Earlonne Woods
Earlonne Woods is co-creator, co-producer and co-host of Ear Hustle from Radiotopia. As co-host of the 2019 Third Coast Awards Ceremony, Earlonne will make his return to the "Oscars of Radio." Last year, he beamed in via video (watch here) after winning a 2018 Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award as part of the Ear Hustle team.
Earlonne was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. In 1997, he was sentenced to 31-years-to-life for attempted second degree robbery. While incarcerated, he received his GED, attended Coastline Community College and completed many vocational trade programs. In November 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown commuted Woods' sentence after 21 years of incarceration. Upon his release, Woods was hired by PRX as a full-time producer for Ear Hustle, and he continues to work with co-host Nigel Poor, contributing stories about re-entry.
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"We started with Cellies because we felt that people probably can’t relate to prison but they can definitely relate to a roommate, especially a roommate from hell." Earlonne Woods, co-host of Ear Hustle .
Ear Hustle is a unique creative partnership between Earlonne Woods, who is incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and outside collaborator Nigel Poor. Together, along with other men at the prison, they produce stories about daily life behind the walls.
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Featuring...
Today we go from the pentagon to prison to philosophical musings about the sweet sound of the snow shovel.
How did you get to know one another and come together to create Ear Hustle?
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You can now hear sessions from the 2019 Third Coast Conference on the new season of the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast!
Featuring electrifying acceptance speeches from all the winning producers of the 2019 TC/RHDF Competition.