Episode 57: Catch a Kite 6

Illustration by Antwan Williams

Can you have an Xbox in your prison cell? Is it OK to say “inmate”? How have stimulus checks affected the prison economy? Ear Hustle listeners have questions about life behind bars. Our team went to find answers. Catch a Kite is back!

You can find more information about Nigel’s forthcoming book, “The San Quentin Project,” here.

Thanks to Danni Friesema, Julien Oswald, Rachel Rimm, Tor, Eddie Daly, Mary Musgrave, Benjamin, Emily Ford, and Gina Carrara for their questions. Thanks also to Kyle Buis and Terry Thornton at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for their help with this episode.

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

As always, big thanks to Lt. Sam Robinson and Acting Warden Ron Broomfield for their support of the show.

Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.

You can download the episode here and find the transcript here.