A nameless man led Joanne Faryon on the journey of her life. A reporter who’s worked in radio, TV and newspapers, Faryon heard about a man in California who had been living in a nursing home for 15 years, on life support, in a vegetative state. Worse yet, no one knew who he was. “He…
Read More
When you started your career being compared to Mary Tyler Moore in Minneapolis, it’s pretty much guaranteed your future will be promising and feature more than a few twists and turns. For 30 years, Jill Olmsted has taught journalism, but she started as a reporter with a longstanding love of local news. After several stops…
Read More
Sean Gotkin remembers the last time the DC music scene was as vibrant, connected and supportive as it is now. He grew up listening to bands like Fugazi and seeing Rollins Band play at the 9:30 Club downtown. He remembers when musicians and fans alike felt the electricity in the air when the lights went…
Read More
A group of eighth grade girls have done something really special: They went from not knowing what a podcast was earlier this year to creating an award-winning conversation about periods. The students at Bronx Prep Middle School — Litzy Encarnacion, Ashley Amankwah, Kassy Abad, Kathaleen Restitullo, Carolina Abreu, Jasmin Acosta and Riazel Febles — along…
Read More
It might not have been the career he envisioned, but Dan Primack has been covering business for decades. Even if he’d known from a young age he wanted to go into journalism, and even if his uncle was a columnist at the Boston Herald, Primack stumbled into financial and business journalism. “I followed a girl…
Read More
I’m happy to announce that 22 Hours: An American Nightmare, the podcast we interviewed Megan Cloherty and Jack Moore about last week, shot to the top of Apple Podcasts’ ratings in its first week. While we had very little do with the show’s success, we’re happy to see our podcasting friends doing well. This morning, I posted a short…
Read More
To get all the the latest news about our podcast, including guests and special events, fill out the form below to subscribe to our weekly email newsletter.