Ear Hustle Podcast.

Personally listening to Ear Hustle, the intended audience that was directed were people who never encountered the Criminal Justice System. In the podcast, audiences receive the daily realities of life inside prison directly from actual inmates in San Quentin, California who are affected by mass incarceration. The message the podcast is trying to portray is what it's like to spend your entire life in prison and cancel all the stereotypes that are depicted through social media-based shows, for example, Orange is The New Black. One of my favorite podcasts was the "Snack Money" one where inmates run the place beside the staff working earning jobs to support their income while in prison. I thought some of the official jobs, for example, one of the inmates who work in the library enjoyed educating people which was something surprising to me only because I am big on prisoners deserving to get education or programs to motivate them in some form to at least keep going. My least favorite was the one where they spoke about Security Housing Unit (SHU) considered "The hole, the box, or even solitary confinement. I wouldn't want to experience not seeing the outside world, with no human interaction just isolated knowing that my mind is not built for that kind of pressure. Hearing, that being in that type of condition can scar one's mindset especially if they are not prepared for it like one inmate. An episode where the ones who were incarcerated finish off their sentences, get out of prison and film their lifestyle out of prison speaking about if it was hard for them to bounce back to real life and if they ever feel like they would end up back in prison, how did they feel coming out of prison and what were there emotions after realizing they had to leave built relationships/friendships with other inmates. Lastly, I would 100% recommend Ear Hustle to others because I enjoyed expanding my knowledge of knowing how real inmates lived their lives in prison especially because I am someone who is not able to relate to the outside of prison. Also, giving inmates a voice to tell a story they are living will broaden other mindsets of how one may struggle to survive in that particular lifestyle while others could be doing well-making profits of other inmates in prison.