Made in the notorious California jail, the Ear Hustle podcast reveals the inside stories of American prison life, from trans inmates to unexpected tenderness. No wonder it has 10m fans
The transgender section had yet to be added to the prison shopping catalogue when Lady Jae arrived in San Quentin in 2013. Unable to order makeup, what did she do? “We had to become prison chemists,” says the inmate, in a voice oozing sass. “You take a plastic razor. You burn the razor. Then you hold up a piece of paper and let all that black vapour get on the paper. Take white toothpaste, mix it all up with a dab of grease, then apply it to your eyes.”
Lady Jae, AKA Jarvis Jovan Clark, is one of the many startling characters who populate Ear Hustle, a podcast made by and about the inmates of the infamous San Quentin prison in San Francisco. While she’s the star turn of The Workaround, an early episode devoted to the importance of looking and feeling good while incarcerated, that instalment also introduced us to Big Zo, a barber who can do a high-top fade so perfect “you’ll be getting saluted for a week”, and Bucci, a creator of luxury soaps ranging from orange zest to dried mango, raisin and oatmeal.
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