{"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":"Behind the Scenes: “Bag of Skittles” and “Over and Over and Over and Over”","slug":"behind-the-scenes-bag-of-skittles-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over","published_at":"2026-07-08T22:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237/behind-the-scenes-bag-of-skittles-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_59_91758919-477b-4cf2-bd61-a5904bb72fd7&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/_/59/91758919-477b-4cf2-bd61-a5904bb72fd7/1710_BEHIND_THE_SCENES_SEG_A_FINALFINAL_-16.mp3","summary":"Could telling Sadiq and Demarion’s story actually make things worse between them? And were we right to be concerned that SQ's public information officer wouldn't sign off on a story about penis modification? For our latest editorial roundtable, the outside team sits down to discuss two recent episodes: “ Bag of Skittles ” and “ Over and Over and Over and Over .” Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"Could telling Sadiq and Demarion’s story actually make things worse between them? And were we right to be concerned that SQ's public information officer w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2078,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ear-hustle-176237/episodes/behind-the-scenes-bag-of-skittles-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over/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/behind-the-scenes-bag-of-skittles-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}