What's it like to not care about the person who you're robbing or the person who might be killed by a stray bullet? I think maybe 14 years in my sentence, I went to San Quentin. 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. His net worth is estimated to be $657,586. And that's the only way of life that you're accustomed to 'cause that's all you see. Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor: This Is Ear Hustle Some might say that Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods were destined to meet. I get to see how they express love and tenderness and fear and frustration and how they posture and what's behind that. [13], The term "ear hustle" is prison slang for eavesdropping. And it was just - I just seen him slipping through my fingers because I wasn't there to snatch him up. Jerry Brown commuted his 31-years-to-life . Therese Madden directed today's show. He had just became a paramedic or something. It was - and it's not just her. [7] Co-creators Woods and Antwan Williams were inmates at San Quentin State Prison for the first three seasons of the show. They dont stay the same people that they were when they committed their crime. And you may be incarcerated 15, 20 years. He became affiliated with a local Crips gang in high school, and began selling marijuana at 14, and later sold cocaine. Nigel Poor assures us the podcast will continue with Earlonne contributing stories from the outside. Poor is a professor of photography at California State University in Sacramento. 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? What was your reaction when you found out? And I was - yeah, I was definitely nervous. POOR: I don't ask unless it comes up as part of the story. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. Let me see why you're here. POOR: It's the bay - yeah, the bay, yeah. So I want to ask you each to choose one thing that you would like to change in the system of - in the prison system or in mass incarceration. "[9] The show's unique lens and intimate first-person storytelling is noted in most reviews. Earlonne Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after California Gov. How do we present this? He works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. And you've had two separate stays, and the last one lasted 21 years. Others are typical and comfortable, never rising to celebrity status but supplying its partners with a contented existence. Los Angeles, CA. Poor, a professor of photography at CSU Sacramento, was volunteering with the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison when she met Woods, who was serving a 31-year-to-life sentence. And a chase pursued. , after serving 21 years of a 31-years-to-life sentence. He was sentenced to 31 years to life for attempted robbery in 1999. E WOODS: Well, I think - so I'll say this. [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. The sound was recorded because he's the co-host and co-producer of the podcast Ear Hustle, which features interviews with San Quentin inmates talking about daily life there, things like living with a cellmate in a tiny cell, what it's like to be in solitary confinement, the heartbreak of being a parent separated from your child, how everything inside is separated by race and so on. Jerry Brown. After California Governor Jerry Brown commuted his sentence last month, Woods reflects on. But I'd say a lot of people, particularly in law enforcement, want to look at the crime only, and that's really the big debate. Earlonne Woods is an American podcaster and author, best known for co-hosting and co-founding the podcast Ear Hustle in 2017, and co-authoring the book This Is Ear Hustle in 2021. And he said the thing that all women fear is that I raped women because I could. Ear Hustle was selected from 1,537 submissions, securing the funding for a 10-episode first season. And it just puts you in a whole different space, you know? 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 still co-hosts the show alongside Nigel. POOR: It is a different world over there. And I always wore black. We don't really do stories about people's crimes at all. Earlonne Woods: Number one. GROSS: OK, so that was a little more than five years ago that Tyler was killed. He is a podcast host correspondent. Can I ask how your relationship is changing now that you're both outside? Earlonne holds an American nationality and white ethnicity. [16], Alfred I. duPontColumbia University Award, "Immigrants facing deportation, drug offenders and a former state lawmaker receive pardons from Gov. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And that's pretty much what I did. Look. Earlonne Woods was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. And you start thinking differently, you know? T WOODS: You know, he was ripping and running with the gangs. WOODS: That's something that a lot of us behind bars fantasize about - getting out and leading a normal life. Therefore, it is not known if Earlonne is single, dating, or married. My guests are Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor, the co-creators of Ear Hustle, a podcast featuring their interviews with men incarcerated in San Quentin. Oh, daddy, I'm not playing with no guns. In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. So right now there would be a problem with me going back to see him because I'm currently on parole. Behind 'Ear Hustle,' The Podcast Made In Prison. Ear Hustle co-hosted by Woods and Nigel Poor, an artist and volunteer at San Quentin interviews men in the prison about their lives there. 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. Ive been taking showers for like 20 years.. "[8] In particular, she praised Williams' "evocative, pitch-perfect sound design". They fell in love just like anyone else would. . I'm Terry Gross. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). 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. And I got into this group. Like, what - why were we on this path, you know? 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. Like, me personally, what I took away from a lot of things is that, yeah, I may have robbed a person for, let's say, $1. GROSS: I want to thank you both so much. I find it invigorating. I was a clerk. And it was very hard for that to not change the way I felt about him. 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. You know, prison, I'm going to live to the best of my ability. Or is he a good talker? 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. [3] After two rounds of judging, Ear Hustle was selected as the winner and added to the Radiotopia network. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. It was a private wedding ceremony, according to accounts. "[9] She also praised its originality, "[using] prisoners' storytelling skills to show what it's like to spend decades behind bars. Ear Hustle was the first podcast to be created entirely inside a prison. So, Nigel, when you decided you wanted to start, like, a interview series that started on KALW - the public - one of the public radio stations in San Francisco, and then it became a podcast - you wanted a co-host and co-producer who was incarcerated in San Quentin. California Gov. So I still had a 17-year-old mentality. GROSS: And you basically just described your own situation when you were incarcerated because you got 31 to life for attempted second-degree robbery. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). And at the end of November, Governor Jerry Brown commuted his sentence. She first started working at San Quentin in 2011 as a volunteer in the Prison University Project, teaching the history of photography. 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. TYRA WOODSON: And he began acting out. Woods helped create Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. POOR: So I'm just going to be very blunt with you. And then when I got out, I hadn't put any skill sets together, you know? You guys are killing me (laughter). In 2018, California governor Jerry Brown commuted Earlonne Woods' sentence, citing Ear Hustle as a significant contributor to his reformation as an American citizen. But then someone will research you and be like, did they just feed me a bunch of bull [expletive]. Like, he just seemed lighter and shiny and fresh. They're very polite. SHAPIRO: That's Earlonne Woods from the podcast "Ear Hustle." And we just had such great conversations. Everybody we know live the same lifestyle, you know? And so I want to play the part where you return to ask him that difficult question. And I was paroled when I was 23, about to turn 24. So I gave him, you know, a handshake with as much emotion as I could muster POOR: Appropriately. FRESH AIR's executive producer is Danny Miller. And it's just about - you know, they accept anybody, you know? [12] On October 19, 2021, co-hosts Poor and Woods released a book on the podcast, This Is Ear Hustle. And E WOODS: And of course I enjoy all the little moments. Woods never used the drug, though became addicted to the money and lifestyle selling it provided. And, you know, I pretty much raised - because my brother was locked up. We get - I mean, it's - you know, it's - we're just E WOODS: You're able to go out now. Williams, 29, has served more than 10 years on a 15-year sentence for armed robbery. His sentence was commuted yesterday. "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. I'd rather not know. GROSS: And that was because - you got such a long sentence because one crime had you convicted on two counts, so that counted as two strikes. 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? And many people around me wasn't like that. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. GROSS: And you thanked him for doing it. You have to wear the same clothes all the time. He was born and brought up in the United States to his caring and supportive parents. "[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 first started going to San Quentin as a volunteer teaching photography. 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. They searched Tyler, and then they ran his name. And I believe, personally, that that will ease overcrowding because there are a lot of people in prison that deserve to be out. Hae-soo married his non-celebrity bride on January 14, 2019, according to sources. Woods was convicted of attempted second-degree robbery but because of the three-strikes law was sentenced to 31 years to life, most of which was served in prisons other than San Quentin. T WOODS: One the 19 - November 19, 2013 - federal prison - we have phones, and we have emails. I had to really work through it and think about it. I mean, I guess I had a kind of low estimation of men and what they were like. And this time, they had something for me, which was the three-strike law. The rest of it is just an enhancement. They struck him 19 times, killing him. That was something that was volunteered to me. Earlonne was both co-host and inmate. They eventually met this person. 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. I hope you'll join us. Not at all. EARLONNE WOODS: Well, I just keep getting up every morning, you know, thankful that I have another day, thankful that I'm alive, you know? They had left the auntie's house. And I spend a lot of time in there. [3] According to The Economist, by this time Woods was one of the most famous incarcerated people in the US. Yes, he can come to my house. Aaron Taylor. So I'm not thinking that it's serious as much as I'm hearing. 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. I'm Terry Gross. Like, what was all this for? [5] The show features interviews with inmates who share their stories and opinions on topics like cellmates, solitary confinement, race, morality, pets, religion, gangs, and family. 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. 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. [6] While in San Quentin, Woods was unpaid for his work on Ear Hustle, though fans would often send him money. GROSS: That Tyler was killed while they were in prison. Author, Project Leader of CHOOSE1 Opinions are my own linktr.ee/Earlonnewoods Posts Reels Videos Tagged Show More Posts from earlonnewoods Tyler was sent to live with extended family. Earlonne Woods educational background is unavailable. 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. 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. Earlonnes net worth is estimated to be $657,586. SHAPIRO: Earlonne Woods is 47. You know, when I was out for the two years 10 months, I raised Tyler, you know? 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. In some ways, like, I find it hard to understand that somebody, like, wouldn't have any empathy for the victim and wouldn't care. I've changed my life. 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. E WOODS: In between prison - when I got out - Tyler had just been born in '94. "When. Earlonne Woods is an American podcaster and author, best known for co-hosting and co-founding the podcast Ear Hustle in 2017, and co-authoring the book This Is Ear Hustle in 2021. Earlonne still co-hosts the show alongside Nigel. And it would give the people inside the opportunity to stretch themselves intellectually and emotionally, so just creating more of a connection. And so being in prison has just really altered that. And my mindset, regardless of where I'm at, I'm going to live to the best of my ability. GROSS: That's the sound of the San Quentin prison door slamming as my guest Earlonne Woods was released in late November after being incarcerated there for seven years. And then Trevor was arrested when their son, Tyler, was 10. Trevor has done 14 years of a 36-year sentence. 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. Earlonne still co-hosts the show alongside Nigel. And I'm playing this because it's about knowing where the line is when you're interviewing prisoners and sometimes to have to ask something that's going to make them uncomfortable. Nigel is a professor of photography at California State University in Sacramento. And they open fired on him. In 2020, Ear Hustle was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting the first time the . WOODSON: They told me that my son was murdered - well, killed. 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. So I think I understand more the complexity and the pressures and inside I get to see men relating in very heartfelt ways. POOR: While you're thinking, can I tell you some of the things that are just going through my mind about it? Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. E WOODS: He got a hell of a collection of vinyl. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. And your brother is still in San Quentin. So even though I'm hearing stuff and then I'm talking to him, he playing - he downplaying it. My first prison term, I went to jail when I was 17. Those are my partners. Also Read: Earlonne Woods, . 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. And it was one of them, I guess could you say, moments where you just feel embarrassed about your previous conduct. (SOUNDBITE OF ETIENNE CHARLES' "MIDNIGHT"). Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor, welcome to FRESH AIR. But he was released in November after his sentence was commuted by California Governor Jerry Brown. [4] Its first season began on June 14, 2017. He and Nigel are also the authors of This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life, a book that was inspired by the podcast and released by Crown/Random House. But we knew that, you know, it's traditional for the governor to do these commutations right before Thanksgiving. 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. In 1997, he was sentenced to 31-years-to-life in prison. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Also with us is Nigel Poor. I felt like in Earlonne I found a true professional colleague. And that was one of the things that I appreciated about Jerry Brown - especially everything he said in that clip that you played is the way people inside think. No. After 21 years in prison, Governor Brown the great governor of California decided that I served enough time, Woods said in the latest episode of Ear Hustle. But I just - just took a course that was - seemed cool to me at the time. GROSS: A job because you thought it was, like, your only source of income? 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. While incarcerated at California State Prison, Centinela, Woods saw a documentary about the film school at San Quentin State Prison, and applied to transfer to that prison. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. But the things that you do in your past do add dimension to who you are in this moment. I told him that constantly. He is now 47. That, in a nutshell, is the juxtaposition that defines Ear Hustle. And it's fine. So now we can actually do that and even POOR: Hopefully go to other countries, too. And it's all that some of the people that you choose to associate with do, you know? No, people get up to a thousand years to life for something that they've done in their past. How do you survive? Earlonne Woods was born in the United States in 1972. We'll be right back. Woods learned of his commutation the day before Thanksgiving. NIGEL POOR: You know, E, you've been in prison 20 years. Instead of me representing it, Earlonne and I can represent it together. Jerry Brown (D) has commuted the prison sentence of Earlonne Woods, whose hit podcast Ear Hustle explores life inside San Quentin State Prison. Our associate producer for digital media is Molly Seavy-Nesper. And he's standing in a group. 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 Woods' sentence was recently commuted, but the two continue to tell stories of life behind bars. China. Earlonne Woods prefers to keep his personal life private, so he has not disclosed any information about his marital status. It received 1,537 entries from 53 countries. You know, he running the streets. It mentally puts you in a whole different space. The prison also went on lockdown during production, halting work and requiring additional administrative steps to both create and release the audio. Earlonne continues to co-host the show with Nigel. Mentally, it do, you know? 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. Earlonne Woods is co-creator, co-producer and co-host of Ear Hustle from Radiotopia. E WOODS: It's the bay. So you look at the time wasted, and you look at, man, if I knew better or I should've did better. It was other people telling, you know, their stories about being robbed or losing a child, losing a loved one. Now Earlonne will be doing interviews with people like him who are transitioning back into society. [5][6], The show is produced by Earlonne Woods, Rahsaan "New York" Thomas, and Nigel Poor. No, and I laugh because had Governor Brown probably not been the governor, I would still have 10 years of my sentence left. 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Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). But it was just - it was spectacular. [3][4] In 1997, at the age of 25, he was arrested for attempted second degree robbery. GROSS: Nigel, let me bring you into the conversation. E WOODS: But I wouldn't have it no other way. Co-founded by San Francisco Bay Area artist Nigel Poor alongside Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams who were incarcerated at the time the podcast now tells stories from both inside prison and from the outside, post-incarceration. SHAPIRO: When you said goodbye to him, were you crying? And it was just like - it didn't even register with me. [9][7] Ear Hustle was the first podcast entirely recorded and produced inside a prison. Earlonnes average salary is $61,244 per year. GROSS: We talk about the podcast and before we talk about your work together, Earlonne, I want to talk with you about life outside. He spin his vinyl. 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. Part of HuffPost News. It didn't work out, unfortunately. They say hello. Redmond O'Neal is a voice actor, Hollywood celebrity, and Star Kid from the United States. It was a restorative justice group. I was going to Nigel's house the other day, and I was an hour early. I've never had a problem. And it might help you. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College and completed many vocational trade programs. Woods has served 21 years of a 31 to life prison sentence. [8][9] Poor is a visual artist in the San Francisco Bay area who volunteers at the prison. Once you commit your crime, people think thats what it is, but individuals change. Is he a good co-host? You're sitting across from law enforcement. And he said Tyler got killed by the police. She started going to San Quentin to volunteer teaching photography. His commutation includes reference to Earlonne's work on the podcast. This piece has been updated with news of Woods hiring onto the podcast team. POOR: And the other thing is we've always - we've tried to always keep this as equal as possible. Did you give him a hug? You know what I'm saying? [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. But, as to being cool with it, it's what it is. Woods' sentence was recently commuted, but the two continue to tell stories of life. Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after California Gov. He said Woods has clearly shown that he is no longer the man he was when he committed the crime. When Earlonne was incarcerated in San Quentin, he and Nigel Poor started the podcast Ear Hustle. And he understood how to diffuse a situation. Here you guys are, poking and - poking and prodding. T WOODS: I received an email from one of my partners. GROSS: Well, why don't we take a short break here, and then we'll talk some more? Nigel, I want to play an excerpt of an episode that you were very prominent in. I'm on a podcast. Why am I doing this? 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? GROSS: And, Earlonne, I look forward to your interviews with people who, like you, are transitioning back into society from prison. 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. But after you recorded that interview, you found out something about him and decided, like, you could not play that interview unless you asked him another question. 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 the phone rang in the media lab. 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. And Earlonne just had his sentence commuted by Governor Jerry Brown in November after serving 21 years. Woods was involved in an attempted robbery in 1997, when he was in his 20s. It's a job. So prison was more like, oh, hey, this is a place to go and continue your gang activity, continue your destructive behavior. Governor Jerry Brown commuted his sentence in November, and Woods regained his freedom after serving 21 years of his sentence. And, Earlonne, since you served so much time, let's start with you. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. 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