano

Representatives from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, seeking music for a ballet production, traveled cross-country to hear from incarcerated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Charlie Spencer, Ear Hustle, Earlonne Woods, Fame, Kelly Griffin, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nigel Poor, Robert May

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) aids programs

July 25, 2018 by Kevin Sawyer

PUP and Ear Hustle

  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) will provide grant funding to the Prison University Project (PUP) and Ear Hustle, an award-winning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured Tagged With: Ear Hustle, Prison University Project, PUP, Raidotopia

8th Day of Peace celebration held on SQ’s Lower Yard

July 24, 2018 by Haines and Payne

Sidewalk art competition talking place on the Lower Yard

After nine days of quarantine, San Quentin celebrated its eighth Day of Peace on May 19. Live bands on a makeshift stage played classic rock, reggae … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Danica Rodarmel, Day of Peace, Ear Hustle, Lisa Starbird, Pat Mesiti-Miller, San Quentin’s Restorative Justice

CBS’ Ted Koppel visits Ear Hustle

July 1, 2018 by Juan Haines

As part of a 1961 class project, a Stanford student named Ted Koppel, age 21, went inside San Quentin to study the U.S. criminal justice system. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: CBS Sunday Morning, Ear Hustle, Ear Hustle podcasts, Earlonne Woods, Koppel, Nigel Poor, Nightline, San Quentin, San Quentin Radio, Ted Koppel

San Quentin News Launches Wall City Magazine

June 5, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

San Quentin, California – May 21, 2018 – The premiere issue of Wall City, a magazine that reflects the curiosity, intellect, dedication and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, WALL CITY Tagged With: Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll, Curtis Carroll, Ear Hustle, Juan Hanes, Life of the Law, MacCloud, Michael Bott, Nancy Mullane, Nigel Poor, Pelican Bay SHU, rehabilitated returning citizens, rehabilitative efforts, San Quentin, San Quentin News, San Quentin State Prison, Society of Professional Journalists, Wall City Magazine

Ear Hustle wraps up first season with over six million downloads

December 11, 2017 by Rahsaan Thomas

Nigel Poor (inset) speaking at the Hotdocs podcast festival about Ear Hustle

The hit podcast Ear Hustle, launched from inside a prison, started its first season with the goal of starting a dialogue about incarceration and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Ear Hustle, Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor, Radiotopia, San Quentin, San Quentin State Prison

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