Since the podcasts launch in 2017, its been downloaded millions of times, featured in media outlets from NPR to The New York Times, and made several best of podcast rankings. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). This is what we work for because there comes a moment in every person in prison's life where the light switch go on. WOODSON: I used to work for the captain at CIW in the program office. Even after Woods is out on parole in Oakland, California, Ear Hustle said that it will continue, with Poor telling more tales from those inside San Quentin and Woods talking about the journey to re-enter society after years behind bars. Like, I take you as the man you are in front of me. POOR: There's something I have to talk to you about. Earlonne became preoccupied with reporting on re-entry stories and daily life for people who had previously been incarcerated, as well as documenting his own experiences. So I think what kept me sane is that I had the philosophy where, I am going to live to the best of my ability every day that I have left on this Earth no matter where I'm at. And it was very hard for that to not change the way I felt about him. Woods learned of his commutation the day before Thanksgiving. He is a man of average stature. [3] According to The Economist, by this time Woods was one of the most famous incarcerated people in the US. So I gave him, you know, a handshake with as much emotion as I could muster POOR: Appropriately. Woods helped create Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. POOR: It is a different world over there. I'd rather not know. Jerry Brown (D) has commuted the prison sentence of Earlonne Woods, whose hit podcast Ear Hustle explores life inside San Quentin State Prison. When I called my mother, she told me this, right? So now we just have the opportunity to travel together, to do something like this together. You end thinking, like, here's this guy who's very self-actualized. I enjoy every second of every day. I don't know what tomorrow brings, but I know what's happening today and right now. He said Woods has clearly shown that he is no longer the man he was when he committed the crime. He is 49 years old. They had left the auntie's house. And I think - I didn't - I didn't become accustomed to the lifestyle of working or having a job, you know? And you may be incarcerated 15, 20 years. [9][7] Ear Hustle was the first podcast entirely recorded and produced inside a prison. He spin his vinyl. And, Earlonne, since you served so much time, let's start with you. He likes to keep his personal life private hence Earlonne has not mentioned any details concerning his marital status. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. You're more looking at what you're getting out of the situation. GROSS: Earlonne, what's the custom among men in San Quentin? I've spent a total of 27 years in prison. Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after California Gov. SHAPIRO: Nigel Poor told us that when Earlonne Woods came back POOR: He was walking with a lot of air in his step. And you've said in the past that he was always the quietest person in the room, but you could tell he was a good observer. In March 2016, the Public Radio Exchange's Radiotopia network put out a call for new podcast ideas via an initiative called Podquest, with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. I was questioning everything. This piece has been updated with news of Woods hiring onto the podcast team. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. Like, my mother used to bring him. And that surprised me greatly. Elevated Entertainment LLC; Host: Hard in the Paint w/Aaron Showtime Taylor. POOR: Earlonne described himself, and I described myself. He works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator with Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. Tyler was sent to live with extended family. POOR: So I'm just going to be very blunt with you. Not at all. POOR: You can't blend into what the guys inside wear. He was sentenced to 31 years to life for attempted robbery in 1999. E WOODS: I don't - I think when you're living in the moment, you feel untouchable. Can I ask how your relationship is changing now that you're both outside? Kourtney Kellar models for a variety of periodicals, companies, Toni Storm is a famous New Zealand-Australian wrestler, social media influencer, Instagram personality, OnlyFans star, and entrepreneur from Auckland, New Zealand. Due to the complex and time-consuming bureaucratic challenges associated with unusual prison activities, she decided that audio would be easier to manage than video. It mentally puts you in a whole different space. For the first few months after Earlonne Woods was released from San Quentin in November, his "Ear Hustle" podcast co-host Nigel Poor kept receiving photos of ice cream on her phone. And I - I observed Earlonne a lot. But the - the problem is is that a lot of the sentences are a hundred years, 200 years, 300 years. [3] After two rounds of judging, Ear Hustle was selected as the winner and added to the Radiotopia network. I was going to Nigel's house the other day, and I was an hour early. It instead offers the even more illuminating dialogue of individual prisoners. And I'm always interested in people who kind of fade into the background a little bit because I suspect they could be the most interesting people in the room. Nigel Poor assures us the podcast will continue with Earlonne contributing stories from the outside. GROSS: That people can change and that you should look at the person and not just the crime - that you'd still be in prison, I mean? Earlonne Woods (@earlonnewoods) Instagram photos and videos earlonnewoods Follow 225 posts 24.1K followers 931 following Earlonne Woods Public figure Award winning Co-Creator + Co-Host, @earhustlesq . That, in a nutshell, is the juxtaposition that defines Ear Hustle. And on their way back to the auntie's house, they were pulled over by Long Beach Police Department - two officers. Jerry Brown is releasing Woods from San Quentin State Prison after two decades behind bars. And it really wasn't until I got into the healing circle that I understood what it was like to be a survivor of crime because in these circles, you're sitting across from crime victims. I mean, there's two likely outcomes if you're robbing drug dealers. Earlonne continues to co-host the show with Nigel. They're the co-hosts and co-producers of the podcast Ear Hustle, which features interviews with men incarcerated in San Quentin about their daily lives and their personal stories. And then, I always say that, you know, a lot of people that volunteer - people like Nigel Poor, people like other volunteers that volunteer inside of prisons - are on the frontline of public safety because these are the people that's coming in and is trying to show you a different way of life or trying to help you understand differently, think differently. And when the men started filing into my class, I was like, oh, what have I done? You know, at that particular moment, in that mindset - like today, am I OK with that? SHAPIRO: Like in a restaurant, at your house, any POOR: Yes. Nigel is a professor of photography at Cal State. You - you - you always feel that you're better than getting killed, like you would never get killed. Co-produced by inmates Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams . And your brother is still in San Quentin. I mean POOR: No, we're not allowed. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And it's the way people would hope other people think that, hey, OK, I've done my time. You know what I'm saying? And you've had two separate stays, and the last one lasted 21 years. SHAPIRO: That's Earlonne Woods from the podcast "Ear Hustle." I had to really work through it and think about it. Earlonne was an inmate as well as a host. He's able to call me collect. My guests are Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor, the co-hosts and co-producers of Ear Hustle, a podcast featuring their interviews with men incarcerated in San Quentin. GROSS: So this gets back to something you were just saying. Despite the lack of physical or forensic evidence, Caramad Conley was convicted of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, two counts of first degree murder, and eleven counts of attempted [11], By September 2021, Ear Hustle episodes had been downloaded over 54 million times. But it was just - it was spectacular. POOR: You know, a kind of joy I never really experienced before - I mean, it's - you know, to be so happy for him and being in prison and not wanting to cry (laughter) - you know, trying to hold it together. [5][15] In 2020, alongside Poor and co-host Rahsaan Thomas, Woods was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor: This Is Ear Hustle Some might say that Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods were destined to meet. After a break, we'll hear and talk about excerpts of two episodes of Ear Hustle, one about a death that was devastating for Earlonne, the other about an interview that raised serious ethical questions for Nigel. It was a private wedding ceremony, according to accounts. And I listen very carefully to how you talked about your relationship and how much you thought about it and how painful and joyous the whole experience was for you. I'm on a podcast. And it just puts you in a whole different space, you know? And so to me, that meant he was a very good observer. And they - and I received 31 years to life. It was other people telling, you know, their stories about being robbed or losing a child, losing a loved one. So I was nervous at first to go in because, I mean, my head was full of all the images that, you know, of - from bad TV, bad movies, bad media about what prison was going to be like. Woods is expected to be released on parole in the coming days, after serving 21 years of a 31-years-to-life sentence. I'm not doing this. So in that case, I didn't dig in. Here you guys are, poking and - poking and prodding. "[9] The show's unique lens and intimate first-person storytelling is noted in most reviews. He understood human nature. And I stopped by this lake. POOR: So we were in the media lab working and - you know, trying to work, trying to stay concentrated. In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Lexi Mainland wrote "The runaway hit Ear Hustle never takes a broad look at criminal justice policy or employs Voice of God narration. When Earlonne was incarcerated in San Quentin, he and Nigel Poor started the podcast Ear Hustle. He had served 21 years of a 31-years-to-life sentence. The two established a rapport,[6] and Poor proposed the idea of creating a podcast to Woods, who had previously not known what a podcast was. He and Nigel Poor began the podcast Ear Hustle when Earlonne was a prisoner in San Quentin. So it be at prison, I'm going to enjoy my day every day because at the end of the day, this is all I got, you know? You know, he running the streets. I think I was probably like eight years old when it came to me that one day I have to die. And that's pretty much what I did. "[15], The New Yorker's Sarah Larson said the show "might be the best new podcast Ive heard this year" and described it as being "about the creativity required to live a satisfying lifeor even a sane lifein prison, and is itself a product of that creativity. POOR: That's his obsession. E WOODS: Yeah, so that's cool. You know, when I was out for the two years 10 months, I raised Tyler, you know? They grow up literally., In Browns letter announcing the commutation, the governor echoed that thought, saying Woods has clearly shown that he is no longer the man he was when he committed this crime., He has set a positive example, Brown wrote. I have all the different people that I talk to as I work my way down to the media lab. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. In 2020, Ear Hustle was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting the first time the . E WOODS: Well, I mean, it's cool, you know? It was the first podcast to be entirely created and produced inside a prison. So even though I'm hearing stuff and then I'm talking to him, he playing - he downplaying it. It received 1,537 entries from 53 countries. And I mean, we just knew that was the call. Poor's teaching work led her to a vast archive filled with photographs taken from life inside the prison that she began using in . Earlonne Woods, co-host of the popular prison podcast Ear Hustle, had his sentence commuted by California Gov. And the thing that I noticed in particular about him was that whenever there was an issue going on - and, of course, inside prison, there's all kinds of issues - and if we would have to sit down to solve a problem, Earlonne was the one who would speak up, cut through all of the baloney and get to the point. [5], Prior to Ear Hustle, Poor ran a photography class at the prison during which one of her students proposed making a documentary. But that was a case that challenged my desire to not know and to - how to deal with the knowing once it's been presented to you. And it would give the people inside the opportunity to stretch themselves intellectually and emotionally, so just creating more of a connection. Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor, welcome to FRESH AIR. E WOODS: I think - I was just tripping off - he was just peeling back one of the Beatles POOR: Oh, yeah. Earlonne, congratulations on life outside of prison. Why we living like we don't care - because this is somehow how we grew up and how - since as early teenager we've been living in the streets, in the gangs. He running with these hard heads. A post shared by @earhustlesq on Mar 13, 2018 at 8:35pm PDT. And I just said, when you come back, you're going to be almost a free man. Once the details concerning Earlonne's marital status are available we shall update. I pretty much raised Tyler from '95 to '97, when I got arrested. Let me see why you're here. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. GROSS: Earlonne, how did you learn how to keep your calm and live in the kind of confined situation you were in during the more than two decades that you were incarcerated? You start really understanding what the word community means and what your participation in community is about, you know? Woods is expected to be released on parole in the coming days, after serving 21 years of a 31-years-to-life sentence. When he was 15, he committed his first robbery alongside his brother, who had transitioned from selling drugs to robbing drug dealers. When asked earlier this year what was the first thing he would do if he got out, Woods said, Take a bath. [16], Alfred I. duPontColumbia University Award, "Immigrants facing deportation, drug offenders and a former state lawmaker receive pardons from Gov. [3], Woods met artist and volunteer Nigel Poor, who was teaching photography at the film school. SHAPIRO: Well, yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown commuted Earlonne Woods' sentence. So to hear Governor Brown say that, it was like this is how we actually think. But you may have the African-Americans who go to prison and they're at certain places and you don't get that question. How do you deal with family, love, depression, having children, finding meaning in life? In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. Earlonne, tell us a little more about what happened to Tyler, how he was killed. Also Read: Earlonne Woods, . Like, in the county jail, I was like, OK, I'm done with this side of life because even though our philosophy growing up was for death though - you know, meaning I'd rather be carried by six than judged by 12 - that was just the philosophy we had growing up, you know? "[12] Woods later traveled to thank Brown and interview him for the podcast. And one of my goals has been for us to travel to other prisons, and I never wanted to do that without Earlonne. Earlonne holds an American nationality and white ethnicity. Who is Kourtney Kellar? [3], Woods completed his General Educational Development in prison, as well as vocational courses such as auto mechanics. So sometimes it's important, and I can give you an example. ALEX BLUMBERG: And so a friend of Earlonne's, a volunteer at the prison, had an idea: with this spotlight on his work, and having served now two decades of his 31-to-life sentence, Earlonne should put in for a commutation -- make an official appeal to the governor, to set him free. POOR: While you're thinking, can I tell you some of the things that are just going through my mind about it? [8] Galen Beebe's review for The Atlantic called it a "brilliant series" which "return[s] some of the humanity that the carceral system removes and provide[s] a link between inmates and outsiders. Williams was serving a 15-year sentence for armed robbery with a gun enhancement. Through his podcast, [Woods] has shared meaningful stories from those inside prison.. SHAPIRO: Earlonne Woods is 47. Earlonne is of white ethnicity and American nationality. GROSS: Tomorrow on FRESH AIR, my guest will be writer Sigrid Nunez. GROSS: Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor are the co-creators, co-producers and co-hosts of the podcast Ear Hustle, which features interviews with men incarcerated in San Quentin. GROSS: The new, as yet, unannounced host will be with you (laughter). And you have another 11 to go. They ask how you are. Earlonne Woods: Number one. Nigel first started going to San Quentin as a volunteer teaching photography. (SOUNDBITE OF JOHN COLTRANE'S "OUT OF THIS WORLD"). And I thought, well, those are kind of qualities that you need to be able to bring people out. Behind 'Ear Hustle,' The Podcast Made In Prison. Therefore, it is not known if Earlonne is single, dating, or married. We know because they did a whole episode on getting parole. It's like - I think they're not under the constraints or the pressures to not accept people. I mean, I try to be, like, open and honest about my past and the things that I've done, including what I've done to get to prison. We're able to share food. E WOODS: Right. It focuses on both the personal and the political, shedding light on issues of mass incarceration and the criminal justice system by telling intimate, humanizing stories, like the tale of one inmates obsession with keeping small critters as pets in his cell or anothers struggle to be intimate with his wife while behind bars. And we used to do, like, healing circles. No. He commuted my sentence to be released forthwith, immediately, right now, its time to go, time to walk out that gate, he added, laughing. Author, Project Leader of CHOOSE1 Opinions are my own linktr.ee/Earlonnewoods Posts Reels Videos Tagged Show More Posts from earlonnewoods Woods is an inmate of the San Quentin State Prison in California. Those are my partners. He is now 47. And at the end of November, Governor Jerry Brown commuted his sentence. Does that mean we're self-absorbed? GROSS: And, Earlonne, I look forward to your interviews with people who, like you, are transitioning back into society from prison. ARI. Jerry Brown. E WOODS: So I think that goes into, like, what they call politics in prison and where, you know, you may have certain prisons that it matters what you're in prison for like - and it's a difference on a race level. GROSS: So Tyler's father, your brother, is still in San Quentin during the final year that you were in San Quentin. And then when I got out, I hadn't put any skill sets together, you know? She'll continue to do interviews inside San Quentin. Even though you can't do nothing about your past, you just feel embarrassed about even going down that route, even victimizing anybody. WOODS: It's unrealistic, but I think about just getting out of San Quentin, jumping in the water and swimming to my yacht and going around the world. And to hear how it happened to him and to hear that he was shot 19 times, you know - and I just try to visualize, like, what he was going through at the time he was being shot at by those officers. WOODSON: They told me that my son was murdered - well, killed. E WOODS: Well, I think - so I'll say this. [8][9] Poor is a visual artist in the San Francisco Bay area who volunteers at the prison. So I still had a 17-year-old mentality. She started going to San Quentin to volunteer teaching photography. Self's story opens the first episode of Ear Hustle, an engrossing new podcast out of San Quentin prison, a state facility in California. So I've technically only been free 20 years in my life, and, since I was 17, I've been free maybe three years all together. An intimate view into the life and challenges of an asperger's spouse.It seems some marriages are so wonderfully stellar you have to look away or be blinded. E WOODS: (Laughter) Not no time soon, no. But very quickly, when we started talking about photography - I was teaching a history of photography class - that kind of melted away. Woods was unaware his two convictions as a juvenile counted as two 'strikes', which made his conviction at 25 count as his third under California's three strikes law. [5] Woods role on the podcast was well-received, with Sarah Larson from The New Yorker describing him as an "immediately warm and likable presence",[10] while Eddie Harana from Rolling Stone praised the sense of humor he brought to the show. E WOODS: In between prison - when I got out - Tyler had just been born in '94. Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods are gifted storytellers, and their ability to draw intimate, authentic stories out of others is extraordinary. , after serving 21 years of a 31-years-to-life sentence. Earlonnes average salary is $61,244 per year. So I'm not thinking that it's serious as much as I'm hearing. And then Trevor was arrested when their son, Tyler, was 10. Brown cited Woods'. And he was always ready to help. In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. And he understood how to diffuse a situation. Jerry Brown (D) has commuted the prison sentence of Earlonne Woods, whose hit podcast Ear Hustle explores life inside San Quentin State Prison. Should we recognize the change, or once you did the act, that's who you are - your essence, your identity - and never to be considered? So what - one of the things that I've really taken away from being in prison is that I've gotten an incredible glimpse into what it means to be a man and what men deal with. But if we could just talk about it and come to some understanding about what's our responsibility, what's your responsibility? I think maybe 14 years in my sentence, I went to San Quentin. GROSS: So can I ask you an honest question? Wake up to the day's most important news. And it was just - I just seen him slipping through my fingers because I wasn't there to snatch him up. Don't be out there doing no robberies, none of that stuff. California Gov. I used to sit there and ask God, "Like, why am I living if I have to die?" And I think at that age I was questioning God. And I always wore black. And the assumption is that what you did at that moment is what you are today even though it's five years, 10 years, 20, 30 years later. And I think that's a shared philosophy with everybody that's in prison - is that you have to just deal with what's going on today, you know, and just not let the pressures of prison just get to your core and crush you. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). And I spend a lot of time in there. So you recorded interviews with Trevor and Tyra talking about how difficult it is to maintain a relationship with your child when you're incarcerated and how difficult it is to help them stay out of trouble. POOR: It's the bay - yeah, the bay, yeah. We can go to the gym and work out together. Woods has served 21 years of a 31 to life prison sentence. [9], On November 21, 2018, producer Earlonne Woods's sentence was commuted by California governor Jerry Brown. In November 2018, Woods' sentence was commuted by California governor Jerry Brown. And then the question is, well, what do we do about that? Our associate producer for digital media is Molly Seavy-Nesper. Then she started doing interviews, and then they started working together co-producing a radio show and then the podcast. On his release from San Quentin State Prison, Woods was hired full time to continue the work started inside but also adding reentry stories. We'll be right back. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Earlonne has not yet revealed any information about his parents. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. He also founded CHOOSE1, which aims to repeal the California . Governor Jerry Brown commuted his sentence in November, and Woods regained his freedom after serving 21 years of his sentence. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). You know, they playing with guns or whatever have you. And that's the only way of life that you're accustomed to 'cause that's all you see. About, you know, they playing with guns or whatever have earlonne woods wife but I know what our... On their way back to the auntie 's house the other day, and their ability to draw,... 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