At their June 2015 wedding, Cole read emails that Goldstein and Condon had sent to him during the early days of their courtship. My dad had lost his job in the city, so he moved back to the familys country home on the Crow Wing River. As the presiding minister, Cole turns to the groom to ask, Will you take this splendiferous, magnanimous, hilarious whip-smart beauty to be your lawfully wedded wife?. Stowe is a sound designer and engineer. At the reception, I put my arm around Natalie and thanked her for coming. At the time of the wedding, the couple had been engaged for six years. But then someone else ends up dead, sparking a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man's life. (production manager) - Rumors (2014) . This is a map of the gravesite in Leakin Parkand of the places where the police found evidence. First she tried it longhand. Ken Miller and Trent Condon are on Monday - Friday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Des Moines Sports Station, 1460 & 106.3 KXnO. So like every story Jonathans ever done?, For his part, the meaning of the title has morphed for Glass into a reflection on Goldsteins creative process. Previously, she worked as an online producer and editor at National Geographic and The New York Times. Prior to This American Life, Alissaworked as a production executive at Warner Bros., and at a number of film and publishing jobs. "That was our hopeful number we were working toward. Instead, during a court hearing via Zoom, Baltimore City prosecutor Becky Feldman told the judge that her office was dropping all the charges against Adnan. Natalie explained that shed known she was adopted from the beginning, and loved the idea of being chosen by her parents. Goldstein seemed strangely official with all his radio gear, as if David Attenborough from BBCs Planet Earth were operating as a one-man band. Shes been with This American Life since 2009. But it was also such a beautiful feeling to do that, I wanted to do it more and more.. Hes an unusually good interviewer, for starters, Glass said. As her accent suggests, she is British. The news, analysis and community conversation found here is funded by donations from individuals. In addition to credits in magazine and book publishing, he has worked as a researcher and fact-checker for This American Life, S-Town, and Serial. Cole is hoping his ordination in the Universal Life Church passes muster in the Great White North. And for more than two hours, I asked her all about her life. We werent so much shocked because of the legal arguments, but because it was such a longshot, this outcome. I feel like each story is actually such a difficult piece of personal journalism that Jonathan is the heavyweight fighter getting in there and knocking out these masterful stories, one after another. We chose Cleveland, because they let us record everywhere courtrooms, back hallways, judges chambers, prosecutors offices. We surpassed that almost immediately.". Production Manager | Producer + Add or change photo on IMDbPro Contribute to IMDb. So it wasnt too long after meeting Goldstein that I asked him if he could help us. You can get Episodes 1 ("The Alibi") and 2 ("The Breakup") here or on various audio platforms, including iTunes (subscribe here) that day at 10am ET. Back at the picnic table, my mom explained that going through this trial had, somehow, brought them closer. This time, in Cleveland. He also reported and produced stories as an intern at NPR member stations WBEZ and WOSU. The ones who think hes guilty are the ignorant (and some underclassmen). Although, to be fair, shes kind of on the fence herself. On the suggestion of George Hicks, a WBUR engineer, Cole pursued ordination by visiting the churchs website, where he found a button that said, Click here to be ordained.. But shed forced herself to make peace with her vow: Shed given up this little girl in a strict closed adoption. I told her that she was a part of our story and always would be. 2,000 episodes. Often Cole includes a blessing for the couple in the form of an original poem he writes, sometimes on the day of the wedding. She also occasionally works on stories for the radio show. I always need to remember, this is your life, he says. Adnan got his cell phone two days before Hae went missing, on January 11th. Our familys episode of Heavyweight will come out this December. I did, standing there in Loring Park. Diane started at the show as a fellow in 2017. She started Serial with Julie Snyder in 2013. What kind of family shares the heaviest moment of its history with a stranger holding a microphone? What was it again? Laura got their start as a fact-checker before beginning in public radio at WNYC, and later reported forState of the Re:Union andNPR's Science Desk. And then, he says, you have to talk people into finishing the story. He realizes theres a showbiz aspect to what he doeshitting deadlines, commitments to sponsors. Tuesday, March 7. And Goldstein quietly asked, Would you like to write that letter now?. The crux of it involves The Little Mermaid, a missing school notebook, and a California mom with a filthy mouth. She got her start in radio on KALX 90.7 FM where she co-hosted a public affairs show and DJed under the name Feather in Air. Alaa likes thinking and writing about time, and reporting on health equity, like aging and housing. Producer Kalila Holt and host Jonathan Goldstein in his new Heavyweight studio, in Longfellow. Producer Sean Cole relishes the beautiful feeling of performing weddings. Shame compelled her to quit her office job at the Star Tribune. Holt reports they recorded over 20 hours of tape, spread out over nearly three years, which they now need to log, prune, and piece together. The role of journalism is to tell people the facts of whats happening, not what they want to hear, Simon said upon accepting an award for distinguished achievements in American journalism. But it was another few miles until he asked, Did you see those ducks?. Podcast Republic is one of the most popular podcast platforms on the world serving 1M+ podcasts and 500M+ episodes worldwide. I know because I performed my sisters ceremony, and she performed mine. It was WONDERFUL! Legal in Wisconsin and District of Columbia. OConnor is now a producer of NPRs All Things Considered in Washington, D.C. Coles MOis the same for all the weddings. So we were curious aboutwhenthe weather got bad that day. More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Cell Tower Technology. This was no Freudian slip, but the leaking of a deep family conspiracy. Abraham Waranowitz. She came toThis American LifefromRevealwhere she managed production and produced long-form investigative stories like this one. Goldstein records his show, Heavyweight, in a small studio in Minneapoliss Longfellow neighborhood. Valeriya, who also goes by Valerie, came to This American Life from her Fulbright to Ukraine, which she spent in Poland. Various, +5 more The New School, +1 more Emily Condon Scientist at Cell Carta Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area. I know that choosing the right designer, builder, and architect is imperative to success. I was so guilty about it. Were still pinning down information, doing interviews, following leads. Stowe joined This American Life in 2018. { customEventsOnLoad(); She played soccer in college and now worked as a marketing executive for a software company. SusanBurtoncame to This American Life as a producer in 1999 and rejoined the show in 2016. Jeez man, do you have to be such a downer? Two years later, at another wedding weekend, in New York, I ran into Goldstein again. The key is hard to read, so we circled the evidence and added some annotations explaining what each object is. Steve, do you have anything you want to thank Jonathan for? Thats really where we started, I think.. Prior to that, he produced and mixed the investigative comedy podcastDead Eyesat Headgum Studios. She would be calling from New York, but she booked time for me in a studio at WCCO, in downtown Minneapolis. Shes a very religious person, a devout Catholic like my mom, and she didnt see the world this way. Dont know how to get a podcast? But its produced by Gimlet Media in New York, under the podcasting umbrella of Spotify, the Swedish music-streaming conglomerate. A very special thanks to Emily Condon. Here, the narrative diverges. Before joining the show, he worked primarily as a theatrical sound designer, specializing in new and devised plays. Current (https://current.org/2016/10/producer-sean-cole-relishes-the-beautiful-feeling-of-performing-weddings/), Radio producer Sean Cole, center, presides at the wedding of Jonathan Goldstein, left, and Emily Condon. David came to This American Life from NPR where he was a reporter for 18 years covering science and eventually economics with the Planet Money team. Whitney Dangerfield serves as the art director for the Serial site, as well as for This American Life and S-Town, and she creates editorial projects for the shows. The next morning, I got a call from my mom. Its such an unusual trick that hes pulling, Blumberg says. And how that reunion had created the family that ultimately included me and my siblings. When that proved unwieldy, I offered to type for her. Thats because the cell records from Adnans phone that day were used to corroborate Jays story about what happened. She told me that Cindy had apologized profusely the next morning. Its not just about the heavy weight that the people in the stories are carrying, he said. It was a cold day, with a fresh blanket of snow. And I dont think he understands what a podcast is. At Goldsteins gentle urging, she recounted the story she had first told us at the picnic table seven years earlier. A version of this story appeared on This American Life, and we had a lot of help from the folks there: Ira Glass, Julie Snyder, Jonathan Menjivar, Sean Cole, and Robyn Semian. We did the interview over the lunch hour on a weekday. She produced and reported the show The Out Crowd, which earned This American Lifethe first ever Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting. To do that we figured wed need to look at something different: ordinary cases. Emily Condon - Consulting and strategy; editing and writing - Various | LinkedIn Emily Condon Podcast consultant and strategist; editor and writer Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 277. Dana joined This American Life as the fellow in 2013. As I write this, in fact, Sarah is re-writing Episode 5. He is co-creator of the sci-fi comedy podcast Mission to Zyxx. And it comes from, of all people, the cell phone expert who testified at Adnans trial. (production manager) But thats not true, Megan, she said. Emily Condon manages This American Life. He didnt think we needed a podcast in order to find her. Current. Just his soft-spoken way of asking, Do you want to write that letter right now? "Serial" is a podcast where one nonfiction story is told in weekly chapters. I met Jonathan Goldstein in the summer of 2014 at my friend Pat Condon's wedding. Former St. Paul resident Emily Condon is the production manager of "Serial," which re-examines the 1999 murder case of a Baltimore teen. I have always enjoyed watching live court and reading what is happening illegally in pop culture. The trick involved applying the tools of investigative journalism in service to stories that werent stories that you would see in a newspaper, he said. Its a little easier when its people Jonathan already knows.. AtReveal,they also covered everything from racial discrimination in mortgage lending to the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); And, White girl Stacie just mentioned that she thinks you did it. And Mr. Cook probably thinks hes either a classical liberal or a libertarian, but I wouldnt want to put words in his mouth. The Ayn Rand who created an ideological cult that became Modern Conservativism that, when stripped of its window-dressing, is a flimsy defense of childish self-centered impulse? And on cue, as soon as Natalie responded to her, my mom started worrying. Thats when Glass realized he could send Goldstein anywhere and he would come back with a good story. (Spoiler: The musician is Moby.). Sarah came to This American Lifefrom Gimlet Media, where she was a Senior Producer, and where shelaunched and ran a number of the company's shows. And then she proceeded to methodically, passively, and completely avoid writing that letter for five solid years. As Condon explained over tea at a Tibetan restaurant in south Minneapolis, Hes just obsessed with the past. My mom wondered if Goldstein would be bringing his recording equipment with him. To be honest, I dont know if I wouldve done anything. Back then, he would pick me up from my apartment in Uptown, and we would listen to Rush Limbaugh until an inevitable political argument would detonate and we would find ourselves shouting over both Rush and each other on our drive up to the gun club. How could she tell Natalie about the podcast, and would she have to talk to Goldstein again? Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, Brendan Klinkenberg, Mitch Hansen, Phia Bennin, Justin McGoldrick, JT Townsend, Rachel Strom, Mark Barlett, Jason Alexander at the . But Asia writes about a school divided over whether or not Adnan is guilty. He first contributed to zines, and he was past 30 when he finally published his first novel, Lenny Bruce Is Dead, in 2001. My dad swerved deep into the gravel shoulder before fishtailing back onto the road. You can listen to Serial in many places: right here on our site, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and on Pandora. Its like hes the heavyweight actuallylike hes the Muhammad Ali of this form..