Podcasts
Vibe Check is weekly podcast where Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones, and Zach Stafford make sense of what’s going on in news and culture – and how it all feels. Vibe Check is your favorite group chat, come to life.
I led the piloting, launch and continuous production of Vibe Check. l managed the production team and directed our editorial strategy. I facilitated custom sales and editorial sponsorships, oversaw our live event strategy and execution, navigated the launch of Vibe Check’s TikTok.
Named a “Best Podcast of 2022” by the New York Times within 4 months of launch, Vogue Best Podcasts of 2022
Editorial coverage on show ranged from Beyonce to public policy to grief
Nominated for 2025 Ambie for Best News and Opinion Podcast
Credit: Executive Producer
The Sporkful
We obsess about food to learn more about people. The Sporkful isn’t for foodies, it’s for eaters. Hosted by Dan Pashman, who’s also the inventor of the new pasta shape cascatelli. James Beard and Webby Award winner for Best Food Podcast.
I faciliated growth and sustained listenership for long-running beloved show. l oversaw the production team, advocated for the show within a large corporate structure, facilitated custom opportunities and branded episodes, oversaw a spin-off and multiple new series formats in my tenure.
Lead editor on spin-off series Deep Dish with Sohla and Ham
Lead editor on Anything’s Pastable series about the making of Dan’s cook book Anything’s Pastable
Story edited both narrative and two-way episodes on a weekly basis
Credits: Executive Producer and Story Editor
Podcrushed
Podcrushed — the podcast where Penn Badgley reads your middle school story — explores the heartbreak, anxiety and self-discovery of being a teenager. Hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, and Sophie Ansari bring you stories and conversations about middle school – from childhood crushes, to battles with body hair, to schoolyard scuffles. The results are sometimes awkward, sometimes heartwarming, and always relatable.
I was brought in at the last minute to build out a successful launch and editorial strategy for the show.
Facilitated successful TikTok strategy that led to increased listenership
Facilitated the booking of highly sought after guests like Julia Louis Dreyfus, Conan O’Brien, Lisa Kudrow, Kelly Clarkson
Credits: Executive Producer
Unladylike
A lifestyle feminist podcast on a mission to stay curious, build empathy and raise hell.
I was the showrunner and lead producer on this Webby-Award winning weekly podcast. From pitch to final episode, I drove the editorial direction. I researched, reported, scripted, edited for weekly episodes.
Episodes covered a wide range of stories and topics: the vibrator and sextech industry, life coaching industry (scam or self-help?), childfree by choice, family estrangement, egg freezing, stealthing and consent culture
2018 Webby Award, Best Lifestyle Podcast
Credits: Senior Producer, Showrunner
Next Question (formerly Katie Couric Podcast)
The podcast features Katie Couric in candid, unscripted conversations that go beyond sound bites and reveal what's really going on in American life and politics today.
Produced and edited conversations with Kara Swisher, Martha Stewart, Tristan Harris, Bryan Stevenson, Ava DuVernay, Marie Kondo, Mitch Landrieu & more
Producer on special limited series The Palin Interviews, 10 Years Later
Credits: Producer
By the Book
Half reality show, half self-help podcast, and one wild social experiment. Join comedian Jolenta Greenberg and culture critic Kristen Meinzer as they live by the rules of a different self-help book each episode to figure out which ones might actually be life changing.
Named one of the 50 Best Podcasts To Listen to Right Now by Time Magazine in 2018.
Grew By the Book Facebook community to 10K +
Pitched and produced special series on the history of self-help
Launched spin-off show How To Be Fine
Booked self-help authors including Dan Harris, Shad Helmstetter, Gretchen Rubin
Sang theme song!
Credits: Producer
Fake the Nation
Hosted by Negin Farsad, Fake the Nation is all the comedy about politics without any of the politics about politics. Every week Negin and a cast of her funniest, smartest and most politically astute friends gather 'round the political roundtable to break down the news, make you laugh, think, and deliver a gut punch to the American political system.
Booked weekly roundtable of comedians and political experts
Edited audio for same day turnaround
Credits: Producer
American Diagnosis
In America, who gets to be healthy, and who doesn’t? And what can we do about it? Education, gender, age, race—they all have something to do with it. There's a divide between people who will live long and healthy lives and those who won’t. Join Dr. Céline Gounder for fresh angles, deep research, a wide range of voices, and compassionate reporting.
Soup to nuts production on opioid epidemic series (scripting, scoring, assembling, mixing)
Highlight: Episode featuring the story of Austin, Indiana. Ground zero for one of the biggest HIV outbreaks in U.S. history -- the end result of sharing Opana and syringes.
Credits: Producer
In addition to these projects, I’ve also contributed to countless other podcasts including All American: Venus & Serena, I Weigh with Jameela Jamil, Audible Editors’ Picks & more.
Vibe Check
Social / Video
As Executive Producer at SiriusXM, I faciliated the transition to video for several podcasts.
Events
I’ve produced countless live events and podcast tapings. Venues or festivals include 92NY, Tribeca Festival, On Air Fest, The Bell House, Caveat, City Space @ WBUR, The Ford, ShePodcasts, Bloomberg Screentime and ACLU Conference.
By the Book @ The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
Vibe Check @ The Ford, Los Angeles, California
