{"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 \"Getting a Date\"","slug":"revisiting-getting-a-date","published_at":"2026-06-24T09:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237/revisiting-getting-a-date","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ear-hustle-176237","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_59_2ce0b0aa-8b0b-4c42-ad0b-4a3b206f057a&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/_/59/2ce0b0aa-8b0b-4c42-ad0b-4a3b206f057a/1709_REVISITING_GETTING_A_DATE_Seg_A_FINAL_-16.mp3","summary":"Earlonne relistens to the final episode of Ear Hustle’s first season, about one official and one unofficial way to get out of prison. Steve, Danny, Phillip, and Ron are all trying to make their way out of prison. In our final episode of the season, these men share their stories of going through the parole hearing process, and contemplate life on the outside after being incarcerated for decades. Big thanks to Steve Wilson for telling his story, and to Danny Plunket, Phillip Melendez, and Ron Self for sharing their parole board experiences. In revisiting this episode, we tried to reach Steve, but the phone number we have for him doesn’t work. Steve, if you’re out there, let us hear from you ! Music used in this episode was contributed by Antwan Williams, David Jassy, E. “Phil” Phillips, and Earlonne Woods. Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"Earlonne relistens to the final episode of Ear Hustle’s first season, about one official and one unofficial way to get out of prison. Steve, Danny, Philli…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2562,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ear-hustle-176237/episodes/revisiting-getting-a-date/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-getting-a-date.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}