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Daniel A. Gross

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5(ish) Questions: Adam Hochschild and Texaco's secret support for Franco in the Spanish Civil War

5(ish) Questions: Adam Hochschild and Texaco’s secret support for Franco in the Spanish Civil War

When Adam Hochschild started researching the Spanish Civil War a few years ago, he knew it was already the subject of hundreds of books and thousands of articles. Trying to…
August 11, 2016
Rebecca Nesson: "I like aliveness, whether it's miserable or whether it's ecstatic"

Rebecca Nesson: “I like aliveness, whether it’s miserable or whether it’s ecstatic”

Rebecca Nesson crafted an oral story for the Moth on her marital crisis.Three years ago, Rebecca Nesson thought her marriage was falling apart. During a bitter argument with her husband,…
July 7, 2016
"Power of Narrative" conference: Nikole Hannah-Jones on difficult topics

“Power of Narrative” conference: Nikole Hannah-Jones on difficult topics

Two years ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones published “Segregation Now,” a collaboration between her then-employer Pro Publica and The Atlantic, about the desegregation and resegregation of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Hannah-Jones started her career…
April 27, 2016
Radio Diaries' Joe Richman and "The Last Man on the Mountain"

Radio Diaries’ Joe Richman and “The Last Man on the Mountain”

Joe RichmanJoe Richman practices narrative without narration. His production company, Radio Diaries, crafts public radio stories whose characters do all the talking. In the absence of a reporter’s voice, which…
March 22, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! "Criminal" and "The Fifth Suspect"

Annotation Tuesday! “Criminal” and “The Fifth Suspect”

Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer launched “Criminal” in 2014, with producer Eric Mennel. Judge and Spohrer had worked together on “The Story” with Dick Gordon, a public radio program that went…
March 8, 2016