If San Quentin were a magazine, what would it sound like? Ear Hustle’s new team inside — Sadiq, Steve, Tam, and the Two Tonys — delivers audio stories hot off the press, from the institution’s popcorn craze to its new tablets and those weird-looking gazebos out on the yard.

Thanks to Officer Wallis, Marcus Buckley, Tim Hicks, Kenny Vernon, Andre Stevens, Glenn Jincko, Ronnell Draper, Carlee McFarland, Dave Russell, Demander Williams, Dave Russell, Mike Earp, Jaime Barros, Edwin Gonzalez, Fernando Renteria, Bryan Hopper, Robert Cole, Jamie Tafoya, Jesse Milo, Dancer, George Coles El, James Gardener, Rodney Baylis, and Jereal Nelson for talking to us for this episode.

Thanks also to Katie Gilbert for helping us track down Dancer, and to John Zeretzke, who played fiddle on “I Miss My Dog.”

Episode artwork by Lloyd Caldwell.

Each episode this season will feature new artwork by a different incarcerated artist. It’s part of a collaboration between Ear Hustle and the San Quentin Prison Arts Project, which is part of the William James Association (WJA) and is also supported by California's Arts in Corrections program.

This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, David Jassy, Fernando Aruda, Rhashiyd Zinnamon, Greg Sayers, Derell Davis, and Matthew Jaspar.

Big thanks to Acting Warden Smith and Lt. Berry at San Quentin State Prison, and Acting Warden Hill and Lt. Newborg at the California Institution for Women 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.

Episode 96: San Quentin: The Magazine