Ear Hustle Podcast

09/23/2026

Ear Hustle Live will be at SFMOMA this Thursday, Sept 24! Before the show, check out the art exhibit by O. Smith, who’s currently incarcerated at San Quentin. And, because we’ll be at an art museum, we’ll be doing Ear Hustle Live a little different. Here’s what you need to know:
🎟️ Thursday, Sept 24, 6 pm ( but get there early!)
🎟️ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
🎟️ Ear Hustle Live is free with regular SFMOMA admission
🎟️Seating is limited and first-come, first-served
🎟️ Check out “O. Smith: Artivist” before the show!

09/18/2026

Ear Hustle Live will be at on Thursday! Before the show, check out the art exhibit by O. Smith, who’s currently incarcerated at San Quentin. And, because we’ll be at an art museum, we’ll be doing Ear Hustle Live a little different.
Here’s what you need to know:
♦️Thursday, Sept 24, 6 pm
♦️San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
♦️The live show is free with regular museum admission
♦️Seating is limited and first-come, first-served
♦️Check out “O. Smith: Artivist” before the show!

09/16/2026

NEW EPISODE: Two people are connected by a terrible crime, committed over 30 years ago. What do we owe the people we hurt, and how long does that debt endure?
Listen now at https://buff.ly/U7D7FnX or on your favorite podcast app.

Illustration by Damien Linnane

09/15/2026

Announcing the Ear Hustle documentary 🎉

A new feature documentary directed by Erika Cohn will follow co-creators Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods, and Antwan Williams and the extraordinary journey of the groundbreaking podcast that began inside San Quentin and has now been downloaded more than 90 million times by audiences everywhere.

'Ear Hustle' is getting a documentary feature from filmmaker Erika Cohn and executive producers Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary.

09/15/2026

We need YOUR ideas for Earlonne and Nigel’s mystery episodes this season! Send us your most creative ideas, one for each of them, to [email protected], by Sept 30. If the producers choose your idea, you’ll get to be a co-host for the episode!

09/11/2026

Our latest episode, "On the Margins," explores the world immediately surrounding San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Meet Lisa, who lives in San Quentin Village, right by the post office and the prison gates. Nigel was drawn to Lisa's house because of her sign outside advertising clairvoyant and Mayan astrology readings. (And you can hear the results of those readings in our upcoming Ear Hustle Plus episode!)

09/08/2026

Big thanks to ABO Comix for inviting us to Oakland First Fridays to talk about storytelling in prison. It was great to be in conversation with Rahsaan "New York" Thomas, Casper and Brett from ABO, and Sister Vina Sinfurrs from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence! We loved meeting folks at the event and who hung out with us after ✌

09/04/2026

There’s a lot more to San Quentin than a prison.
New episode, "On the Margins," out now on your favorite podcast app.

Illustration by Damien Linnane

09/02/2026

A psychic. An RV park. A one-room post office. San Quentin's prison gets all the headlines, but just over the wall, there's a whole other world to explore. Listen to the new episode:

A psychic. An RV park. A one-room post office. There’s a lot more to San Quentin than a prison.

09/02/2026

NEW EPISODE: A psychic. An RV park. A one-room post office. San Quentin's prison gets all the headlines, but just over the wall, there's a whole other world to explore.
Listen now at https://buff.ly/hDvXiXa or on your favorite podcast app.

Illustration by Damien Linnane