{"podcast":{"title":"Ear Hustle","slug":"ear-hustle-176237","podcast_index_feed_id":176237,"rss_url":"https://feeds.earhustlesq.com/earhustlesq","website_url":"https://www.earhustlesq.com/","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/59/images/055e0d9c-b0aa-45f4-95c9-0dbbb99a56cc/Ear_Hustle_1.png","author":"Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (Maggie.Gourville@prx.org)","episode_count":184,"summary":"Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into the reality of life inside prison. Hosts Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods co-created the show that launched in 2017 while Earlonne was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, where Nigel was a volunteer teaching photography. Since Earlonne’s release in 2018, the show has expanded to include stories from prisons across the state, including the California Institution for Women, as well as stories about getting out of prison and starting over, post-incarceration. From finding romance, to grappling with a life sentence, to trying to parent via 15-minute phone calls, Ear Hustle stories deliver what This American Life host Ira Glass calls a “\"very real” and “untragic” take on prison life. Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX, a network of independent listener-supported podcasts. Discover audio with vision at radiotopia.fm and learn more about Ear Hustle at earhustlesq.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T10:18:43.259757+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237"},"episode":{"title":"Bag of Skittles","slug":"bag-of-skittles","published_at":"2026-05-14T16:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237/bag-of-skittles","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_59_a8c688d2-95ea-455e-a75d-e2c19bc3736f&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.earhustlesq.com%2Fearhustlesq","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdrl.fm/c52dde/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/mgln.ai/e/48/dovetail.prxu.org/_/59/a8c688d2-95ea-455e-a75d-e2c19bc3736f/1706_BAG_OF_SKITTLES_SEG_A_FINAL_-16.mp3","summary":"From obsessive body-building to extreme tattoos and other transformations: stories about the ways people in prison think about and try to change their bodies. Plus: “the California body,” explained. This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, David Jassy, Dwight Krisman, and Derrell Sadiq Davis. Big thanks to Warden Andes, Lt. Berry, and Sgt. Graves at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center; Acting Warden Padilla, Associate Warden Lewis, and Lt. Avina at the California Institution for Women; and Warden De La Cruz and Lt. Vogel at the Central California Women’s Facility for their support of the show. Ear Hustle is coming to the East Coast! Get your tickets at earhustlesq.com/tour . Help us reach 1,000 donors by June 30. Make your gift today at earhustlesq.com/donate . Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"From obsessive body-building to extreme tattoos and other transformations: stories about the ways people in prison think about and try to change their bod…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2487,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ear-hustle-176237/episodes/bag-of-skittles/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237/bag-of-skittles.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}