This is what we work for because there comes a moment in every person in prison's life where the light switch go on. "[9] The show's unique lens and intimate first-person storytelling is noted in most reviews. Part of HuffPost News. And it was very hard for that to not change the way I felt about him. Our senior producer today is Roberta Shorrock. Can I ask how your relationship is changing now that you're both outside? He commuted my sentence to be released forthwith, immediately, right now, its time to go, time to walk out that gate, he added, laughing. He gave up his brother name. Earlonne was both co-host and inmate. E WOODS: I think the mentality is more of crime to you is a job. "[6], Multiple reviewers noted how funny the show can be, despite often dealing with serious topics, and how uncommon it is to find humor in media taking place in real life prison settings. Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods are gifted storytellers, and their ability to draw intimate, authentic stories out of others is extraordinary. And I want to play what he said to you. --. Los Angeles, CA. [1][10] As of Season 4, Woods continues to make the podcast from outside prison, while Rahsaan "New York" Thomas was announced as a new co-host for recordings done inside San Quentin. (SOUNDBITE OF NOEL BONNEVIE'S "DAHIL SA'YO"). California Gov. POOR: It is a different world over there. He's been behind bars for more than 20 years. And so (laughter) it was just incredible. Like, he just seemed lighter and shiny and fresh. It's something. Before creating the podcast, Woods and Poor did interviews with inmates in San Quentin for public radio station KALW in San Francisco. As co-host of the 2019 Third Coast Awards Ceremony, Earlonne will make his return to the "Oscars of Radio." Last year, he beamed in via video ( watch here ) after winning a 2018 Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award as part of the Ear Hustle team. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. Along with Nigel Poor, he is a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX. Like, I just walked away, you know? He is a podcast host correspondent. Earlonne is a brother to Shala Woods. Some might say that Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods were destined to meet. She inherits his dog, a 180-pound Great Dane, who, like her, is grieving. E WOODS: I, personally, would like to eradicate California's three strikes law because I think that there's a lot of people that's sentenced under this law, which everybody thinks is 25 to life. I think it's about probably 20 people from there that call me collect. This is FRESH AIR. What are some of the ways you think you've changed over the years? Mentally, it do, you know? 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. E WOODS: I like my colors bright these days. So prison was more like, oh, hey, this is a place to go and continue your gang activity, continue your destructive behavior. E WOODS: So on November 19, Tyler and his auntie and some other lady went to 7-Eleven to get a pack of cigarettes. Does that mean we're self-absorbed? "Ear Hustle" features stories from prison told by prisoners - their intimate, honest conversations about family visits, cellmates, solitary confinement - conversations like this one between Earlonne Woods and his co-host Nigel Poor, who's not an inmate. It looked so good on you. Earlonne, until the end of November, was a prisoner. That, in a nutshell, is the juxtaposition that defines Ear Hustle. And he's standing in a group. So Earlonne, let me ask you about ways you think you've changed since you were a teenager and were first put in prison. Yes, he can come to my house. GROSS: My guests are Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, the creators and hosts of the podcast Ear Hustle about life inside San Quentin Prison. Let me see why you're here. I'm pretty shy. Do you usually know what somebody is in for and do you ask, or is that considered wrong to ask? I was hoping I could talk to you a little bit about it. 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. And when I went to prison, it was pretty much the California Department of Corrections, and there was not a rehabilitation on the name then. Therefore, it is not known if Earlonne is single, dating, or married. So I think that's very damaging. Ive been taking showers for like 20 years.. Wake up to the day's most important news. Nigel Poor assures us the podcast will continue with Earlonne contributing stories from the outside. In 1997, he was sentenced to 31-years-to-life in prison. I felt like in Earlonne I found a true professional colleague. 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 . Earlonne, I want to ask you about the final podcast you recorded in San Quentin, which was largely about your older brother, Trevor, and your nephew, Tyler. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). GROSS: OK, so that was a little more than five years ago that Tyler was killed. 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. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. It addresses important issues about being human and how prisoners can be contributing citizens. He works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator with Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. But I always go over to the fantasy game guys, and I'll just sit there for a minute and try to see if I even come close to understanding what's going on on that table. Jerry Brown (D) has commuted the prison sentence of Earlonne Woods, whose hit podcast Ear Hustle explores life inside San Quentin State Prison. Her latest novel "The Friend" won the National Book Award for fiction and is about to be published in paperback. The podcast title, Ear Hustle, is prison slang for eavesdropping or being nosy. Woods was raised in South Los Angeles with his parents and his older brother Trevor. A person can get certain - a certain amount of time for the crime that they commit. 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. I was just done. (SOUNDBITE OF JOHN COLTRANE'S "OUT OF THIS WORLD"). Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after California Gov. Namcy Wong. Earlonne Woods, co-host of the popular prison podcast Ear Hustle, had his sentence commuted by California Gov. But you look back, and you're looking at it like, I've wasted, like - I can say right now, I'm 47 years old. In 1997, he was sentenced to 31-years-to-life in prison. Ear Hustle was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting, and won a Alfred I. duPontColumbia University Award in 2021. So in that case, I didn't dig in. POOR: I'm so glad you asked about this. [3] According to The Economist, by this time Woods was one of the most famous incarcerated people in the US. co-hosted by Woods and Nigel Poor, an artist and volunteer at San Quentin interviews men in the prison about their lives there. [9], In a Rolling Stone article about the show, Tana Ganeva called it "a fascinating, harrowing and also deeply entertaining look into life on the inside that runs the full gamut of emotions. Presently, Earlonne has not mentioned any details concerning his parents. E WOODS: Well, I think - so I'll say this. In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. E WOODS: I don't - I think when you're living in the moment, you feel untouchable. I've never felt scared or disrespected. Brown cited Woods' leadership in . Shes holding on. Earlonnes estimated net worth is $657,586. Just to be out there with her.. (SOUNDBITE OF ETIENNE CHARLES' "MIDNIGHT"). Earlonne Woods is co-creator, co-producer and co-host of Ear Hustle from Radiotopia. In November 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown commuted Earlonne's sentence after 21 years of . His first book, OG Told Me, is a memoir-style collection of essays about Harshaw's. Jerry Brown. Poor's teaching work led her to a vast archive filled with photographs taken from life inside the prison that she began using in . It's about a writer whose friend and former mentor kills himself. [5], Prior to Ear Hustle, Poor ran a photography class at the prison during which one of her students proposed making a documentary. How do we present this? POOR: Well, let me ask you this - do you feel like we're being unfair trying to make you do this? [6] While in San Quentin, Woods was unpaid for his work on Ear Hustle, though fans would often send him money. Once the details concerning Earlonnes marital status are available we shall update. Like, what - why were we on this path, you know? POOR: OK. 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 While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College and completed many vocational trade programs. Earlonne Woods: Number one. [12] On October 19, 2021, co-hosts Poor and Woods released a book on the podcast, This Is Ear Hustle. I'd rather deal with anyone, actually, as they are in front of me at that moment. What keeps your hopes up? We get - I mean, it's - you know, it's - we're just E WOODS: You're able to go out now. E WOODS: Yeah, so that's cool. And I - I observed Earlonne a lot. And one of my goals has been for us to travel to other prisons, and I never wanted to do that without Earlonne. Copyright 2018 NPR. For Walter "Earlonne" Woods, the path to freedom was podcasting. He understood human nature. Also Read: Earlonne Woods, . GROSS: Tomorrow on FRESH AIR, my guest will be writer Sigrid Nunez. Did you give him a hug? In April 1989, a drive-by shooting in San Francisco, CA, left at least 11 people injured, and 2 people dead. He also founded CHOOSE1, which aims to repeal the California . As of now, he works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. And, like E WOODS: My partners. I've never had a problem. SHAPIRO: Like in a restaurant, at your house, any POOR: Yes. Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor: This Is Ear Hustle Some might say that Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods were destined to meet. Other officers got involved. He said Woods has clearly shown that he is no longer the man he was when he committed the crime. "Ear Hustle" the phrase is slang for eavesdropping is a collaboration between Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, both prisoners at San Quentin, and Nigel Poor, a Bay Area visual artist who teaches photography classes at the prison. Ear Hustle was the first podcast to be created entirely inside a prison. Now Earlonne will be doing interviews with people like him who are transitioning back into society. His sentence was commuted by Governor Jerry Brown in November. Woods helped create Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. 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. So what - what were the first communications like in which you tried to see, but is he a good interviewer? While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. The prison also went on lockdown during production, halting work and requiring additional administrative steps to both create and release the audio. But, as to being cool with it, it's what it is. You start really understanding what the word community means and what your participation in community is about, you know? [5] He served his last seven years at San Quentin. Earlonne has not yet revealed any information about his parents. No, people get up to a thousand years to life for something that they've done in their past. And, you know, I pretty much raised - because my brother was locked up. I don't know. They fell in love just like anyone else would. You know what I'm saying? My first prison term, I went to jail when I was 17. E WOODS: And she even got mad at me the other day E WOODS: 'Cause I left dinner with everyone, and I went to the movies by myself to go see "Vice" (laughter). I enjoy every second of every day. They're waiting to get inside a club, and somebody from way across the street just shoot into the crowd, hit him in the heart, right? Earlonne Woods co-hosted the podcast Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. Woods helped create Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. He and Nigel are also the authors of This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life, a book that became inspired by the podcast and released by Crown/Random House. No. And I think it would help demystify a lot of the assumptions that people have about who's in prison and who should be there. Trevor has done 14 years of a 36-year sentence. He also founded CHOOSE1, which aims to repeal the California Three . They searched Tyler, and then they ran his name. And just listening to her tell her story to us and knowing that I've been in these type of situations or knowing that I've been probably on the other side of the gun or whatever the case may be and just hearing her loss, hearing her heartfelt testimony about this was really - it was shakening (ph), you know? And, Earlonne, again, I want to thank - I want to congratulate you again for your new freedom. His mother was a postal worker and his father was an unemployed alcoholic, who Woods described as violent and distant. In November 2018, Woods' sentence was commuted by California governor Jerry Brown. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. GROSS: If you're just joining us, my guests are Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor, the co-hosts and co-producers of the podcast Ear Hustle. And I'm like - I'm telling my son, son, look. Hae-soo married his non-celebrity bride on January 14, 2019, according to sources. Why didn't you invite me (laughter)? But if we could just talk about it and come to some understanding about what's our responsibility, what's your responsibility? And when I went in the second time, my friend Furman Little (ph) was killed the night we were arrested. We'll be right back. POOR: It's the bay - yeah, the bay, yeah. You know, he was - you know, I even - I'm talking to him all the time. [5][15] In 2020, alongside Poor and co-host Rahsaan Thomas, Woods was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. You feel invincible in some ways. So you'll never get the opportunity to be in front of people to present the person that you are today. E WOODS: It's the bay. Nigel, I want to play an excerpt of an episode that you were very prominent in. When Earlonne was in, I was probably in there 40-plus hours a week, and I'm not a masochist. 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. And I spend a lot of time in there. GROSS: The new, as yet, unannounced host will be with you (laughter). Woods has served 21 years of a 31 to life prison sentence. She started going to San Quentin to volunteer teaching photography. Earlonne Woods was released from San Quentin in November after his sentence was commuted by Governor Jerry Brown. [14] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Poor said the show is "about everyday life inside a prison. Jerry Brown commuted his sentence for attempted armed robbery. When he was 15, he committed his first robbery alongside his brother, who had transitioned from selling drugs to robbing drug dealers. What's it like to not think about that? 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And, you know, we was clowning on the phone. Self's story opens the first episode of Ear Hustle, an engrossing new podcast out of San Quentin prison, a state facility in California. [7] Woods relocated to Oakland, California after his release, and was hired full-time as a producer and co-host of Ear Hustle. I pretty much raised Tyler from '95 to '97, when I got arrested. The rest of it is just an enhancement. And so that's the point that I'm struck by - that human beings in a moment can do something with devastating consequences. And then what worries me is, like, so people will leave with this very, like, I love this guy. Earlonne Woods is a popular American podcaster. He also founded CHOOSE1, which aims to repeal the California . He works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. We called up Nigel Poor today to ask her about it, and she said that when they got the news yesterday, they were in the middle of making an episode. Here you guys are, poking and - poking and prodding. Also with us is Nigel Poor. [13], The term "ear hustle" is prison slang for eavesdropping. POOR: There's something I have to talk to you about. 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. Earlonne still co-hosts the show alongside Nigel. E WOODS: I think - I was just tripping off - he was just peeling back one of the Beatles POOR: Oh, yeah. In 2018, California governor Jerry Brown commuted Earlonne Woods' sentence, citing Ear Hustle as a significant contributor to his reformation as an American citizen. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Earlonne Woods Wife Earlonne resides in the United States. But he was released in November after his sentence was commuted by California Governor Jerry Brown. When Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods met, Nigel was a photography professor volunteering with the Prison University Project and Earlonne was serving thirty-one years to life at California's San Quentin State Prison. The podcast team announced Tuesday that it will hire Woods as an employee on the show. OK. GROSS: So something I found really interesting is that the group that is multicultural and not segregated by race or ethnicity is the group that's into, like - the nerds, the group that are into, like, sci-fi fantasy and stuff like that. 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. I find it invigorating. And as they questioned the driver, the passenger officer seen tattoos and Tyler's face and started questioning him, made him get out the car. Behind 'Ear Hustle,' The Podcast Made In Prison. 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Since the podcasts launch in 2017, its been downloaded, 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.. California Gov. 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. In November 2018, Woods' sentence was commuted by California governor Jerry Brown. And on their way back to the auntie's house, they were pulled over by Long Beach Police Department - two officers. Or is he a good talker? GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. He says, I need to speak with you. And I'm not even talking about physically intimate, but just emotionally intimate is against regulations. And he understood how to diffuse a situation. So I think I did what, pretty much, my community did that was around me. GROSS: And Nigel, just as a person who's constantly interacting with inmates at San Quentin, do you want to know what they're incarcerated for, what crime they were convicted of? There's all these restrictions. I don't think I have the vision to see it. In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. The two bonded over a love of storytelling and with no formal experience, began a podcast together where they showcase the . . GROSS: And you thanked him for doing it. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. You know, they playing with guns or whatever have you. And when you're in that moment, I think it's more of crime to people in society that commit crime. POOR: We can taste each other's food 'cause, you know, in prison you can't share food with people. Earlonne continues to co-host the show with Nigel. Not at all. GROSS: We talk about the podcast and before we talk about your work together, Earlonne, I want to talk with you about life outside. And y'all having these intimate conversations about, you know, why you went down this path or what it was like being a survivor, what it was like being this. GROSS: Nigel, when you first started volunteering in San Quentin, what were some of the things you had to deal with as a woman teaching in a prison of men? One is that you're going to get killed, and the other is that you'll eventually go to jail. E WOODS: He got a hell of a collection of vinyl. GROSS: A job because you thought it was, like, your only source of income? And it just puts you in a whole different space, you know? FRESH AIR's executive producer is Danny Miller. I don't (laughter) take them for granted. I don't know if it's a lake. There's a story you did about how people like you from the outside who come in to volunteer - because you started at San Quentin volunteering teaching photography before you started doing the podcast Ear Hustle. But we knew that, you know, it's traditional for the governor to do these commutations right before Thanksgiving. E WOODS: Right. When I called my mother, she told me this, right? Like, you may have guys that are Hispanics or whites who, when they get to a certain prison, their race is like, let me see your paperwork. 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. GROSS: Yeah. Then there are those marriages that become the subjects of books . And so I want to play the part where you return to ask him that difficult question. I get to see how they express love and tenderness and fear and frustration and how they posture and what's behind that. Earlonne holds an American nationality and white ethnicity. E WOODS: (Laughter) Not no time soon, no. You know that it could be a possibility, but it's a possibility that you've seen pretty much your whole life, you know? Earlonne Woods, co-host of the popular prison podcast Ear Hustle, had his sentence commuted by California Gov. Like, all of a sudden, you know POOR: We'll be like regular colleagues. And when I was sitting in a county jail, you know, mentally, I pretty much divorced myself from that whole way of life in that moment, you know? But it was just - it was spectacular. POOR: How do we tell stories and leave out that part? So you become accustomed to that lifestyle. And you've had two separate stays, and the last one lasted 21 years. And it might help you. When Earlonne was incarcerated in San Quentin, he and Nigel Poor started the podcast Ear Hustle. POOR: So we were in the media lab working and - you know, trying to work, trying to stay concentrated. He is also involved in the Repeal California's Three Strike Coalition, which aims to end California . I don't know. It's a job. (SOUNDBITE OF STEFANO BOLLANI AND JESPER BODILSEN AND MORTEN LUND AND MARK TURNER AND BILL FRISELL'S "ALOBAR E KUDRA"). No, and I laugh because had Governor Brown probably not been the governor, I would still have 10 years of my sentence left. He is now 47. GROSS: Their brothers are the people who live in a similar world of fantasy as opposed to defining their brothers as being, you know, a skin color or ethnicity. E WOODS: Hey - so I always go over to the L - I call them L7s. Redmond O'Neal is a voice actor, Hollywood celebrity, and Star Kid from the United States. I took their security from them to even walk out the house and feel safe, you know? I had to really work through it and think about it. This is FRESH AIR. And when it actually happened, it was a - it was an awakening in me, like, oh, I don't - why is we living this way, you know? So I'm not thinking that it's serious as much as I'm hearing. His sentence was commuted yesterday. 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