I was the supervising editor of the NPR podcast and weekend radio show It’s Been a Minute from 2022 to 2024. I joined the show following the departure of Sam Sanders and brought on the new host Brittany Luse. As the supervising editor, I managed the team, led the rebrand, implemented new workflows to make the show more sustainable, developed low-cost promotional strategies and shaped the editorial direction of the show, from pitches, to interview questions and scripts.

I also collaborated with NPR’s video team to produce studio and remote video tapings with a range of notable guests including Stacey Abrams, Julio Torres and Stephanie Hsu. Our video with Stephanie Hsu received over 200,000 views without any paid promotion.

It's Been a Minute sat at the intersection of news and culture, and we wanted listeners to feel like they were in the know and that they had fresh insights into what was happening. We covered ‘trad wives’ months before any of our colleagues even knew what it was, and we always dove deeper to help listeners understand why these trends were catching on. One episode I pitched and edited explored how the raunchy viral “Hawk Tuah” girl and the “Zynternet” were actually a window into a corner of the internet that was culturally and politically powerful.

We also found that episodes tapping into huge cultural moments drove higher downloads. After all, listeners want smart takes on things everyone's already talking about. When Barbie took over in the summer of 2023, I edited an episode that went beyond the movie hype to examine why hyperfeminine aesthetics might actually be subversive. When Tina Turner passed, we turned around a deeply reported tribute that honored her genius, her struggle and her happy ending. And then there were the perennial episodes, like our Fat Bear Week deep dive into why humans are obsessed with bears (fat bears, teddy bears, and yes, gay bears) which we knew we could re-run every fall.