Radiotopia's Prison-Produced Podcast Tops 1.5 Million Downloads in Its Debut Month

“You really think people want to know what it’s like in prison?” artist Nigel Poor asks her fellow podcast team members Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams in the promo to Ear Hustle, a podcast that is recorded and produced inside of San Quentin State Prison.

“Hell yeah, of course,” is the reply from Woods and Williams, both inmates at the prison.

The numbers bear it out. A little over a month after its debut on June 14, Ear Hustle, produced by PRX podcasting network Radiotopia, has passed the 1.5

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