YAY AREA 🎤 Tickets for Ear Hustle Live in San Francisco are now on sale! Tickets are also on sale for Portland, Seattle, and LA shows. And, for each outside show we do on this West Coast tour, we're planning to do a show inside a nearby prison. Details: earhustlesq.com/tour

For the final episode of our all-NYC series, we take the train to the Children's Museum of Manhattan, where a group of incarcerated dads from Rikers Island are playing games, eating lunch, and doing arts and crafts with their kids. buff.ly/YXJACf0

Kaysha is in her early 20s: low on resources, but big on dreams. Sometimes, those dreams feel so close to reality; other times, she's pulled back into a life she wants to leave behind. In Episode 5, we follow Kaysha as she tries to break out of the loop. www.earhustlesq.com/episodes/202...

Kaysha is in her early 20s: low on resources, big on dreams. Sometimes, those dreams feel so close to reality; other times, she's pulled back into a life she badly wants to leave behind. In Episode 5, we follow her as she tries to break out of the loop: buff.ly/TlsShFP

On the latest episode of The Loop: Life on Crossroads' girls unit. buff.ly/pDbCA19

Boys at Crossroads outnumber girls 10 to one, but if you ask staff about who's harder to work with, it's the girls, hands down. To learn more about life on the girls' hall, we follow two sisters who have cycled in and out of New York's juvenile justice system. buff.ly/pDbCA19

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE for three of our upcoming tour dates! This is an all-new show for West Coast audiences — and, for every outside show we do on this tour, we're planning to do one at a local prison. We can't wait. earhustlesq.com/tour

At Crossroads, three little letters can spark some very big drama. Keys fly, milk is thrown, and insults are hurled, while adults and kids figure out how to deal with it and keep the peace. Episode 3 of our series The Loop is out now: buff.ly/yL7VemE

Nigel and Earlonne get a peek inside one of Crossroad's residential halls, and hear from kids and staff about what it's like to live and work here. Episode 2 of The Loop is out now: buff.ly/FiIOjeh

Nigel and Earlonne get a peek inside one of Crossroad's residential halls, and hear from kids and staff about what it's like to live and work here. Along the way, they cause some drama of their own. Listen to episode 2 of The Loop: buff.ly/Ty0G1l2

🎭 Hunter Silberman School of Social Work Professor Adam Brown is researching how improv impacts incarcerated youth. His work with the Drama Club & @earhustlesq.com explores whether theater can reduce violence & boost self-expression. Learn more: hunter.cuny.edu/news/how-imp...

In the first episode of Ear Hustle's all-new, all-New-York series, Nigel and Earlonne head to Brooklyn to hang out with incarcerated kids and staff at the Crossroads Juvenile Center. www.earhustlesq.com/episodes/202...

In the first episode of Ear Hustle's all-new, all-New-York series, Nigel and Earlonne head to Brooklyn to hang out with incarcerated kids and staff at the Crossroads Juvenile Center. Listen to Episode 1 of The Loop: buff.ly/6AGOshv

Next week we're dropping the first episode of our six-part series about kids who are involved, one way or another, in New York City's criminal justice system. We’re calling it "The Loop." You can find the series, starting October 8, wherever you listen to Ear Hustle.

NEW EPISODE: What textures do you miss in prison? How is menopause handled behind bars? What makes you feel dignified? We collected questions while on tour this summer, and got them answered by women incarcerated in Ohio and Oklahoma: buff.ly/JPvz5h6

In our latest episode, we listen back to our 2023 live show at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles. In her opening monologue, Nigel talks about the objects she finds in the San Quentin parking lot. You can now see all the photos, along with her monologue, on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/tw8xGtNlP2M

Ear Hustle, live in Los Angeles! New episode, out now: buff.ly/GLDVfNG

NEW EPISODE: In 2023, Ear Hustle embarked on its first live tour — a celebration of our 100th episode. On the heels of our second tour, we bring you a never-before-heard recording from the first one: a show we did at the Lodge Room in Earlonne's hometown of LA. buff.ly/qRUlGtt

extremely cool to talk to Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor for @indyweek.bsky.social about Ear Hustle's origin story and how they've maintained a creative vision across fifteen seasons. @earhustlesq.com is in Durham next week!

We're so proud to be included in Time Magazine's 100 best podcasts of all time! Seriously, we're in good company ✨ time.com/collections/...

Some days, Tam feels like he's gonna lose his sh*t. Listen to "30 Days," out now on your favorite podcast app: buff.ly/gY6PmzU

NEW EPISODE: Tam has been in prison for two decades, and is facing a third. But now, there's a small chance a judge could send him home, time served. For one month, we follow Ear Hustle's inside producer as he prepares for his day in court. buff.ly/l5jnyIV

NEW EPISODE: Recently, Earlonne was drafted for a mysterious task: to pose in a photo with Nigel while waving a fake "churro" in the air. Here, in Nigel's first-ever listener-inspired mystery episode, he finally learns what that was all about. buff.ly/KBPHi6B

There's no manual for being a DUI offender in prison. Listen to the latest episode, "No Other Word for It": buff.ly/jMB5oze

My very favorite podcast! This was a good listen, and should be a lesson about drinking and driving. ANYONE can kill someone driving drunk. And, end up spending life in prison.

HARK DAILY: Today's best podcast moments in one playlist, featuring: - What's it like trying to advise Donald Trump? @lucyhough.bsky.social - Who will win the first Golden Globe for podcasting? @nwquah.bsky.social - The women in prison for a bad decision @earhustlesq.com

NEW EPISODE: Women serving serious time for having killed someone while driving drunk form a distinct culture in prison, and often struggle to fit in. We meet women who are still grappling with a life that's very different than the one they'd expected: buff.ly/kHhi3vC

NEW EPISODE: It's our first-ever listener-inspired mystery episode! This time, Nigel's in the dark, and Earlonne has a new co-host. They hope you enjoy this cutting-edge, occasionally unruly episode that braids together many questions about life in prison. buff.ly/mR4O1gv

Listeners had a lot to say about our recent episodes on death row, especially "Different Sides of the Earth," which focused on condemned women. In this special episode: our first-ever roundtable conversation about the role of crime and remorse in the stories we tell: buff.ly/GVKZClp