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Lauren Passell
Jan 03, 2022
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Bonjour!

Today is Monday, January 3. There are 155 days until I go on my next Disney cruise.

This week we’re getting to peek intoΒ the listening life ofΒ Claire Tighe, an independent writer and producer currently making projects for Audible and a few other shops, previously at NBC News/MSNBC and Pineapple Street. She also teaches audio journalism at New York University and Salt Institute.

The app I use: Big Purple! (Apple Podcasts) As a producer, it helps me understand the experience the majority of listeners have when they download my work.

Listening time per week: At least 6. I’m up to my elbows in raw tape for work these days and ear breaks are really important, so I’m listening to podcasts less than usual.

Recommendations: NHPR’s Outside/In piece called β€œThe Acorn: An Ohlone Love Story,” La Brega, Resistance, The Experiment, The Line, 9/12, Making Gay History, West Cork, Where is George Gibney?, Constellations, BBC 4’s Shortcuts, On Being, and Field Recordings.

Queued up on my podcast n…

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