Description
I’m taking a break between seasons right now, but I’m popping back into your feed with a special bonus episode I’m sharing from a really great podcast called Foreign Correspondence. It’s hosted by Jake Spring, who’s a journalist for Reuters based in Brazil. On his program, Jake does fascinating interviews with other journalists around the world, and on his latest episode, Jake interviewed me about how I got into journalism, my previous work in public radio, and some of the stories I’ve worked on for Far From Home.
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
HowSound podcast by Rob Rosenthal
WNYC’s Peabody award winning coverage of NJ Governor Chris Christie and the response to Superstorm Sandy
My story on Antigua and Barbuda that I co-produced with NPR’s Planet Money
Vox podcast Today, Explained
An Arm and a Leg podcast
In the Dark podcast Season 2
Chef Yotam Ottolenghi
Milk Street cooking website
Bill Buford’s book Among the Thugs
NPR’s Throughline history podcast
WNYC’s On the Media radio show and podcast
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Far From Home is a podcast where award-winning public radio journalist Scott Gurian visits parts of the world that most people never think about and tells stories they've never heard. For more info, visit farfromhomepodcast.org
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