Welcome, Dartmouth English Department



Thank you for your consideration. What follows is an explanation of my work and how to engage with it.

I write, I produce, and I edit audio documentaries. 

Sometimes my work is investigative. Sometimes it’s historical. Sometimes it’s personal. Always it features the core elements of creative nonfiction — structure, pacing, tone and texture — in stories primarily meant to be heard, not read. 

You can engage with my work in a few different ways: 

1. Selected works: To the right of your screen is a curated selection of my work (or find it by clicking here and scrolling down, if you’re on a phone). These stories aren’t in a particular order, so feel free to click around to what interests you most. Note: some of these are taken out of order from a larger series, so keep that in mind while listening.

2. An alternative route: You may prefer to listen to all the episodes of one show from start to finish. (In the audio world that might be most like a book, since it’s written over a period of years.) If you want to do that, I’d suggest “The Last Archive”, a show I created with historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore. Here’s a landing page for that, with links to listen and a description of how this award-winning podcast found and used sound. 

Thank you, and enjoy.

- Sophie Crane    

Curriculum Vitae. 


Sophie Crane

95 Stowell Rd
Norwich, VT 05055
802.989.8422
sophie.crane@dartmouth.edu


Education
2016 A.B. Brown University (History) 
2015 Harry S. Truman Scholar 
2015 Royce Fellowship 


Professional Experience

Executive Director – Transom
2024 – Present
Lead programs that foster the art of audio storytelling, upholding the original public service, educational, and creative missions of public broadcasting. Oversee Transom's training center, media collaborations, and workshops to support new and diverse voices. Develop curricula and resources to pass on best practices, tools, and values for audio storytelling.

Lecturer, English Department – Dartmouth College
2023 – Present
Teaching an undergraduate creative writing workshop focused on non-fiction audio storytelling and podcast production. The course emphasizes practical skills in audio production, story development, and editing, while fostering creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking.

Executive Producer and Senior Editor – Pushkin Industries
2019 – 2024
Led the production of high-profile podcast series and original audiobooks, collaborating with leading journalists, writers, and hosts to create innovative work in sound. This included story development and planning, research, reporting, writing, interviewing, gathering sound, shaping story structure, editing podcast scripts and book manuscripts, sound design, and scoring and music production. Hired and managed teams and oversaw Pushkin's largest editorial department.

Consultant – Atlantic Public Media
2022 – 2024
Worked with Atlantic Public Media, the organization responsible for The Moth Radio Hour, PRX, The Association of Independents in Radio, This I Believe, and Transom.org to shape the future of public media with an emphasis on making it more representative of the communities it serves, more interesting, and more useful. 

Series Producer – FRONTLINE PBS
2016 – 2019
Led the creation of The FRONTLINE Dispatch, an investigative audio unit for a legacy PBS show. Hired and managed a production team. Edited, reported, produced and wrote stories like this one, about child marriage in the United States. Managed editorial collaborations with NPR, ProPublica, and other top outlets, ensuring high-quality journalism while fostering interdisciplinary approaches.

Assistant Teacher – The Transom Story Workshop
2016
Provided instruction and guidance for aspiring audio storytellers and journalists at a highly regarded radio residency.


LONGFORM AUDIO WORKS

The FRONTLINE Dispatch (creator, series producer) Audio documentaries from PBS’s FRONTLINE. 

Child Marriage in America (9.14.17): The story of a young teen, one of the 200,000 underage girls who are married each year in America

Boom Town (9.28.17): Until 2009, Cushing, Oklahoma, known as the oil pipeline crossroads of the world, had one or two earthquakes a year. Why, then, does it now have hundreds?

The Housing Fix (10.12.17): Millions of Americans can’t afford rent and only a quarter of those who need government help get it. What happens to everybody else? (a collaboration with NPR)

Notes from an Invisible War (10.28.17): On the ground in Yemen

A Life Sentence (11.9.17): The story of a violent crime committed by a juvenile lifer whose second chance went horribly wrong

Living With Murder, Part One (11.16.17): At 15, Kempis Songster committed a brutal murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But a series of Supreme Court rulings means that he has a chance to go free.

Living With Murder, Part Two (11.22.17)

I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother (11.29.17): A white cop is fired from his job when he refuses to shoot a young black man

The Weight of Dust (12.13.18): The aftermath of working on the 9/11 “pile”

Muzamil’s Day (12.27.18): A day in the life of a twelve-year-old boy in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp

Update: Living With Murder (1.10.19): In December 2017, after serving 30 years of his life sentence, Kempis Songster left Graterford Prison on lifetime parole. What has his life been like since he was released?

Struggling for Breath in Coal Country (1.24.19): Life with black lung disease 

The Boy in the Caravan (2.7.19): A 15-year-old from El Salvador waits for his chance to cross the U.S. border and ask for asylum, trying to reach his mother on the other side.

Never Sentenced, Never Released (3.7.19): Across the country, hundreds of people are in prison even though they weren’t convicted of the alleged acts that landed them there. Sometimes, they’re held for decades. 

Blood and Power in the Philippines (3.21.19): The rise and unlikely popularity of Philippine’s murderous president, Rodrigo Duteurte


The Last Archive (executive producer, series editor, co-creator)
A narrative podcast from Harvard historian Jill Lepore that interrogates the nature of truth and the central question of epistemology — How do we know what we know? — uniquely incorporating archival audio, historical re-enactments, and interviews.

The Clue of the Blue Bottle (5.14.20): Asks the question: What is evidence?

Detection of Deception (5.21.20): The invention of the lie detector and the outsourcing of truth to a machine

Invisible Lady (5.28.20): The creation of the right to privacy

Unheard (6.4.20): Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and the absence of people of color on the historical record

Project X (6.11.20): The advent of predictive computing on presidential elections

Cell Strain (6.18.20): The polio vaccine required the public to believe in a truth they could not see

The Computermen (6.25.20): Fears of government overreach and conspiracy theories ceded rules about data and digital privacy to the private sector

She Said, She Said (7.2.20): The influence of “consciousness-raising” on the Women’s Movement

For the Birds (7.9.20): What evidence from bird life can tell us about climate change

Tomorrowland (7.16.20): The diminution of fact and the rise of big data

Monkey Business (4.29.21): The Scopes trial and the battle between science and faith

Believe It (5.6.21): Ripley, Orson Wells, and the proliferation of fakery on the air

The Inner Front (5.13.21): Propaganda and psychological warfare by radio

Repeat After Me (5.20.21): Hypnosis and the anxious self

Remote Control (5.27.21): Conspiracies about the moon landing, part one

It Came From Outer Space (6.3.21): Conspiracies about the moon landing, part two

Children of Zorin (6.10.21): The truth-bending documentaries of Soviet journalist Valentin Zorin

Hush Rush (6.17.21): Rush Limbaugh and the creation of the modern political landscape

Epiphany (6.24.21): The long history that leads to the lie that the 2020 election was stolen and the events of January 6, 2021

Information, Please! (10.27.22) What if one book could contain the sum of human knowledge?

Trial by Teenager, Part I (10.27.22): Student juries decide if political ads are truthful enough to be posted on social media

Trial by Teenager, Part II (11.3.22): The experiment continues

The Tree Branch (11.10.22): What if Americans ratified an Environmental Rights Amendment in 1972?

The Farming Game (11.17.22): As family farms disappear, a family invents a board game to preserve agricultural knowledge

Good Boy (11.22.22): The changing world of animal science

Weather Vane (12.1.22): How humans came to believe they could predict the future

The Lost Archive (12.8.22): The public library and its secrets

Player Piano (6.22.23): The quest to build an automatic songwriting machine

The Word for Man is Ishi (6.29.23): The moral stakes of imagining the past and future

Parakeet Panic (7.6.23): Anxieties about population growth

Acting Out (7.13.23): Ella Fitzgerald and the creation of social network analysis

Callings (7.20.23): The intersection of telephone history and American spirituality

The Krononauts (7.27.23): How the pandemic changed our sense of time



McCartney: A Life in Lyrics (series editor) Conversations between Paul McCartney and the poet Paul Muldoon discussing the people, experiences, and art that inspired McCartney’s songwriting, with most of the 25 episodes exploring a single song.

Introduction (7.18.23)

Eleanor Rigby (10.4.23)

Back in the USSR (10.4.23)

Let It Be (10.11.23)

When Winter Comes / Mull of Kyntire (10.18.23)

Penny Lane (10.25.23)

Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (11.1.23)

Here Today (11.8.23)

Live and Let Die (11.15.23)

Magical Mystery Tour (11.22.23)

Jenny Wren / Blackbird (11.29.23)

Too Many People (12.6.23)

Helter Skelter (12.13.23)

Love Me Do (2.7.24)

Band on the Run (2.7.24)

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (2.14.24)

Yesterday (2.21.24)

Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me) (2.28.24)

Silly Love Songs (3.6.24)

A Day in the Life (3.13.24)

Hey Jude (3.20.24)

Here, There, and Everywhere (3.27.24)

Give Ireland Back to the Irish (4.3.24)

Michelle (4.10.24)

The End (Abbey Road) (4.17.24)


The Loudest Girl in the World (showrunner, editor)
A podcast that follows the journey of a woman after her autism diagnosis at the age of 42.

Talking, A Love Story (10.11.22)

Goodbye Routine; Hello Meltdown (10.18.22)

Little Robots and Casual Rockets (10.25.22)

Hannah Gadsby Is My Bestie (11.1.22)

Let's Talk About Hard Things (11.8.22)

Autism Pleasantville (10.11.22)

Will You Be My Friend (11.15.22)

Lauren Comes Out to Family (11.22.22)

I Love You, Sweetheart (11.29.22)

The Almost-lost-art of Susan TeKahurangi King (12.6.22)

Chelsea Wolfe, Your Everyday Trans Autistic BMX Olympian (12.13.22)

Ladyhawke is Afraid of Puke (12.20.22)

Katherine May's Walk with Autism (12.27.22)

Adrianne Lenker on Songwriting, Sadness and Paintbrush Guitar (1.3.23)


Death of Artist (editor)
A podcast about the artists Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner and their impact on 20th century art.

Crash (5.17.24)

Inner Rhythm (5.24.24)

The Collector (5.31.24)

Jackson Pollock, Inc. (6.7.24)

The Kiss of Death (6.14.24)

A Phoenix from the Ashes (6.21.24)

Krasner's Way (6.28.24)

The Women on the Scene (8.23.24)


The Happiness Lab (editor)
A podcast that explores the science of happiness, hosted by Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos.

Why Nostalgia Ain’t So Rosy (8.16.21)

Treating the Pain of a Broken Heart (8.23.21)

Let Slip the Dogs of More Happiness (9.06.21)

You Can’t Always Want What You Like (9.13.21)

The Kindness of Strangers (9.20.21)

How to Handle Change (9.22.21)

Laurie Gets a Fun-tervention (Part One) (9.27.21)

Laurie Gets a Fun-tervention (Part Two: Beach Party) (10.11.21)

How to Feel More Empathy (11.02.21)

How to be Happier at Work (with Dan Harris) (11.08.21)

How to Adopt a Growth Mindset (11.23.21)

How to Give More Effectively (11.30.21)


Playing God (producer)
Playing God explores the ethical dilemmas and moral questions that arise when humans take on the role of deciding who lives and who dies. 

Why Can’t I Buy a Kidney? (10.31.23)


Lost Hills (editor)
A narrative podcast by New Yorker staff writer Dana Goodyear. Season 3, The Dark Prince, focuses on Miki Dora, a surfer and con artist who led the FBI on a seven-year manhunt while he searched for the perfect wave, inventing American surf culture as we know it. 

The Legend of Miki Dora (6.12.23)

Death in Mexico (6.15.23)

Gidget Goes to Hollywood, Part One (6.19.23)

Gidget Goes to Hollywood, Part Two (6.22.23)

Surf Nazi (6.26.23)

Fuck the World (6.29.23)

Misdirection (7.03.23)

A.K.A. Fugitive (7.16.23)

The Fall Guys (7.10.23)

Aging Boy of Summer (7.17.23)

Writing on the Wall (7.17.23)

A Nasty Piece of Work (7.20.23)

The Toughest Girl in Malibu (7.24.23)

Black Heroes of Surfing (7.27.23)


Beyond The Last Dance (producer, editor)
A ten-part series about Michael Jordan and The Chicago Bulls. 


INTERVIEW AUDIO WORKS


Broken Record (editor)
A podcast about contemporary music and musicians co-hosted by legendary record producer Rick Rubin, writer Malcolm Gladwell, music critic Bruce Headlam, and music journalist Justin Richmond. 

Tedeschi Trucks Band (9.27.22)

Sylvan Esso (10.4.22)

Bartees Strange (10.11.22)

John Frusciante, Part One (10.14.22)

Anaïs Mitchell (10.25.22)

Gabriels (11.1.22)

John Frusciante, Part Two (11.8.22)

Maggie Rogers (11.15.22)

Jacob Collier, Part One (11.22.22)

Jacob Collier, Part Two (11.24.22)

Neil Young (11.29.22)

Stormzy (12.6.22)

John Frusciante, Part Three (12.13.22)

John Frusciante, Part Four (12.20.22)

Johnny Mathis (12.27.22)

Rick Rubin (1.17.23)

Iggy Pop, Part One (1.24.23)

Iggy Pop, Part Two (1.31.23)

Giles Martin, Part One (2.7.23)

Usher (2.5.23)

Giles Martin, Part Two (3.14.23)

Graham Nash, Part One (3.21.23)

The Edge (3.28.23)

Graham Nash, Part Two (4.4.23)

George Clinton (4.11.23)

Roger McGuinn (4.20.23)

Aaron Dessner (4.25.23)

Matt Berninger (5.2.23)

Babyface (5.9.23)

Feist (5.16.23)

Arlo Parks (5.23.23)

Moby (5.30.23)

Hit-Boy (6.6.23)

Caroline Rose (6.13.23)

Rickie Lee Jones (6.20.23)

Kesha (6.27.23)

Ben Gibbard (7.4.23)

Damon Albarn (7.11.23)

Paul Simon (7.18.23)

Albert Hammond, Jr. (7.25.23)

Santigold (8.1.23)

Joan Baez (8.15.23)

James Blake (8.23.23)

Johnny Marr (9.5.23)

DJ Drama (9.12.23)

Amanda Shires (9.26.23)


Deep Background with Noah Feldman (executive producer, showrunner)
The history, context, and genesis of some of the biggest stories in the news, with Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman.

Is Merit Real? (23.04.19)

The History of the White Power Movement (05.05.19)

Criminal Justice Reform and The Abolition of Prisons (12.05.19)

How Socialism Was Weaponized (19.05.19)

Staring into a Black Hole (26.05.19)

Roe v Wade Overturned (02.06.19)

Trade Wars (09.06.19)

Inside the Mind of a Dictator (23.06.19)

Living Stonewall (28.06.19)

How to Report on the Russia Investigation (07.07.19)

A Hidden Reason Behind France's "Yellow Vest" Protests (14.07.19)

Democracy's Midlife Crisis (21.07.19)

What is a Concentration Camp? (28.07.19)

Disappearing Species (04.08.19)

Inside MS-13 (11.08.19)

A Genetic Engineer's Perspective on "Designer Babies" (18.08.19)

The Party of Ideas (25.08.19)

Affirmative Action Isn't Enough (30.08.19)

A Solution for Algorithmic Bias (07.09.19)

Trump's "Dangerous" Iran Policy (14.09.19)

Saudi Arabia's "Genius" Crown Prince (28.09.19)

The Impeachment Episode (05.10.19)

The Lawyer and the Mobster (12.10.19)

Why Economists Should Act More Like Weather Forecasters (19.10.19)

An Experiment in Universal Basic Income (26.10.19)

The End of Ebola (02.11.19)

The Opioid Epidemic and the Courts (09.11.19)

The Gig is Up (16.11.19)

Truth in the Time of Deepfakes (23.11.19)

The History of Policing in Cars (30.11.19)

We Testified for Impeachment and It Made No Difference (05.02.20)

An Interview with the Next Vice President of the United States (19.02.20)

Elif Shafak's "Multiple Belongings" (26.02.20)

The Coronavirus Isn't Going Away (28.02.20)

The View from Beijing (04.03.20)

What We Know About How Coronavirus Spreads (11.03.20)

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 (16.03.20)

Civil Liberties in the Time of COVID-19 (17.03.20)

Cooking Through the Crisis with Mark Bittman (18.03.20)

Signs and Symptoms of COVID-19 (19.03.20)

Prisons and Jails Are a Coronavirus Time Bomb (24.03.20)

Fighting Coronavirus with Data (25.03.20)

How to Stay Sane During a Pandemic (27.03.20)

A Nobel Prize Winner's Suggestion for Fixing the Economy (31.03.20)

The Search for a Treatment (01.04.20)

What Happens If We Run out of Ventilators? (07.04.20)

Passover, Plagues, and Coronavirus (08.04.20)

A Profound Economic Problem (15.04.20)

Modeling the Coronavirus (16.04.20)

The Roadblocks to Mass Testing (22.04.20)

The Way out of the Pandemic? Generosity. (23.04.20)

A New Strategy in the Fight Against COVID-19 (29.04.20)

What to Read During a Pandemic (01.05.20)

When Will We Have a Vaccine? (06.05.20)

The Global Fight Against COVID-19 (07.05.20)

The Financial Markets and COVID-19 (13.05.20)

How the Bond Market Broke in March (15.05.20)

Coronavirus and Climate Change (20.05.20)

The Second (Third, and Fourth) Wave of COVID-19 (21.05.20)

On the Front Lines (27.05.20)

How Accurate Are Antibody Tests? (29.05.20)

A Top Obama Official on Police Brutality (02.06.20)

Why Debt Isn't Always a Bad Thing (03.06.20)

The Barriers to Reform (10.06.20)

Protests in a Pandemic (11.06.20)

LGBTQ Rights and the Supreme Court (17.06.20)

How to Have a Life in the Pandemic (19.06.20)

Vaccines and New Treatments for COVID-19 (24.06.20)

The Coronavirus is Mutating (07.07.20)

Is Coronavirus the End of Cities? (15.07.20)

A Commitment to Justice (22.07.20)

Turning Fact into Fiction with Roxane Gay (24.07.20)

Suzanne Nossel (29.07.20)

Osita Nwanevu (05.08.20)

Eugene Volokh (12.08.20)

Nadine Strossen (13.08.20)

How to Safely Reopen Schools (19.08.20)

Can the Post Office Handle the Election? (26.08.20)

The Allure of QAnon (09.09.20)

Why a Leading Election Scholar Can't Sleep (16.09.20)

Remembering Justice Ginsburg (23.09.20)

A Former Surgeon General on the Coronavirus Pandemic (30.09.20)

Will Trump Concede? (07.10.20)

Deep Background Presents: Brave New Planet (14.10.20)

The Election Pollster's Song (21.10.20)

The Road out of the Pandemic (28.10.20)

The Election and the Courts (04.11.20)

Becoming a District Attorney (12.11.20)

What We Know about the COVID-19 Vaccines (18.11.20)

The Big Data Revolution (02.12.20)

The Power of the Presidential Pardon (09.12.20)

Finding Peace in Turbulent Times (16.12.20)

Vaccinating America (23.12.20)

The Inaugural Episode (20.01.21)

The New Coronavirus Strains (27.01.21)

GameStop Is Just the Beginning (03.02.21)

Inside Facebook's Decision to Ban Trump (10.02.21)

The Impeachment Era (17.02.21)

The Most Powerful Legal Organization in the Country (24.02.21)

"Drug Use for Grown Ups" with Dr. Carl Hart (03.03.21)

Bigger Than Texas (10.03.21)

Top Russian Journalist on Alexei Navalny (17.03.21)

Britney Spears' Former Lawyer on Her Conservatorship (24.03.21)

Amazon and Inequality (31.03.21)

The Future of the NCAA (07.04.21)

Understanding Hate Crime Laws (14.04.21)

Is Crypto B******t? (21.04.21)

Are the Kids Alright? (05.05.21)

BONUS: Understanding the Facebook Oversight Board Decision (06.05.21)

The Future Without Herd Immunity (12.05.21)

Should Vaccination Be A Choice? (19.05.21)

Is This A Breaking Point for Palestinian Israelis? (26.05.21)

Power and Nations: Anne-Marie Slaughter (09.06.21)

Power and Nations: Francis Fukuyama (23.06.21)

The Power of Teachers' Unions (30.06.21)

Vitalik Buterin's Plan for Legitimating Crypto (14.07.21)

Power in Publishing with Chris Jackson (21.07.21)

Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Power of the 1619 Project (28.07.21)

We Lost The War in Afghanistan. Now What? (18.08.21)

Imagining The New Normal (25.08.21)

Giving Away Power with Matthew Barzun (01.09.21)

The Power of The University (16.09.21)

Getting Answers on Vaccine Boosters (22.09.21)

Violence, Recovery and Modern Jewish Life with Mark Oppenheimer (29.09.21)

Psychedelic Medicine (07.10.21)

Michael Pollan on The Power of Plants (20.10.21)

Deep Background Presents: The Broken Constitution Ep. 1 (25.10.21)

Inside the NBA Players Association (27.10.21)

Deep Background Presents: The Broken Constitution Ep.2 (01.11.21)

The Billion Dollar Industry of Esports (03.11.21)

Deep Background Presents: The Broken Constitution Ep.3 (09.11.21)

Calling Bullshit with Jill Louise Busby (10.11.21)

Miseducation and Climate Change (18.11.21)

A New Media Business Model (25.11.21)

James Carville Calls for Democratic Party Unity (09.12.21)

The Supply Chain Crisis Isn't Going Away (15.12.21)

What's the Deal with Decentralized Autonomous Organizations? (23.12.21)

Inside The Facebook Oversight Board (12.01.22)

How One Bank Shaped American Capitalism (20.01.22)

The Future of COVID-19 with Marc Lipsitch (27.01.22)


Judging Sam (editor)
A front seat at the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried. Hosted by Michael Lewis, author of Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon. 

Going Infinite (26.09.23)

The Case Against SBF (03.10.23)

Jury Selection (04.10.23)

Opening Statements (05.10.23)

Catching up with Michael Lewis (06.10.23)

Caroline Ellison Takes The Stand (10.10.23)

Ellison Testimony Wraps Up (11.10.23)

Week 2 Catch-up with Michael Lewis (13.10.23)

Nishad Singh Takes the Stand (17.10.23)

Michael Lewis Talks Money with Matt Levine (19.10.23)

Week 3 is in the books (20.10.23)

After The Prosecution Rests (24.10.23)

An FTX Victim Speaks Out (25.10.23)

Prosecution Rests Its Case (26.10.23)

Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Cross-Examination (27.10.23)

The Hail Mary That Wasn't (31.10.23)

The jury's job (02.11.23)

Guilty on all counts (03.11.23)

The Aftermath (07.11.23)

Millennial Frauds (14.11.23)

Judging the FTX Bankruptcy (21.11.23)

The Sentencing (28.03.24)


Audiobooks
Unlike traditional audiobooks where a narrator reads a physical book, these incorporate music, sound effects, interviews, archival material, commentary and dynamic editing to create a more cinematic experience. 

Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams (2022) (editor and managing producer)
- Winner of the Pen E.O. Wilson Science Writing Award 

Takeover: How a Conservative Student Club Captured the Supreme Court by Noah Feldman (2021) (editor and managing producer)

Who Killed Truth: A History of Evidence by Jill Lepore (2023) (editor and executive producer)

Higher Animals: Vaccines, Synthetic Biology and the Future of Life by Michael Specter (2023) (editor and managing producer)



Presentations and Lectures
Presented at conferences and lectured students of all levels in investigative reporting, podcasting, story development, editing and media ethics


2017 – Teacher, PRX Community Studio


2017 – Guest lecturer, Brown University, Creative Writing


2018 – Guest lecturer, Brown University, Creative Writing


2019 – Presenter, Spark Summit, Gates Foundation


2019 – Presenter, InterConnect, 11th Hour


2020 – Guest lecturer, Brown University, Creative Writing


2021 – Speaker for the Nonfiction!@Brown Lecture Series at Brown University


2021 – Guest lecturer, Harvard University, English Department (for Jill Lepore’s class A Workshop in Nonfiction Narrative)



Awards and Recognitions

2016 – Public Media Journalists Association Award (PMJA)


2018 – Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award’s highest honor: the Gold Baton


2018 – People’s Voice Webby Award for Podcasts & Digital Audio: Documentary  


2022 – The Atlantic named The Loudest Girl In The World one of the best podcasts of the year.


2023 – Apple named Heartbreak, an audiobook featuring recordings and immersive sound design one of the best audiobooks of the year. 


2023 – Apple named McCartney: A Life In Lyrics one of its top podcasts of the year.



Additional Experience

Board of Directors – Refugee Youth Solidarity through Education (RYSE) 2023-Present
Serve on the board of an academic enrichment summer camp for refugee youth. With a curriculum that includes math and language skills, life skills, sports and arts, Camp RYSE helps participants build friendships and thrive in their new communities. 


Reporter & Producer – North Country Public Radio 2015

Created and produced a community engagement series called “North Country at Work” documenting the history of labor and laborers across the Adirondack region of New York state.


Producer – Storycorps, Rhode Island Public Radio 2016

Edited pieces for the national storytelling project during its residency at Rhode Island Public Radio


Co-founder – Now Here This 2015

Co-founded and ran the first collegiate platform for audio storytelling