The Latest Episode of "Ear Hustle" is Must Listen

I am a fan of the podcast "Ear Hustle". For those that don't know, "Ear Hustle" is about prison life. The hosts talk to people in and out of the system. One of the hosts, Earlonne Woods, was formerly incarcerated, but is now out. There are a few other contributing members who have been released as well. The other host, Nigel Poor, spends her free time volunteering at San Quentin Prison and has done a ton of work with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. They like to tell stories about prison life from all different angles. The one thing they don't really do, and I fully understand why, is talk about the crimes that the subjects have committed. They don't like to talk about that stuff, they'd rather focus on how they live day to day in the prison system. But, what they did last week was a change of format, and the episode they did was pretty heartbreaking and I will remember it for a very, very long time.

The most recent episode focused on women who have been incarcerated because they killed people while driving drunk. The subjects in this episode all drove drunk and took the lives of people and are now spending time in the prison system. This was a tough listen, but it was also fascinating to listen to. I like listening because this show brings me inside a world I hope to never be in ever. But, in the case of this episode, these people also didn't plan on spending any time in jail. They went out to let off steam one night, they drove drunk, which a ton of people do everyday, but they made the ultimate mistake and ended up having the worst night of their life.

The first guest talked about not even knowing where they were when they woke up. Earlonne Woods told the listeners that when people are in jail, but have to go to a hospital, they have a different set of rules. People in jail that are in the hospital cannot get up and move as they please. Visitors need to be allowed in by the people guarding the door. They can't know what is happening right away if they weren't coherent about what happened that led them to this place. It sounds like a nightmare. So, to hear people talk about this experience, and how scary it sounds, it was eye opening. They also talked to people who called themselves "murderers", and that was tough to hear. Ultimately though, they did murder these people. They took their lives away by driving drunk. They also had these people talk about how they are perceived in prison by other hardened criminals. That was shocking too. The other criminals would tell them that they were in there because of a mistake. That is wild to me.

Listening to this episode was fascinating for me. I don't drink, but I do know people who do, people very close to me. They have me to drive, which bails them out. But, it sounds like these people they talked to didn't have that option, or they chose to take the risks and paid the ultimate price. I cannot recommend this episode enough. "Ear Hustle" is a great podcast on its own, but this episode has stood out, especially for me. Give it a listen if you have the time. 

Ty

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