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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

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

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

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

Hip-Hop artist J. Cole visits San Quentin

September 1, 2017 by San Quentin News Contributor

J. Cole at the San Quentin Media Center shaking hands with Miguel Sifuentes

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...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Earlonne Woods, J. Cole, kid cat, Louis A. Scott, Lt. Sam Robinson, Scott Budnick, SQUIRES, urtis “Wall Street” Carroll

Flood of SQ media attention draws back Van Jones

March 26, 2017 by Rahsaan Thomas

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...]

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: Adnan Khan, Anouthinh Pangthong, Antwan “Banks” Williams, Brief But Spectacular, Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll, Earlonne Woods, San Quentin Prison’s Media Center, Van Jones

SQ inmates’ victory lures biggies of podcasting

March 26, 2017 by Rahsaan Thomas

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...]

Filed Under: Arts, Featured Tagged With: Ear Hustle, Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor, Radiotopia

San Quentin podcast wins international contest

December 31, 2016 by Rahsaan Thomas

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...]

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: Ear Hustle, Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor, Radiotopia, San Quentin Radio

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