While most of my portfolio focuses on my writing, I have always aspired to work in radio and podcasting. In college, I self-produced two of my band’s albums and recorded an original interpretation of Abraham Lincoln’s poetry. So, in addition to some of my stories found elsewhere, I’ve included links to the related audio work I have attempted whenever the inspiration struck.
Time / Zocalo Public Square - July 2, 2015
“Do you have the kind of bullet that killed Lincoln?” asked a tourist buying a Derringer pistol, wearing a God Bless America t-shirt. I looked up from the counter a bit confused. I’d come in late after watching Steven Spielberg and Doris Kearns Goodwin speak at Gettysburg’s Soldiers’ National Cemetery for the 149th Remembrance Day, the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s address. I was cold and my coffee had only begun to wake me up.
Syndicated: Baltimore Sun / Saturday Evening Post
The Atlantic - April 16, 2017
In 1925, when The Atlantic first published “The Bear Hunt,” the editor’s preface remarked that Abraham Lincoln “neither wrote, nor attempted to write, much verse.” But what he did write ain’t half bad! There’s a reason why American poet Carl Sandburg took up Honest Abe as a muse.
🎧 Related audio: Presidential Poetics, all 12 of Abraham Lincoln’s poems set to my own original music composition
PBS NewsHour - June 23, 2016
A Los Angeles jury found Led Zeppelin not guilty of copyright infringement on Friday.
🎧 Related audio: Did Led Zeppelin Steal From Folk and the Blues?
🎧 Related audio: How Did George Martin Earn the Title of Fifth Beatle?
NPR Code Switch - January 18, 2014
When President Lyndon B. Johnson met at the White House with the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 18, 1964, the two men were near the peak of their powers and the country was in a maelstrom.
🎧 Audio version here
Highlights from NPR 2014 internship:
Before He Fell To Earth, 'The Little Prince' Was Born In N.Y.
by MARGOT ADLER
Maryland Transportation Bill Held Up Over War Reparations
by ALLISON KEYES
Before The NBA Was Integrated, We Had The Black Fives
by MARGOT ADLER
How The Cost Of College Went From Affordable To Sky-High
by CLAUDIO SANCHEZ
Report: Widespread Racial Disparities In Public School Punishments
by CLAUDIO SANCHEZ
Hobby Lobby Contraceptive Case Goes Before Supreme Court
by NINA TOTENBERG
What 'The Simpsons' Says About Ukraine's Language Divide
by GREGORY WARNER
The Lives And Loves Left Behind By Fort Hood Victims
by JENNIFER LUDDEN
