POOR: Yeah, not skewed, not skewed. POOR: You know, a kind of joy I never really experienced before - I mean, it's - you know, to be so happy for him and being in prison and not wanting to cry (laughter) - you know, trying to hold it together. 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. When he was 15, he committed his first robbery alongside his brother, who had transitioned from selling drugs to robbing drug dealers. 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. So what - what were the first communications like in which you tried to see, but is he a good interviewer? Woods' sentence was recently commuted, but the two continue to tell stories of life. I'm pretty shy. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall ( Approx1.7 m). NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. 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. She inherits his dog, a 180-pound Great Dane, who, like her, is grieving. And he's standing in a group. [6] While in San Quentin, Woods was unpaid for his work on Ear Hustle, though fans would often send him money. I go over to Nigel's house, hang out with her husband Rick. GROSS: And you thanked him for doing it. Accuracy and availability may vary. GROSS: Well, why don't we take a short break here, and then we'll talk some more? But he was released in November after his sentence was commuted by California Governor Jerry Brown. 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. So now we can actually do that and even POOR: Hopefully go to other countries, too. I don't think I have the vision to see it. And he said Tyler got killed by the police. SHAPIRO: Earlonne Woods is 47. You know, at that particular moment, in that mindset - like today, am I OK with that? Brown cited Woods' leadership in . It was transformational symposiums. Like, he just seemed lighter and shiny and fresh. Woods is a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of PRXs Ear Hustle with Nigel Poor. Shes holding on. 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? And so (laughter) it was just incredible. Tyler had missed a court appearance, so he feared that he would be locked up. POOR: It is a different world over there. 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? GROSS: And - so you interviewed him about commuting your sentence. Earlonnes average salary is $61,244 per year. I think maybe 14 years in my sentence, I went to San Quentin. Earlonne, congratulations on life outside of prison. Earlonne, tell us a little more about what happened to Tyler, how he was killed. Earlonne Woods prefers to keep his personal life private, so he has not disclosed any information about his marital status. 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. So for me internally, I started my change. "[9] The series is not overtly political, but Poor emphasizes the way the show can have a humanizing effect, making listeners care about the men they hear on the show and wonder why one of the hosts might serve a life sentence for attempted robbery. That was something that was volunteered to me. In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. I've spent a total of 27 years in prison. 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. Earlonne still co-hosts the show alongside Nigel. Then there are those marriages that become the subjects of books . Earlonne continues to co-host the show with Nigel. In terms of his romantic life, Park is happily married to his wife in South Korea. 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 His sentence was commuted yesterday. All rights reserved. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall ( Approx1.7 m). He and Nigel also co-wrote This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life, a book inspired by the podcast and published by Crown/Random House. [12][13][14] Since his commutation, Woods has become involved in campaigns to repeal California's three strikes laws. And at one point, he revealed to me that he had raped quite a few women. Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). POOR: Well, he wasn't necessarily a good talker because he was very quiet. In November 2018, Woods' sentence was commuted by California governor Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown is releasing Woods from San Quentin State Prison after two decades behind bars. Namcy Wong. Woods was raised in South Los Angeles with his parents and his older brother Trevor. We can go to the gym and work out together. And you start thinking differently, you know? Earlonne Woods is co-creator, co-producer and co-host of Ear Hustle from Radiotopia. And it's just about - you know, they accept anybody, you know? We'll be right back. [5], Prior to Ear Hustle, Poor ran a photography class at the prison during which one of her students proposed making a documentary. Ive been taking showers for like 20 years.. In March 2016, the Public Radio Exchange's Radiotopia network put out a call for new podcast ideas via an initiative called Podquest, with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For Walter "Earlonne" Woods, the path to freedom was podcasting. When asked earlier this year what was the first thing he would do if he got out, Woods said, Take a bath. 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.. He and Nigel Poor began the podcast Ear Hustle when Earlonne was a prisoner in San Quentin. [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. 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. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, Lana Wolf, Eric Marcus, Robert Marawa, Who is Redmond ONeal? This piece has been updated with news of Woods hiring onto the podcast team. [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. GROSS: That was Governor Jerry Brown interviewed by my guests Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor. And I spend a lot of time in there. It's - it's - I think being in a position to step away from it all and look back and say, man, I was on something else. He's also co-host of the podcast "Ear Hustle," which is why we had him on this program. Presently, Earlonne has not mentioned any details concerning his parents. So we do stories about life inside prison. Once the details concerning Earlonne's marital status are available we shall update. And it would give the people inside the opportunity to stretch themselves intellectually and emotionally, so just creating more of a connection. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Nigel Poor assures us the podcast will continue with Earlonne contributing stories from the outside. I was a clerk. So prison was more like, oh, hey, this is a place to go and continue your gang activity, continue your destructive behavior. But I just - just took a course that was - seemed cool to me at the time. Woods helped create Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. His mother was a postal worker and his father was an unemployed alcoholic, who Woods described as violent and distant. And I thought, well, those are kind of qualities that you need to be able to bring people out. OK. You're not really looking at the person. [4] Its first season began on June 14, 2017. Those are my partners. [16] In 2021, Woods and Poor co-authored the book This Is Ear Hustle. POOR: OK. But, as to being cool with it, it's what it is. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Elevated Entertainment LLC; Host: Hard in the Paint w/Aaron Showtime Taylor. Like, in the county jail, I was like, OK, I'm done with this side of life because even though our philosophy growing up was for death though - you know, meaning I'd rather be carried by six than judged by 12 - that was just the philosophy we had growing up, you know? 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 running with these hard heads. So you look at the time wasted, and you look at, man, if I knew better or I should've did better. ERIN: Oh, [expletive]. 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 . They ask how you are. So I believe that crimes have sentencing under them. . Its out of body, he said of getting the call from Browns office. And then, I always say that, you know, a lot of people that volunteer - people like Nigel Poor, people like other volunteers that volunteer inside of prisons - are on the frontline of public safety because these are the people that's coming in and is trying to show you a different way of life or trying to help you understand differently, think differently. He was sentenced to 31 years to life for attempted robbery in 1999. SHAPIRO: That's Earlonne Woods from the podcast "Ear Hustle." [3], Woods met artist and volunteer Nigel Poor, who was teaching photography at the film school. GROSS: To stay sane in a situation like that. So I think that's very damaging. No, people get up to a thousand years to life for something that they've done in their past. 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. 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. Do you usually know what somebody is in for and do you ask, or is that considered wrong to ask? The podcast title, Ear Hustle, is prison slang for eavesdropping or being nosy. E WOODS: Well, me growing up the way I grew up, I grew up in a lifestyle where I was young when I got into selling drugs, and I was - I was real young. [16], Alfred I. duPontColumbia University Award, "Immigrants facing deportation, drug offenders and a former state lawmaker receive pardons from Gov. You know, they get to see each other in passing. And that's the only way of life that you're accustomed to 'cause that's all you see. So you'll never get the opportunity to be in front of people to present the person that you are today. And Nigel is also a professor of photography at California State University. So they don't even have the opportunity to even go in front of the board to say, hey, look, for the last 21 years, I've changed, you know, because their board dates ain't till 2150, you know? ARI. You know that it could be a possibility, but it's a possibility that you've seen pretty much your whole life, you know? POOR: I know. So I think as far as African-American culture in prison, I don't think nobody really cares why you're in prison. And so I want to play an excerpt of that. Therefore, Earlonne has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. California Gov. [9][7] Ear Hustle was the first podcast entirely recorded and produced inside a prison. E WOODS: Well, I think - so I'll say this. He works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator with Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. 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 to hear the very next day that he was killed - and my mother is who told me. I told him that constantly. When I called my mother, she told me this, right? Ear Hustle was the first podcast to be created entirely inside a prison. China. It instead offers the even more illuminating dialogue of individual prisoners. Along with Nigel Poor, he is a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX. We get - I mean, it's - you know, it's - we're just E WOODS: You're able to go out now. It's something. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Earlonne, until the end of November, was a prisoner. Earlonne resides in the United States. A person can get certain - a certain amount of time for the crime that they commit. And they open fired on him. 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. And then I saw him in this awesome, orange T-shirt that had some brown in it. - like, was with him pretty much every day. 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. And it was one of them, I guess could you say, moments where you just feel embarrassed about your previous conduct. And I keep thinking, like, a week from now, Earlonne and I could be having dinner outside the prison together (laughter). E WOODS: In between prison - when I got out - Tyler had just been born in '94. "[8] In particular, she praised Williams' "evocative, pitch-perfect sound design". Earlonne Woods is the co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of Ear Hustle (PRX & Radiotopia). So sometimes it's important, and I can give you an example. And I always wore black. He received a sentence of 31-years-to-life. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. You - you - you always feel that you're better than getting killed, like you would never get killed. And I - I observed Earlonne a lot. Tyra got arrested first for kidnap and robbery. I'd still be sitting in San Quentin in a cell with my brother. Hae-soo married his non-celebrity bride on January 14, 2019, according to sources. Not one bit, you know? You're sitting across from law enforcement. Earlonne Woods was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. And this time, they had something for me, which was the three-strike law. Kristi Tjaden. POOR: You can't blend into what the guys inside wear. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. You know, he was - you know, I even - I'm talking to him all the time. His net worth is estimated to be $657,586. What was your reaction when you found out? You know what I mean? He went up there. "[15], The New Yorker's Sarah Larson said the show "might be the best new podcast Ive heard this year" and described it as being "about the creativity required to live a satisfying lifeor even a sane lifein prison, and is itself a product of that creativity. "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. She co-created the podcast with Woods and has co-hosted and co-produced it with him. Like, all of a sudden, you know POOR: We'll be like regular colleagues. And I was paroled when I was 23, about to turn 24. POOR: Earlonne described himself, and I described myself. [13], The term "ear hustle" is prison slang for eavesdropping. The rest of it is just an enhancement. He is also involved in the Repeal California's Three Strike Coalition, which aims to end California . What's it like to not think about that? SHAPIRO: When you said goodbye to him, were you crying? And I believe, personally, that that will ease overcrowding because there are a lot of people in prison that deserve to be out. GROSS: And you basically just described your own situation when you were incarcerated because you got 31 to life for attempted second-degree robbery. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College and completed many vocational trade programs. He said Woods has clearly shown that he is no longer the man he was when he committed the crime. Therese Madden directed today's show. Earlonne became busy reporting on re-entry stories and daily life for originally incarcerated people, while also documenting his own experiences. And they say Tyler just took off running. Her latest novel "The Friend" won the National Book Award for fiction and is about to be published in paperback. SHAPIRO: Well, yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown commuted Earlonne Woods' sentence. He spin his vinyl. Earlonne Woods Wife Earlonne resides in the United States. "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. All rights reserved. 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? Nigel Poor is a professor of photography at California State University in Sacramento. GROSS: That people can change and that you should look at the person and not just the crime - that you'd still be in prison, I mean? What keeps your hopes up? And I want to play what he said to you. And so I want to play the part where you return to ask him that difficult question. Can I ask how your relationship is changing now that you're both outside? I don't know. We're able to share food. ERIN: No, I don't feel you're being unfair at all, and I don't ultimately know what my hesitancy is. You have to go through a lot of E WOODS: Yeah, it's a lot of stuff you have to go through. So Earlonne, let me ask you about ways you think you've changed since you were a teenager and were first put in prison. [3] According to The Economist, by this time Woods was one of the most famous incarcerated people in the US. He has the age of 49. One is that you're going to get killed, and the other is that you'll eventually go to jail. Earlonne is busy reporting on re-entry stories and daily life for originally incarcerated people, while also documenting his own experiences. T WOODS: One the 19 - November 19, 2013 - federal prison - we have phones, and we have emails. Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after California Gov. 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? But of course when someone's in prison and the other person's not, there's so many things you can't do. Your nephew, his son, Tyler, was born in 1994. E WOODS: It's the bay. WOODS: That's something that a lot of us behind bars fantasize about - getting out and leading a normal life. GROSS: The new, as yet, unannounced host will be with you (laughter). Look. So on December 7, 1994, I murdered my ex-girlfriend, the mother of my now-25-year-old daughter. And you have another 11 to go. E WOODS: Hey - so I always go over to the L - I call them L7s. I don't know if it's a lake. When Earlonne was incarcerated in San Quentin, he and Nigel Poor started the podcast Ear Hustle. I've never had a problem. And one of my goals has been for us to travel to other prisons, and I never wanted to do that without Earlonne. Yes, he can come to my house. You start attending different self-help groups. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR, and if you're just joining us, my guests are Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor. Earlonne is a brother to Shala Woods. 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. He also founded CHOOSE1, which aims to repeal the California . He is a man of average height. Yeah - the butcher cutters. He had just became a paramedic or something. GROSS: A job because you thought it was, like, your only source of income? T WOODS: I received an email from one of my partners. And, Earlonne, since you served so much time, let's start with you. On his release from San Quentin State Prison, Woods was hired full time to continue the work started inside but also adding reentry stories. The two bonded over a love of storytelling and with no formal experience, began a podcast together where they showcase the . Oh, daddy, I'm not playing with no guns. I was hoping I could talk to you a little bit about it. A post shared by @earhustlesq on Mar 13, 2018 at 8:35pm PDT. I'm not doing this. I mean, there's two likely outcomes if you're robbing drug dealers. Earlonne Woods is a popular American podcaster. The responding officers shot him five times, killed him. I'm on a podcast. [9], On November 21, 2018, producer Earlonne Woods's sentence was commuted by California governor Jerry Brown. [5][15] In 2020, alongside Poor and co-host Rahsaan Thomas, Woods was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. Like, I take you as the man you are in front of me. But I took way more from that person than $1. GROSS: Are you going to go back and visit him? The prison also went on lockdown during production, halting work and requiring additional administrative steps to both create and release the audio. And a chase pursued. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College, and completed many vocational programs. And many people around me wasn't like that. His sentence was commuted by Governor Jerry Brown in November. So you can't wear blue, which is what they wear. 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. 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? And that surprised me greatly. But the law don't see your rehabilitation. And he was always ready to help. 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. Tyler was sent to live with extended family. 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? But if we could just talk about it and come to some understanding about what's our responsibility, what's your responsibility? GROSS: OK, so that was a little more than five years ago that Tyler was killed. My first prison term, I went to jail when I was 17. I don't know what tomorrow brings, but I know what's happening today and right now. In November 2018, Woods' sentence was commuted by California governor Jerry Brown. Like, what - why were we on this path, you know? It's about a writer whose friend and former mentor kills himself. (SOUNDBITE OF GOLDMUND'S "THE BALLAD OF BARBARA ALLEN"). He likes to keep his personal life private hence Earlonne has not mentioned any details concerning his marital status. Earlonne was both host and inmate, but he was released in November after his sentence was commuted by California Governor Jerry Brown. You know, prison, I'm going to live to the best of my ability. So to hear Governor Brown say that, it was like this is how we actually think. Earlonne Woods, co-host of the popular prison podcast Ear Hustle, had his sentence commuted by California Gov. GROSS: And you chose Earlonne. I'm not doing this. How do we present this? Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after California Gov. [11], By September 2021, Ear Hustle episodes had been downloaded over 54 million times. POOR: How do we tell stories and leave out that part? They eventually met this person. But it was just - it was spectacular. So I still had a 17-year-old mentality. As of now, he works as a full-time producer, co-host, and co-creator of Ear Hustle at PRX alongside Nigel Poor. And your brother is still in San Quentin. When Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods met, Poor was a photography professor volunteering with the Prison University Project, and Woods was serving thirty-one years to life at California's San Quentin State Prison. (SOUNDBITE OF ETIENNE CHARLES' "MIDNIGHT"). And he understood how to diffuse a situation. I took their security from them to even walk out the house and feel safe, you know? And so to hear this is what happened to him - ah. Earlonne Woods: Number one. Williams, 29, has served more than 10 years on a 15-year sentence for armed robbery. 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. "[12] Woods later traveled to thank Brown and interview him for the podcast. And it was just like - it didn't even register with me. 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. And they - and I received 31 years to life. WOODSON: They told me that my son was murdered - well, killed. Other officers got involved. Woods helped create Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. And I listen very carefully to how you talked about your relationship and how much you thought about it and how painful and joyous the whole experience was for you. So what - one of the things that I've really taken away from being in prison is that I've gotten an incredible glimpse into what it means to be a man and what men deal with. And I was - yeah, I was definitely nervous. Behind 'Ear Hustle,' The Podcast Made In Prison. And so when people listen to this story, that's what I want them to take away, that here's this person who is in a difficult situation. 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 Woods and Nigel Poor started the podcast Ear Hustle when Woods was a prisoner in San Quentin. E WOODS: He got a hell of a collection of vinyl. And I stopped by this lake. He is a staff writer and podcast producer at KQED, as well as a graduate of UC Berkeley's School of Journalism. As a result, it is unknown whether Earlonne is single, dating, or married. I mean, I guess I had a kind of low estimation of men and what they were like. Earlonne still co-hosts the show alongside Nigel. For the first few months after Earlonne Woods was released from San Quentin in November, his "Ear Hustle" podcast co-host Nigel Poor kept receiving photos of ice cream on her phone. 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. [8] Galen Beebe's review for The Atlantic called it a "brilliant series" which "return[s] some of the humanity that the carceral system removes and provide[s] a link between inmates and outsiders. Earlonne Woods is the cocreator, coproducer, and cohost of the Pulitzer-nominated podcast Ear Hustle. I was just done. "[9] She also praised its originality, "[using] prisoners' storytelling skills to show what it's like to spend decades behind bars. 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. I'm not doing that. And I'm not even talking about physically intimate, but just emotionally intimate is against regulations. He also founded CHOOSE1, which aims to repeal the California Three Strikes Law, the statute under . Aaron Taylor. Earlonne was an inmate as well as a host. In 1997, Earlonne was sentenced to thirty-one years to life in prison. 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