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184 reviews for:
This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods
4.33 AVERAGE
184 reviews for:
This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods
4.33 AVERAGE
I would (and have) recommended this book (and the podcast Ear Hustle) to everyone and anyone!!! As an avid fan of the podcast, it was incredible to read about Earlonne and Nigel's stories. The perspectives that they shared in the book and the questions they delved into were difficult, challenging, joyful, curious, and wonderful.
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Loved getting a chance to hear about Nigel and Earlonne's origin stories, and how their paths came to meet at San Quentin. I listened to this via audiobook, which allowed for all the banter and emotion to come through in a way I was used to hearing it. Unfortunately, if you've heard the podcast, you've probably heard the great majority of these stories. I always find it odd when podcast hosts get book deals, and then choose to publish a bunch of transcripts or otherwise repeat stories, when both their book and podcast likely share the same audience.
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And a sometimes listener to the podcast, I got a lot of of this.
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I am a long-time listener of the Ear Hustle podcast, which certainly influenced my experience with this book. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the audiobook as much as the podcast. Although the narration wasn't bad, the audiobook didn't capture the same life and emotion that comes across in the real-time interviews in the podcast. That being said, I did appreciate how the authors/hosts addressed some things I had always wondered about the podcast. Namely, I like the "slice-of-life" approach of the podcast, but I was often critical of how little they addressed systematic problems with mass incarceration. The audiobook does address how they decided to frame their podcast and why, which I appreciated. After writing this review, I can't tell if podcast listeners will enjoy this book more or less than non-listeners, but I recommend the podcast nonetheless.
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emotional
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