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Podcast Pioneer Earlonne Woods Celebrates Life Sentence Commutation

1/26/2026

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Earlonne Woods, co-creator of Ear Hustle, learned that his life sentence would be commuted after 21 years in prison.
Ear Hustle was launched in 2017.
The podcast has 88 million downloads and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020.
Woods and co-host Nigel Poor are touring West Coast cities, including a stop at the California Institution for Women, to promote storytelling in prisons.

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Story summary

Earlonne Woods, co-creator of Ear Hustle, learned that his life sentence would be commuted after 21 years in prison.
Ear Hustle was launched in 2017.
The podcast has 88 million downloads and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020.
Woods and co-host Nigel Poor are touring West Coast cities, including a stop at the California Institution for Women, to promote storytelling in prisons.