Myths & Monikers
Gator, Razor, Kill Switch, Mother Dearest 鈥� Ear Hustle stories about prison nicknames.
In prison, almost everyone's got a nickname, and whether true or not, nearly every nickname鈥檚 got a story behind it. If that story is good enough, it might just become the stuff of legend.
Appeared in this episode: Jason Griffin, Lamavis Cho, Alvin Williams, Richard Johnson, Rafael Bankston, Alex Ross, Tony Tafoya, David Gadley, Steve Brook, Joe Garcia, Richie Morris and Erick Copeland.
Credits:
Ear Hustle is produced by Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods, Rahsaan 鈥淣ew York鈥� Thomas, John 鈥淵ayha鈥� Johnson, Pat Mesiti-Miller and Bruce Wallace.
This episode was scored with music by Rhashiyd Zinnamon and David Jassy. Curtis Fox is our editor, Erin Wade is our digital producer, and our executive producer for Radiotopia is Julie Shapiro. Thanks to Lt. Sam Robinson and Acting Warden Ron Bloomfield for their support of the show.
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