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...]
Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-nominated Ear Hustle
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...]
NY’s Metropolitan Museum of Art comes to SQ
Representatives from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, seeking music for a ballet production, traveled cross-country to hear from incarcerated … [Read more...]
CBS’ Ted Koppel visits Ear Hustle
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...]
Ear Hustle wraps up first season with over six million downloads
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...]
Hip-Hop artist J. Cole visits San Quentin
Platinum Hip-Hop artist Jermaine Cole (“J. Cole”) used a day off during his tour to come see mass incarceration up close. In a two-hour visit with a … [Read more...]
Flood of SQ media attention draws back Van Jones
Incarcerated men at San Quentin are getting a lot of press for their accomplishments. The media work produced by and featuring incarcerated men … [Read more...]
SQ inmates’ victory lures biggies of podcasting
The CEO of a major podcasting network, along with other executives, took an eventful trip from the East Coast to meet with the incarcerated men who … [Read more...]
San Quentin podcast wins international contest
A podcast, produced inside San Quentin Prison, won an international contest, beating out more than 1,500 other entries from 48 countries. The judges … [Read more...]