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Ear Hustle responds to a gang of questions from listeners about daily life in San Quentin

A β€œkite” is prison slang for a written note, and since Ear Hustle launched we’ve encouraged listeners to send in their questions about daily life inside San Quentin, via postcards, or kites. In this episode, we answer a handful of kites received via voice messages from listeners, touching on spectacle, humour, mental health, laundry and more.

A heads-up: this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence β€” listener discretion is advised.

Thanks to Rahsaan β€œNew York” Thomas for helping out with this episode, and thanks also to the following guys who helped answer questions:

Strangest Thing Question: Trevor Woods, Andrew Hardy, Anthony Bootsie Coleman, Lawrence Udukobraye Pela, Ernie Cuadras, Thomas Ford, Brian Asey
Laundry Question: Adrian D. Johnson, Travis Westly, David Ditto, Shawn Garth, Ventrell Johnson
Mental Health Question: Darren Shoemake, Mike Adams, Anthony β€œAnt” Ammons
Comedy Question: Jonathan Chiu, Eric Lamont Durr
C.O. Question: C.O. Rojas, C.O. Santos, C.O. Smith, C.O. Gil
Callers: Chris, Pat, Kerry, Susie, Kevin

This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, David Jassy and E. Phil Phillips.

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30 minutes