Searching for spiritual purpose and meaning, he got sober — and stayed that way. 1 on iTunes, with 1.5 million downloads, Woods said. San Quentin State Prison (SQ) is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorp… San Quentin - Top podcast … Twenty-seven days after the semifinalists were announced, “Ear Hustle” and three other podcasts qualified for top-four consideration. How do you get there on time? On this week's episode of Victimology, I interview private investigator and forensic psychology practitioner, Laura Brand. The other active member of the team is San Quentin Public Information Officer Lt. Sam Robinson, who reviews the content before its release. The rest of the money will go toward taxes owed on the award. Johnny Cash? I’m not going to approach him now, but I can catch him probably tomorrow and inquire about that like ‘Man, you want to come down and talk about that?’’, “I think it’s easier (for us to get stories inside San Quentin) than regular media, because they’re talking to somebody in their same position.”, Williams, Woods and Poor are co-creators and co-producers of “Ear Hustle.”. “We are able to create an environment — especially with this little room — that for some reason with two to three people just changes the dynamic of a conversation,” Williams said. A new podcast shows an entirely different aspect of crime: the details of life after conviction, within prison walls. “I know one thing – I will understand audio engineering, so I will get a job somewhere.”. San Quentin Mixtapes Vol. The team spends around 12 hours a day on the project, working five days a week and occasionally on weekends. “This podcast is giving me a skillset, a focused determination. The trailer was a hit. The podcast shares space with the radio program, but they admit the setting creates a surreal habitat for their art. Woods is the podcasts’ audio producer and Williams the sound designer while Woods and Poor are co-hosts of the episodes. But as of right now we’re still in the fight, still in the struggle, still living the day to day life, the life in prison that almost every other incarcerated American is living, male and female. We are going to make sure that we represent the institution right.”. The book is available for pre-order here. The podcast is a partnership between Nigel Poor, a Bay Area visual artist, and Earlonne Woods, formerly incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and was co-founded with former San Quentin resident Antwan Williams. Hopefully we can make 30-40 engineers out of this.”. “One of the things we realized with Ear Hustle is perspective is everything,” Williams added. Uncuffed is a show made by people behind bars in California prisons. But doing the stories – it’s like man, what’s the takeaway, or why is this relevant? How do you tell a woman you love to stay with you and not leave?” Williams queried. Now, over two weeks later, there’s at least 30 confirmed cases of the virus at San Quentin, only about half of which were transfers. In 1999 I was convicted of being a getaway driver of a second-degree robbery. In 2016, it was selected by the Radiotopia network as the winner of its Podquest competition, and subsequently released its first season between June and October 2017. © Copyright 2021 California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation. The labor skills they developed are vital to the pair’s future. Poor used the funds awarded by Radiotopia to buy about $12,000 worth of equipment that she donated to San Quentin. “I talk about it on a daily basis. “It feels like every couple of weeks I am talking with somebody else in the media,” Poor said. Ear Hustle: Prison podcast tells of life in San Quentin. Williams is scheduled for release in 2020 while Woods will face the Board of Parole Hearings around 2028. Photos and story by Ike DodsonOffice of Public and Employee Communications. We want to showcase life inside — that it isn’t all stabbings and rapes and riots and people slamming bars. “We want to say ‘Thank you’ to the administration here at San Quentin, Lt. Sam Robinson, Warden Ron Davis, Steve Emrick (San Quentin Community Partnership Manager and program coordinator), Nigel Poor, CDCR and everybody at headquarters that has supported us thus far,” Williams said. Recorded in the historic San Quentin State Prison, the new Ear Hustle podcast paints a human image of life in lockup. “It’s been crazy-exciting,” Poor said. Why is this important for people to hear?”, Thirteen stories have made the cut to the “Ear Hustle” storyboard. Note: One of the best ways to support the podcast is to support our sponsors. I’m the co-producer and co-host of ‘Ear Hustle.’”, “My name is Antwan Williams,” a softer, measured voice cuts in, “And I’ve been incarcerated since 2006 for armed robbery with a gun enhancement, and I am the co-producer and sound designer for ‘Ear Hustle.’”. “We may include more guys in the future.”. His role isn’t to censor the group, but to ensure the program doesn’t create any safety or security issues. “We take that extremely seriously. It’s not hooves and fur they seek, but anecdotes and whispers. It’s building those little things that are going to push me further in life.”. The design and the sound, it can be professional. “I’m Nigel Poor, and since 2011 I’ve been volunteering inside the prison. We do want to make sure we do it justice, to where somebody would be willing to let this occur in another institution. Listeners have questions; our team found answers. Catch a Kite is back! •The SHU (Security Housing Unit) The finalists were asked to produce pilot episodes for judging by the PRX committee of 12. They have a self-imposed deadline to finish in April. You're now tuned in to San Quentin's Ear Hustle from PRX's Radiotopia." •Pets in prison •Houdini in prison Poor spends around 30 hours a week on the podcast and the project has the support of CDCR and San Quentin staff, but the grind often comes down to two inmates drafting ambient sounds and interviews in an office of the media center that isn’t even soundproof. The group has been featured by Forbes Magazine, Wired Magazine, Southern California Public Radio, Itsalljournalism.com, Capital Public Radio, All Access Music and current.org. My body doesn’t work like that. “I think getting stories is like hunting,” Woods said. Are you able to do it and the preparation before that? Are we inviting the audience to just relive a trauma? Visit earhustlesq.com to receive notifications about the first season of “Ear Hustle,” by email. Winning the prestigious competition didn’t seem a reality until they were announced among a stellar list of top-10 entries June 1. “Ear Hustle,” a podcast about life inside San Quentin State Prison produced by two inmates and a volunteer, might be the best new podcast I’ve heard this year. It’s tedious, but it’s part of the team’s devout quality control. Behind 'Ear Hustle,' The Podcast Made In Prison Inmate Earlonne Woods and artist Nigel Poor have created a hit podcast from inside California's San Quentin … Authored by Nigel Poor, The San Quentin Project features stories and reflections on incarceration based on photos from the prison’s archives. Learn More “That’s a good story because you think about your family coming and that’s one of your biggest fears, especially if they are coming from Los Angeles or somewhere far away and fall asleep. Wood recently spent several hours repairing an audio clip from an interview that showed breaks in the signal every 10 seconds. “These are like 2008 computers. The crew also gets tutelage from Pat Mesiti-Miller, the sound designer for the popular WNYC radio podcast “Snap Judgement.”. The San Quentin Mixtape is a music project recorded, produced, and performed by incarcerated people inside San Quentin State Prison. On a mission to discover diverse talent and story-driven ideas by independent producers, Radiotopia’s Shapiro and 11 members of the PRX staff accepted 1,537 entries from 53 countries in an international “Podquest” search for the next great podcast last year. “We have people that volunteer and teach engineering skills and stuff like that. •Ministering on Death Row They have received training from experts in the field of audio engineering and are presented with an opportunity to break ground on the first podcast produced inside a correctional facility — one that’s already celebrated. “, The team has engineered the process for that — expert training bolstered by hard work and driven by the most basic of prison instincts — Ear Hustlin.’, (Editor’s note: Some websites may not be accessible from a CDCR computer.). “We take this extremely seriously, because we don’t want an opportunity, something of this magnitude, to slip through our hands and not do our absolute greatest,” Williams said. Created to provide insight into daily life behind bars, the programme helped to free one of its hosts “I didn’t have expectations when we first entered because it was just a shot in the dark,” Williams said. Woods, Williams and Poor collaborate with Radiotopia executive producer Julie Shapiro and PRX editor Curtis Fox. Ear hustlin’ gives the team plenty of ideas, but they have strict requirements for what becomes an episode. Produced by Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Gabe Grabin, Angela Johnston, and Eli Wirtschafter. It deserves that kind of attention.”. It’s open season inside the confines of California’s oldest correctional facility, where Woods and Williams are salivating at the thrill of the chase. It goes directly to examine how humans in San Quentin nurture – “searching out” – their companions and aid each other. “Forget the stereotypes, the scared straight, the Hollywood stories and the mass media B.S. “So we want to make sure that when we work, the sound will be as good as it can be. •What you can achieve in a 15-minute phone call “I don’t feel like we’re the leaders or pioneers because we are still in the fight, still doing it,” Williams said. Since the team shares space, they often give up seats and map out storyboard directions on a whiteboard in the media center’s main room. “Once the first season is out and we start to hear about other people in prison trying to do this or do that – then I think I will start to feel that way. “It’s just learning to ask the correct questions.”. San Quentin prisoners Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams along with teacher Nigel Poor have created what may be the first podcast from inside a federal prison. The podcast is a partnership between Nigel Poor, a Bay Area visual artist, and Earlonne Woods, formerly incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and was co-founded with former San Quentin resident Antwan Williams. •PDA (public displays of affection) “You have 15 minutes on the phone. “You might be like ‘That’s interesting. It substantially updates the media center. Challenges. “We thank you for allowing us this opportunity that has never been done before. “It’s an intimate setting. Not every gripping story belongs on the podcast. Death row? Finding compelling and revealing stories with grit and impact inside the confines of San Quentin requires time, effort, and the subtle surveillance the podcast is named for. “When we were talking about the other nine (semifinalists), one of the volunteers was like ‘Man don’t worry about the other nine, just worry about what you are doing,’” Woods added. Monticule Podcast #26 | SAN QUENTIN - AG Pappenheim by Monticule Festival published on 2019-06-06T11:37:48Z Monticule is entering the hot phase of preparation and AG Pappenheim's San Quentin delivers the right sound for it. “We spend a lot of time going over the minute things, the smallest things so we make not just a quality tape, but a product that any person in the field says “’This is good work’ — not just because they are in prison, but because of the quality of the work.”. The daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration. Last month, over a hundred people were transferred from a San Bernardino County prison — a known COVID-19 hotspot — to San Quentin State Prison. 1 – “Same Prison As My Grandfather” The San Quentin Mixtape is a music project recorded, produced, and performed by incarcerated people inside San Quentin State Prison. The crew is still deciding if they will release the 10-episode season in consecutive weeks across two and a half months or drop one every other week for a five-month season. Podcast: An interview with a San Quentin death row inmate who's been sick with the coronavirus Chronicle Digital Team July 28, 2020 Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 5:35 p.m. “It’s a story about nurturing, and the desire to care for another being in prison,” Poor said. “San Quentin has been forward thinking for decades in allowing the men inside the imposing walls of the prison a mechanism to have their voices heard, beginning in the 1920’s with the Wall City News publication, which evolved into the San Quentin News publication that the prison operates today,” Robinson said. “Sometimes that’s the furthest thing from prison.”. Ear Hustle is a podcast that tells the stories of inmates and of life inside prison. The team has bagged three episodes with another three in production, and plans to finish 15 topics before whittling the top 10 into a full series to open an already acclaimed campaign. Poor convinced Williams and Woods to cultivate a program for entry and the team developed some early topics and a trailer for the contest. “It’s just the two of them right now, because we thought for our first season we really had to work on getting our sound down,” Poor said. I was sentenced to 31-years to life and I’ve been incarcerated for 18 years. Two San Quentin Prisoners Amplify Their Voices With “Ear Hustle” Podcast. A podcast, produced inside San Quentin Prison, won an international contest, beating out more than 1,500 other entries from 48 countries. Antwan Williams scans episode work while Earlonne Woods looks on in the San Quentin State Prison media center this year. San Quentin State Prison (SQ) is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County.. Maximum security? A calm, feminine voice kicks in contrast. “As far as I understand, we are pioneers of this, because I have not heard of another podcast produced inside a prison,” Poor said. Woods said the 12 hours isn’t always spent on the computer. •Christian Macarena Source: “Ear Hustle,” a podcast about life inside San Quentin State Prison produced by two inmates and a volunteer, might be the best new podcast I’ve heard this y… “Ear Hustle” quickly made it to the top-50 of entry reviews by 99 Radiotopia donors. Poor is a full-time photography professor at California State University, Sacramento, and has also been vital to the media center and the development of the San Quentin Prison Report that airs on KALW local public radio. “The whole objective is to try our best to build this area into 2017,” Wood explained. Illustration by Antwan Williams. “Like (Woods) was saying, fixing pops and little digital tears in the tape or creating music, our texture to really represent that moment in its entirety. Producing a successful and well-marketed podcast could be huge for Williams and Woods as they pursue careers outside the walls of San Quentin. The “Today” show brought a crew into San Quentin after the first few episodes to interview Poor and Woods. “Not all of the stories are really heavy, scary or about violence.”. An ex-inmate who co-hosted a podcast while in San Quentin State Prison will stay on the show after California Governor Jerry Brown commuted his 31-years-to-life sentence. Their podcast teaser starts with some scattered sound bites, before Wood’s strong and melodious voice sets the tone. How are we going to actually do this?’, “We have been putting in a lot of time, getting our heads together working diligently to put this season together for a 10-episode launch this summer.”. “You are now tuned in to San Quentin’s ‘Ear Hustle.’ When you think about San Quentin, what comes to mind? “So I just think us staying the course is the best thing for any future podcasts that may come out in prison. The song featured in this episode is “Same Prison As My Grandfather” by Dinero G. Thank you Dinero G and David Jassy for sharing your music with us! “At least we can control the narrative as much as possible. “We were doing a story on a guy whose wife died leaving a visit, so it’s like how do you tell that story?” Woods asked. “This is the only situation I know of where incarcerated and non-incarcerated persons are working inside a prison as colleagues unveiling stories about life inside.”. I’m Earlonne Woods. The California Sunday Magazine also did an enterprising profile on the podcast. •Parole Ear Hustle quickly hit No. Poor says the podcast’s reception has been “overwhelmingly” high quality. Laura has interviewed over 50 Serial killers nationwide and has been working on collective study for the last six years. My mind doesn’t work like that. •Fish kit In the episode, the team unveils the story of a San Quentin inmate dubbed “Rauch” and his love for the creatures he’s found behind institution walls. This week, the podcast network Radiotopia will launch the first episode of “ Ear Hustle,” a podcast produced at San Quentin State Prison.Each of the first season’s 10 episodes, running every other week, will delve into a different corner of life inside: cellmates, pets, family relationships, fashion. “Warden Clinton T. Duffy in the 1940s indicated the purpose of the San Quentin News and radio program ‘was to dispel rumors rampant both inside and outside the prison (via the ‘grapevine’).’, “Warden Robert Ayers Jr., who brought the paper back to life in 2008, after a nearly 25-year hiatus, decreed he ‘wanted the newspaper to be a vehicle of information that would dispel prison rumors and gossip which interfere with a safe living environment.’”, “Today, in 2017, San Quentin’s current Warden, Ron Davis, has continued the progressive initiatives of his predecessors, and has expanded on the aforementioned line of thinking by moving forward into the present day media realm,” Robinson added. San Quentin Radio, formerly known as The San Quentin Prison Report, produces original content from and about the people who live in San Quentin State Prison.KALW trains incarcerated people to become reporters and audio producers. Subscribe on any of these platforms and never miss an episode. I’m the co-host and co-producer of ‘Ear Hustle.’ In 2013 we started producing radio stories about life inside. The judges were persuaded by stories about living in solitary confinement for 26 years, taking care of pets in prison and a former gang member talking about misguided loyalty. Along with volunteer Nigel Poor, inmates Woods and Williams are producing the much-anticipated podcast “Ear Hustle,” an award-winning project poised to release an inaugural 10-episode season this June. Williams and Woods aren’t ready to take responsibility for the movement, at least not until their first season hits the web. The atmosphere and environment, just everything around it screams professionalism.”. Ear Hustle is the award-winning podcast about life inside prison—specifically my prison, San Quentin—that has around 30 million downloads in total. “The work that we are doing now, it requires us to get up and be somewhere and do something for a set amount of time, where we are acclimated with working in an environment every day,” Williams added. •Misguided loyalty Ear Hustle is a non-fiction podcast about prison life and life after incarceration created by Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, both formerly incarcerated, and Nigel Poor, an artist who volunteers at San Quentin State Prison. “You’ve got to go hunting.”. Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams prowl the yard and facilities of San Quentin State Prison in metaphorical camouflage, watching… listening. Scary guys all tatted-up? We share intimate stories of our struggles and triumphs, and of the heartache and … It’s rare that a podcast can make a name for itself before its first episode, but the “Ear Hustle” team keeps landing nation-wide notoriety in the months following their Podquest selection. “In my heart I had hoped for that. “Because that’s the biggest thing. “The hope is that ‘Ear Hustle’ becomes a vehicle to promote public safety through education, and to further the expansion of rehabilitative programs.”. “Not only do we believe we will be perceived as – OK, were just prisoners and that the work won’t be good – but to some degree people believe the quality won’t be as good as it is. Can it be done? “It’s a good love story, but in telling it, is it just a recap of a tragic event, or is there a takeaway? “It’s not like I am trying to just lay up all day. “We had honed in on this area that we’ve got, that we know one thing — people can’t just come in (to San Quentin) and do stories willy-nilly. The stories of life in prison aren’t reserved for those on the inside only. Though it’s never been done before, the success of “Ear Hustle” could open doors for projects of a similar nature. Woods and Williams are enthralled by the episode breaking down inmate phone calls. Williams, Woods and Poor are co-creators and co-producers of “Ear Hustle.” Poor is a full-time photography professor at California State University, Sacramento, and has also been vital to the media center and the development of the San Quentin Prison Report that airs on KALW local public radio. This podcast gives a unique perspective on crime, taking you inside San Quentin State Prison, sharing the stories of incarcerated individuals, the alleged crimes that landed them in San Quentin State Prison, and their experiences with the criminal justice system. “We have been working really hard, and once we saw that we got it, we realized ‘Wow, we have this huge task ahead of us. Both agree the program directly attributes to freedom – specifically that, when they get out, it will help them stay out. “Once we got into the top 10, especially considering how many people entered… it was ‘Wow, we can really do this…’ It got real.”. •Brotherly love (brothers sharing a cell) •Fashion in Prison. We are just going to hit them with real storytelling.”. We have to sign up the morning of or the night before to use the phone at 12:20 the next day. Listen & subscribe on your favorite podcast player! “How do you get someone to visit you 12 hours away in 15 minutes? “It’s really small, sometimes just us and an interviewee.”. The podcast players . Self’s story opens the first episode of Ear Hustle, an engrossing new podcast out of San Quentin prison, a state facility in California. Co-produced by … We’re laying it out, bringing it to you straight.”. The “pets in prison” topic leads that list because it’s one of the pilot episodes that helped “Ear Hustle” win Podquest. “Two questions we ask ourselves in regard to pitches and stories. Well aware that he might never see another day outside San Quentin, inmate number T31014 nonetheless committed to taking responsibility for his actions. We look to do you guys justice, to show that the opportunity you’ve given — it hasn’t fallen by the wayside. Nicholas Quah, a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Wired contributor, listed “Ear Hustle” as one of nine subscription-worthy new podcasts for 2017, citing the program as Radiotopia’s most topically ambitious show to date. 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