While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. And my whole thinking, like, changed in that moment. GROSS: Yeah. I got out, stayed out two years, 10 months and found myself back in jail for attempted second-degree robbery. I felt like in Earlonne I found a true professional colleague. 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. [3], Woods completed his General Educational Development in prison, as well as vocational courses such as auto mechanics. Earlonne Woods is a popular American podcaster. I've never felt scared or disrespected. He and Nigel Poor began the podcast Ear Hustle when Earlonne was a prisoner in San Quentin. And for most people - for most people inside, they just want the chance to represent the person that they are today, you know? , after serving 21 years of a 31-years-to-life sentence. Also Read: Earlonne Woods, . And we used to do, like, healing circles. Let me see why you're here. They searched Tyler, and then they ran his name. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. Redmond O'Neal is the son of American actor Ryan O'Neal and Farah Fawcett (an America. Earlonne continues to co-host the show with Nigel. Toni Storm is well-known in the wres. But yeah, I can't. All rights reserved. E WOODS: I like my colors bright these days. Accuracy and availability may vary. Tyra got arrested first for kidnap and robbery. You're able to go POOR: We're able to go out. He commuted my sentence to be released forthwith, immediately, right now, its time to go, time to walk out that gate, he added, laughing. E WOODS: Right. In 2018, California governor Jerry Brown commuted Earlonne Woods' sentence, citing Ear Hustle as a significant contributor to his reformation as an American citizen. In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. You start really understanding what the word community means and what your participation in community is about, you know? He also founded CHOOSE1, which aims to repeal the California . I was questioning everything. OK. Ive been taking showers for like 20 years.. With grace and humor they walk through what life is really like behind bars, showing the humanity and depth of those they meet inside." --Catherine Burns, artistic director, The Moth "I listen to Ear . He works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. He's also co-host of the podcast "Ear Hustle," which is why we had him on this program. I've changed my life. 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 really get a better understanding of your impact that you've personally had on people in society. You know, they playing with guns or whatever have you. So even though I'm hearing stuff and then I'm talking to him, he playing - he downplaying it. [9][7] Ear Hustle was the first podcast entirely recorded and produced inside a prison. Woods' sentence was recently commuted, but the two continue to tell stories of life behind bars. Woods and Poor cohost the show while Williams does the show's sound design, working in San Quentin's media lab to record music and effects, including foley work. Yeah - the butcher cutters. [5] He served his last seven years at San Quentin. Yes, he can come to my house. T WOODS: One the 19 - November 19, 2013 - federal prison - we have phones, and we have emails. This is FRESH AIR. T WOODS: I received an email from one of my partners. 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. But very quickly, when we started talking about photography - I was teaching a history of photography class - that kind of melted away. And one of my goals has been for us to travel to other prisons, and I never wanted to do that without Earlonne. You're sitting across from politicians. And so (laughter) it was just incredible. 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. It destroys hope, and it violates the principle that redemption is at the essence of what it is to be human. 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. (SOUNDBITE OF NOEL BONNEVIE'S "DAHIL SA'YO"). He also founded CHOOSE1, which aims to repeal the California . Earlonne is Shala Woods brother. In April 1989, a drive-by shooting in San Francisco, CA, left at least 11 people injured, and 2 people dead. China. She'll continue to do interviews inside San Quentin. Woods learned of his commutation the day before Thanksgiving. 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, like E WOODS: My partners. [11], In November 2018, then California Governor Jerry Brown commuted Woods' sentence, saying he had "clearly shown that he is no longer the man he was when he committed this crime" and that "he has set a positive example for his peers and, through his podcast, has shared meaningful stories from those inside prison. 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But it was just - it was spectacular. Jerry Brown (D) has commuted the prison sentence of Earlonne Woods, whose hit podcast Ear Hustle explores life inside San Quentin State Prison. "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. Earlonne Woods is the cocreator, coproducer, and cohost of the Pulitzer-nominated podcast Ear Hustle. So we do stories about life inside prison. SHAPIRO: That's Earlonne Woods from the podcast "Ear Hustle." In November 2018, Woods' sentence was commuted by California governor Jerry Brown. And I got out in '95. That stuff carries 17 years. POOR: I walked him to the gate; you know, wished him good luck. And I thought, well, those are kind of qualities that you need to be able to bring people out. WOODSON: I used to work for the captain at CIW in the program office. He became affiliated with a local Crips gang in high school, and began selling marijuana at 14, and later sold cocaine. And when you're in that moment, I think it's more of crime to people in society that commit crime. You guys are killing me (laughter). I had to really work through it and think about it. But I just - just took a course that was - seemed cool to me at the time. SHAPIRO: Like in a restaurant, at your house, any POOR: Yes. It was like 2 in the morning. And, Earlonne, again, I want to thank - I want to congratulate you again for your new freedom. Presently, Earlonne has not mentioned any details concerning his parents. And a chase pursued. Or would you just as soon not know and just judge them based on what they present to you in their interactions with you? And Jerry Brown was then the governor of California. And they open fired on him. 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. GROSS: And, Earlonne, I look forward to your interviews with people who, like you, are transitioning back into society from prison. Jerry Brown. Im thinking about my mama, shes 70. I'm fine working with him now. GROSS: So Tyler's father, your brother, is still in San Quentin during the final year that you were in San Quentin. You were OK with that? 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. Your nephew, his son, Tyler, was born in 1994. We get - I mean, it's - you know, it's - we're just E WOODS: You're able to go out now. Earlonne is 5 feet 7 inches tall ( Approx1.7 m). And, you know, we was clowning on the phone. That, in a nutshell, is the juxtaposition that defines Ear Hustle. Like, I take you as the man you are in front of me. 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. 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. In November 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown commuted Earlonne's sentence after 21 years of . A post shared by @earhustlesq on Mar 13, 2018 at 8:35pm PDT. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. We don't really do stories about people's crimes at all. . This is what we work for because there comes a moment in every person in prison's life where the light switch go on. So, yeah. But to hear the very next day that he was killed - and my mother is who told me. And that's pretty much what I did. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. 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. You're more looking at what you're getting out of the situation. 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. It received 1,537 entries from 53 countries. And I just said, when you come back, you're going to be almost a free man. But, as to being cool with it, it's what it is. Earlonne Woods co-hosted the podcast Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. GROSS: That Tyler was killed while they were in prison. I think I was probably like eight years old when it came to me that one day I have to die. Once the details concerning Earlonnes marital status are available we shall update. And the officer came back, was like, you're too tall for that name. In 1997, Woods was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. I'm not doing this. "When. 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. NIGEL POOR: You know, E, you've been in prison 20 years. Earlonne Woods was born in the United States in 1972. The rest of it is just an enhancement. Copyright 2019 NPR. 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? GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. She started going to San Quentin to volunteer teaching photography. It addresses important issues about being human and how prisoners can be contributing citizens. 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 on a podcast. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). And he said Tyler got killed by the police. Jerry Brown. 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. And I'm not even talking about physically intimate, but just emotionally intimate is against regulations. E WOODS: I think - I was just tripping off - he was just peeling back one of the Beatles POOR: Oh, yeah. 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. 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. His net worth is estimated to be $657,586. 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. GROSS: And you chose Earlonne. His commutation includes reference to Earlonne's work on the podcast. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall ( Approx1.7 m). Earlonne was both host and inmate, but he was released in November after his sentence was commuted by California Governor Jerry Brown. They eventually met this person. But I took way more from that person than $1. What's it like to not think about that? Earlonne is of white ethnicity and American nationality. It was a private wedding ceremony, according to accounts. Aaron Taylor. Nigel Poor assures us the podcast will continue with Earlonne contributing stories from the outside. I don't know if it's a lake. And I have a lot of friends that's in prison that has 200 years, 300 years to life for maybe attempted second-degree robbery. And it was one of them, I guess could you say, moments where you just feel embarrassed about your previous conduct. Others are typical and comfortable, never rising to celebrity status but supplying its partners with a contented existence. "[9] The show's unique lens and intimate first-person storytelling is noted in most reviews. For Walter "Earlonne" Woods, the path to freedom was podcasting. 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). 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? So I think that's very damaging. It looked so good on you. In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. Yes, he was quiet, but he was always present. As of now, he works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. [16] In 2021, Woods and Poor co-authored the book This Is Ear Hustle. I'm pretty shy. And I always wore black. I hope you'll join us. 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. It was other people telling, you know, their stories about being robbed or losing a child, losing a loved one. Usually, you can't go back into a correctional facility on parole. Its out of body, he said of getting the call from Browns office. 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. Like, I just walked away, you know? And, you know, I pretty much raised - because my brother was locked up. [3] After two rounds of judging, Ear Hustle was selected as the winner and added to the Radiotopia network. Shes holding on. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). Woods was involved in an attempted robbery in 1997, when he was in his 20s. Nigel is a professor of photography at Cal State. E WOODS: It was devastating because I had - one, I had just talked to Tyler, like, probably the day before. So here's Nigel Poor, co-host and co-producer of the podcast Ear Hustle. We can go to the gym and work out together. He says, I need to speak with you. So you look at the time wasted, and you look at, man, if I knew better or I should've did better. 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. They ask how you are. 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. Nigel Poor is a professor of photography at California State University in Sacramento. Earlonne continues to co-host the show with Nigel. "[9] She also praised its originality, "[using] prisoners' storytelling skills to show what it's like to spend decades behind bars. Their tenth season finished airing in December 2022. Earlonne Woods is co-creator, co-producer and co-host of Ear Hustle from Radiotopia. 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. GROSS: Who - give us an example of somebody who you spoke to who had been a victim of a crime similar to the one that you committed that made you feel this, you know, sense of feeling bad for what you'd done. 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. Earlonne still co-hosts the show alongside Nigel. They dont stay the same people that they were when they committed their crime. 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. He likes to keep his personal life private hence Earlonne has not mentioned any details concerning his marital status. The podcast team announced Tuesday that it will hire Woods as an employee on the show. I was hoping I could talk to you a little bit about it. POOR: So we were in the media lab working and - you know, trying to work, trying to stay concentrated. And so we just started talking, and I realized that he was interested in thinking about how we could do interviews from more of an artistic perspective and not as journalists. So I believe that crimes have sentencing under them. And E WOODS: And of course I enjoy all the little moments. GROSS: Nigel, let me bring you into the conversation. 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. I went in and ended up in a security housing unit a couple of times for lengthy stays and just continued my pretty much destructive behavior all the way out. 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. GROSS: Wait; so that means, like, you'd rather die than be E WOODS: Yes, yes. In 2020, alongside his Ear Hustle co-hosts, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. E WOODS: Hey - so I always go over to the L - I call them L7s. Woods' sentence was recently commuted, but the two continue to tell stories of life. So I still had a 17-year-old mentality. And it would give the people inside the opportunity to stretch themselves intellectually and emotionally, so just creating more of a connection. And so I found out what you're in prison for. I don't think I have the vision to see it. 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. Williams was serving a 15-year sentence for armed robbery with a gun enhancement. [7] They recruited fellow inmates Antwan Williams as the show's sound designer,[8] and submitted their idea for a podcast to a contest hosted by Radiotopia. He works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). Everybody we know live the same lifestyle, you know? SHAPIRO: When you said goodbye to him, were you crying? You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. GROSS: OK, so that was a little more than five years ago that Tyler was killed. And they won't get that opportunity to present the person that they are today. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. POOR: We can taste each other's food 'cause, you know, in prison you can't share food with people. Earlonne Woods Wife Earlonne resides in the United States. (SOUNDBITE OF STEFANO BOLLANI AND JESPER BODILSEN AND MORTEN LUND AND MARK TURNER AND BILL FRISELL'S "ALOBAR E KUDRA"). 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. And as time went on, as years went on, I stuck to my guns. E WOODS: (Laughter) Not no time soon, no. So me, personally, I would eradicate the three strikes law in California. Earlonne, until the end of November, was a prisoner. 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. "[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. [3][4] In 1997, at the age of 25, he was arrested for attempted second degree robbery. So how do you keep going? explores life inside San Quentin State Prison. Once you commit your crime, people think thats what it is, but individuals change. What we did was humanize [prisoners], just by telling their stories, Woods said in February. So you become accustomed to that lifestyle. And it just puts you in a whole different space, you know? 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