Earlonne Woods & Nigel Poor, Dylan Adler, and Margo Cilker

About this episode

Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor discuss their podcast Ear Hustle, while Dylan Adler shares a college application story and Margo Cilker talks about her new label.

Earlonne Woods & Nigel Poor discuss how they launched their award-winning podcast Ear Hustle while Earlonne was still incarcerated — and why the stories they share inside and outside of prison are not about redemption; stand-up comedian Dylan Adler reveals what he considers a real missed opportunity on this college application essay; and singer-songwriter Margo Cilker chats about signing her first artist to her new label — her husband Forrest VanTuyl, who joined her to perform "Lowland Trail."

People in this episode

Host: Luke Burbank

Guests: Earlonne Woods, Nigel Poor, Dylan Adler, Margo Cilker

Topics covered

• podcasting
• incarceration
• stand-up comedy
• music
• storytelling

Keywords

• Ear Hustle
• podcast
• incarceration
• Dylan Adler
• Margo Cilker
• stand-up comedy
• music label

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ear Hustle

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