Rescued: The Lost Treasures of Klezmer
Only a few hundred klezmer songs survived the Holocaust and Soviet suppression. Modern musicians recycled those songs over and over—until the nerdiest quest of all time recovered thousands of tunes thought to be lost forever.
This show, hosted by me, is about that quest. It’s about people who consider music as important as holy texts. Who compose entire songs dedicated to the serving of kugel. Who pay radical attention to cultural detail, and undergo radical change as a result.
Klezmer, as the kids say, slaps.
Produced for Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera at Washington University in St. Louis. Cover art by Giovanna Truong.
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“Pour yourself a stiff shot of something and spend some time with the mass media titan that was Charles Coughlin — Tablet Magazine’s ‘Radioactive’ podcast about him is a great place to start.”- Rachel Maddow
I associate produced this Tablet/WNET narrative series about antisemitic demagogue Father Charles Coughlin, sourcing archival tape, coaching host narration, and generally finding myself awash in choral music.
Led production on E5: His Cross to Bear.
Review in American Jewish History.
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Signal Awards 2023 Bronze Winner - Sports Documentary
“So darn good.” - Sasha-Ann Simons, WBEZ
Produced this limited series about Jewish athletes, super-fans, and team owners, all shaping (and being shaped by) the ultimate American obsession. Ran recordings, coached narration sessions, and scored and sound designed segments.
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2024 Webby Awards Official Honoree - Documentary Podcasts
“A twisty tale that takes listeners from a French cattle car to the treaty room of the US State Department.” - The Times of Israel
I served as a script editor for this documentary podcast about Leo Bretholz, who leaped from a French train headed to Auschwitz, and later worked to hold SNCF, the French National Railway, accountable for its role in the Holocaust.
I edited the script for E2: Convoy #42.
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“Deftly uses each school to tell a specific story…using extensive interviews.” - Mark Alden Branch
Produced this narrative podcast about Jewish students breaking into the Ivy League, assisting with interviewing, scoring, host tracking, and tape cutting.
Reported E6: Cornell and Its Off-Campus, Off-Kilter Jewish Commune and some of E8: Harvard and the End of the Jewish Ivy League.
Jewish Broadcasting Service: In the Spotlight: "Gatecrashers"- Mark Oppenheimer
Tablet Studios
For years, I served as the resident Gentile for the world’s leading Jewish podcast network. I produced weekly interview shows like Unorthodox, daily pods like Take One: Talmud to Go, and limited narrative series like Across the Jew.S.A. and Gatecrashers: Jews and the Ivy League. (There was even a kids’ trivia game show, if you can believe it.)
These felt like more than shows. They were mirrors for a community I lucked into getting to know and cover. As I grew from a tape-cutter to a producer, writer, and newsletter editor, I got to add a few fragments to that mirror myself. Here’s some of my work:
Reported Stories: Living with Fragile X Syndrome - One of the World’s Few Female Torah Scribes - The Rabbi Combining Hebrew Prayers with Indian Kirtan - The Mayor of Toco Hills
Produced Interviews and Episodes: Preserving the Sounds of the Holocaust - The Flavor of Jewish Seattle - From Shanghai to Skokie - Touring Jewish Montreal
Newsletters: Exclusive Interview: Joshua Malina - Green Eggs and Kosher Ham
AI for the Rest of Us
I edited and mixed this twelve-part series from the University of Texas explaining AI to us woeful humanities majors.
E4: AI at Work
Produced for UT Austin’s College of Natural Sciences and College of Liberal Arts.
Ten to the Fifteenth
I’m producing and sound designing the second season of this show about how the neuroscience revolution is transforming psychiatry—and our understanding of the quadrillion neurons that make up the human brain. Bleep bloops abound.
S2E1: It’s Not Just about Cats
Produced for the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative.
Eminent Americans
Daniel Oppenheimer is cutting a formidable swathe through the American intellectual landscape, one deeply bookish interview at a time. I’m along for the ride as his production partner and editor.
