Radio – Lauren Kirchner

Selected clips:

LONGFORM PODCAST:

[I edit and mix this weekly long-format program that features magazine writers, hosted and recorded by the founders of Longform.org and The Atavist.]

David Grann, staff writer at The New Yorker, talks with Longform’s Max Linsky about how he got started as a writer, his methods for reporting and research, and the elusiveness of absolute truth.
(8/22/12 – Listen)

(More episodes available here.)

THE COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW PODCAST:

[I produced, hosted, recorded, and edited this occasional podcast for CJR.org from 2010-2011.]

Bill Grueskin and Lucas Graves, co-authors of the Tow Center report “The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Journalism,” give their top recommendations for the news industry, from advertising to aggregation.
(5/10/11 – Listen)

Lawrence Pintak talks about the origins and impact of television networks like Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya in the Middle East.
(5/5/11 – Listen)

Ryan Chittum discusses the week’s business news: Wisconsin protests, Apple’s app price-gouging, and what the latest developments in the Bernie Madoff saga might mean for the biggest names on Wall Street.
(2/24/11 – Listen)

Vanessa M. Gezari talks about the obstacles that foreign correspondents face in Afghanistan, and about her experience training young journalists in Afghanistan’s blooming news industry.
(1/18/11 – Listen)

(More episodes available here.)

WNYC and AIR AMERICA RADIO:

Audio postcard, “How to Make the Perfect Martini,” August 2009 (student project):