The terrible fires in SoCal have us thinking about incarcerated firefighters and dusting off this episode from the archives. Earlonne looks back at one of his favorite episodes. The day before she committed her crime, Linda went to Mass with her mother. Nigel surprises Earlonne with a story about one of their long-time colleagues inside San Quentin. Sam Brown spent 24 years in prison not just denying his crime, but lying about it, over and over again. Finally, he decided to come clean. Would the parole board believe him?
In My Mother Made Me , the new series from Radiotopia Presents, a mother and son consider what each has learned from the other.
In a remote part of Northern California, a prison town is losing its oldest prison. Ear Hustle took a road trip to hear how Susanvillers are reacting to the news. What does that mean for him? Introducing Written Off , a podcast featuring formerly incarcerated young writers.
The promise of sports starting up post-pandemic brings new people, new possibilities, and new heartbreak onto the fields of San Quentin. Three stories about surviving the intense isolation and disorientation of imprisonment in a foreign country.
Introducing Life Jolt , a new podcast about the experiences of currently and formerly incarcerated women in Ontario, Canada. A small Israeli bakery in San Francisco has become a lifeline for people just out of prison.
