WNYC Studios

WNYC Studios
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMedia
GenrePodcasts
FoundedOctober 13, 2015 (2015-10-13)
Headquarters
New York City
,
United States
Key people
Christy Tanner (CEO)[1]
ProductsConsider This
More Perfect
The New Yorker Radio Hour
On the Media
Radiolab
Science Friday
ParentNew York Public Radio
Websitewnycstudios.wnyc.org
wnyckids.org

WNYC Studios is a producer and distributor of podcasts and on-demand and broadcast audio.[2][3] WNYC Studios is a subsidiary of New York Public Radio and is headquartered in New York City.[4]

History

In May 2015, WNYC began distributing its shows Radiolab and On The Media.[5] WNYC Studios was founded on October 13, 2015, with an inventory of 17 podcasts and national radio shows.[3]

The venture is funded with a diversified model consisting of philanthropy, membership [6] and sponsorship.[7]

The first podcast launched by WNYC Studios was The New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production with The New Yorker magazine. Hosted by The New Yorker editor David Remnick, the national radio show and podcast debuted on October 24, 2015.[8]

On March 29, 2016, WNYC Studios announced the launch of the 2 Dope Queens podcast hosted by The Daily Show's Jessica Williams, and Broad City's Phoebe Robinson. 2 Dope Queens premiered on April 5, 2016.[9] On April 6, 2016, 2 Dope Queens reached #1 on the iTunes chart.[10]

In late 2017, WNYC Studios launched two new podcasts for kids: This Podcast Has Fleas and Pickle (produced with ABC Australia).

Current shows

Title Host(s) Genre
Consider This Janae Pierre News
More Perfect Julia Longoria Law and current events
The New Yorker Radio Hour David Remnick Interview talk show
On the Media Brooke Gladstone News (media analysis)
Radiolab Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser Scientific, philosophical investigation
Science Friday Ira Flatow Science
Notes from America with Kai Wright Kai Wright Social Issues
Terrestrials Lulu Miller Kids & family

Consider This

Main article: Consider This (podcast)

Launched in September 2020, Consider This is a shortform daily news podcast from WNYC and NPR. Hosted by Janae Pierre, the show offers a mix of the day's top local stories from WNYC and national stories from NPR.[11] It releases each weekday at 5pm ET.[11] WNYC was part of the pilot group of twelve public radio stations across ten U.S. region that NPR tapped to bundle local news content with the national Consider This podcast that was launched in June 2020.[12][11]

More Perfect

Main article: More Perfect (podcast)

Officially titled Radiolab Presents: More Perfect, the series was the first spinoff series from Radiolab, debuting in 2016. Hosted by Jad Abumrad, it explored how the Supreme Court's rulings shape the lives of Americans, as well as telling the stories behind some of the Court's most significant rulings.[13][14][15] The three seasons aired from June 2016 to December 2018. The show relaunched with a new host, Julia Longoria, in May 2023.[16] The New Yorker has hailed the series as being "subtly astonishing...both sobering in its thoughtful investigations of the United States government's unfairness to many of its own citizens and quietly optimistic in its desire to make us understand."[17] The series won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award in 2017.[18]

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Main article: The New Yorker Radio Hour

The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of The New Yorker and WNYC Studios.[19] It is hosted by David Remnick, who has been editor of The New Yorker since 1998. The hour-long national broadcast show and podcast is based on conversation, debate, humor, and regularly features writers, editors and cartoonists from The New Yorker.[20]

On the Media

Main article: On the Media

On the Media is an hour-long weekly radio program and podcast, hosted by Brooke Gladstone, covering journalism, technology and First Amendment issues.

On the Media launched in 1995 and was reformatted and relaunched in 2001, and since then has been one of WNYC Studios' fastest growing programs, with more than 400 public radio stations broadcasting the show weekly.[21] It won a Peabody Award in 2004 for providing listeners "an insightful journey into the inner workings and outer effects of the media".[22] In 2013, co-host Brooke Gladstone won a Gracie Award for Outstanding Host.[23] The episode "Bench Press," which looked at the Supreme Court and its relationship with the media, won both a New York Press Club Award and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award in 2016.[24][25] In 2023, On the Media won a Peabody Award for its series "The Divided Dial,” which "offers listeners a [ ] window into the rise of Salem Media Group, a conservative Christian radio network."[26]

Radiolab

Main article: Radiolab

Radiolab was created in 2002 by Jad Abumrad. Robert Krulwich joined as co-host in 2005.[27] The radio program and podcast explores broad, difficult topics such as "time" and "morality" in an accessible and light-hearted manner and with a distinctive audio production style.[28][29]

Radiolab received a 2007 National Academies Communication Award "for their imaginative use of radio to make science accessible to broad audiences".[30] The program has received two Peabody Awards; first in 2010 and again in 2014.[31][32] In 2015 the episode "60 Words," which looked at the language used in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), won a Headliner Award, a New York Press Club Award, and was the New York Festivals' Gold Radio Winner and Grand Award Winner.[33][34][35] Also in 2015, the episode "Galapagos" won first place in the Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Reporting on the Environment.[36] The episode "Sight Unseen" won the Gold Award for Best Documentary from Third Coast Festival.[37]

In 2011, Abumrad received the MacArthur grant.[38]

The show has done several special multi-episode series exploring various areas. "Border Trilogy" was a three-part series that explored the United States Border Patrol's policy "Prevention Through Deterrence." The "Gonads" series, hosted by Molly Webster, looked at aspects of reproduction, fertility, and gender. "In the No" was a three-part series that looked at consent in the wake of #MeToo. "G" was a six-part series that explored the controversial science of human intelligence, from IQ testing and genetic intelligence predictors to the quest for genius.

On December 5, 2019, it was announced that Robert Krulwich would be retiring in January 2020, after fifteen years with the show.[39][40]

On September 25, 2020, it was announced that Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser would be joining the show as co-hosts alongside Jad Abumrad.[41][42] In January 2022, it was announced that Abumrad would leave the show and in April 2022, he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University.[43]

Science Friday

Main article: Science Friday

Science Friday (known as SciFri for short) is a weekly call-in talk show that broadcasts each Friday on over 400 public radio stations and is distributed by WNYC Studios. SciFri is hosted by award-winning science journalist Ira Flatow and was created and is produced by the Science Friday Initiative. The program is divided into two one-hour programs, with each hour ending with a complete sign-off. The focus of each program is news and information on science, nature, medicine, and technology. SciFri is also available as a podcast and is one of the most popular iTunes downloads, frequently in the top 15 downloads each week.[44]

Terrestrials

Terrestrials, from Radiolab for Kids Presents, launched on September 22, 2022. The six-part podcast series explores the natural world. Radiolab co-host Lulu Miller created and narrates the series, which includes interviews with entomologists, physicists, surfers, hip hop artists and other experts who are in search of new knowledge and ways to interpret natural phenomena.[45]

Notes from America with Kai Wright

Main article: The United States of Anxiety

Hosted by Kai Wright, Notes from America debuted as The United States of Anxiety in mid-2016 and featured the voices of voters in Suffolk County, Long Island, NY, the deeply purple region of a blue state where Donald Trump won the GOP primary with 73% of the vote.[46][47][48] Following seasons have explored "culture warriors",[49] surge of female candidates in the 2018 mid-term elections,[50] and a post-Reconstruction America.[51] In 2017 Season One of the series was named Best Podcast by the New York Press Club in a special competition focused on coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign.[52] The Atlantic included the series as one of the "Best Podcasts of 2018."[53]

On August 24, 2020, it was announced that The United States of Anxiety would begin airing on WNYC-FM and AM on Sunday evenings.[54]

The show expanded to a nationally syndicated, live call-in radio show on September 25, 2022, and changed its name to Notes from America with Kai Wright. The current show leads discussions that situate current events within historical and cultural contexts.[55]

Past shows

Title Host(s) Genre
2 Dope Queens Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson Comedy
10 Things That Scare Me None Monologues
Adulting Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos Comedy
American Fiasco Roger Bennett Sports
Blindspot: Road to 9/11 Jim O'Grady History
Blindspot: Tulsa Burning KalaLea History
Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice Kai Wright Investigative
Come Through Rebecca Carroll Interview talk show
Dear Hank & John Hank Green and John Green Commentary
Death, Sex and Money Anna Sale Interview talk show
Dolly Parton's America Jad Abumrad and Shima Oliaee Biography
Freakonomics Radio Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt Culture and Society
Free Shakespeare on the Radio Assorted Radio drama
Here's the Thing Alec Baldwin Interview talk show
La Brega Alana Casanova-Burgess Society and culture
Nancy Kathy Tu and Tobin Low Interview talk show (LGBTQ)
Note to Self Manoush Zomorodi Technology
Only Human Mary Harris Health
The Realness Mary Harris and Christopher M. Johnson Biography
Scattered Chris Garcia Biography
The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green Commentary
Sooo Many White Guys Phoebe Robinson Interview talk show
There Goes the Neighborhood Kai Wright Commentary
Trump, Inc. Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz Investigative

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