{"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":"Revisiting “Future on Ice”","slug":"revisiting-future-on-ice","published_at":"2025-08-21T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237/revisiting-future-on-ice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_59_4d1234d1-71ef-4a2f-b733-508ff6e3ae49&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/_/59/4d1234d1-71ef-4a2f-b733-508ff6e3ae49/1512_SHABNAM_SLEEPER_Seg_A_Final_-16.mp3","summary":"Revisiting our 2018 episode “Future on Ice,” about the lives of immigrants in San Quentin. Being an immigrant in an American prison can pose unique challenges, like deciding which racial group you’ll identify with. But sometimes the biggest hurdles don’t become apparent until the day you are released. Thanks to Martin Gomez, Miguel Sifuentes, Wayne Boatwright, Phoeun You, David Jassy, Ai Borey (aka PJ) and Marco Villa for sharing their stories with us. And thanks to Jose Diaz, Vicente Gomez and Gerardo Sanchez-Muratalla, the Three Guitarists. This episode was scored with music by David Jassy, with contributions from Antwan Williams. As always, much gratitude to Lt. Sam Robinson and Warden Ron Davis for their continued support of Ear Hustle. “Nobody comes back” episode Big thanks to Warden Andes and Lt. Berry at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center; Acting Warden Parker, Associate Warden Lewis, and Lt. Newborg at the California Institution for Women; and Warden De La Cruz and Lt. Williams at the Central California Women’s Facility for their support of the show. Support our team and get even more Ear Hustle by subscribing to Ear Hustle Plus today. Sign up at earhustlesq.com/plus or directly in Apple Podcasts. Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"Revisiting our 2018 episode “Future on Ice,” about the lives of immigrants in San Quentin. Being an immigrant in an American prison can pose unique challe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2869,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ear-hustle-176237/episodes/revisiting-future-on-ice/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/revisiting-future-on-ice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}