Matt Katz (born July 4, 1978) is an American journalist.
48-520: Katz works for WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio , and has written for Politico , The New York Times , The Washington Post and The New Republic . He was previously a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer , the Courier-Post and the Daily Record . He is known for his coverage of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie . He ran The Christie Tracker for New Jersey Public Radio . Katz
96-547: A blind auction to commercial buyers, WNYC-AM-FM was sold to the WNYC Foundation for $ 20 million over a six-year period, far less than what the stations could have been sold for if they were placed on the open market. While the sale put an end to the occasional political intrusions of the past, it required the WNYC Foundation to embark on a major appeal towards listeners, other foundations, and private benefactors. The station's audience and budget have continued to grow since
144-778: A Headliner Award, a New York Press Club Award, and was the New York Festivals' Gold Radio Winner and Grand Award Winner. Also in 2015, the episode "Galapagos" won first place in the Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Reporting on the Environment. The episode "Sight Unseen" won the Gold Award for Best Documentary from Third Coast Festival. In 2011, Abumrad received the MacArthur grant. The show has done several special multi-episode series exploring various areas. "Border Trilogy"
192-456: A distinctive audio production style. Radiolab received a 2007 National Academies Communication Award "for their imaginative use of radio to make science accessible to broad audiences". The program has received two Peabody Awards; first in 2010 and again in 2014. In 2015 the episode " 60 Words ," which looked at the language used in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), won
240-675: A duPont-Columbia Award. Launched in April 2020, Come Through with Rebecca Carroll was a limited-run podcast series that featured a range of guests discussing issues of race amidst the backdrop of the pressing issues of the day, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 Presidential election . Hosted by the Green brothers : authors and YouTube vloggers Hank Green and John Green . First released in 15 June, Hank and John Green answer questions e-mailed by listeners, give "dubious" advice and talk about
288-433: A result of reporting critically on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump . In 2024, Matt Katz wrote and hosted an eight-episode podcast series, Inconceivable Truth , about his search for his biological father and his investigation into the unusual way in which he was conceived in 1970s Manhattan. The Irish Times called Katz a "crackling storyteller". Vogue named it one of the "best podcasts of 2024 so far". Katz
336-404: A six-part podcast billed as an "audio memoir." The series traced comedian Chris Garcia's search to discover more about his father's life after his father died due to complications from Alzheimer's disease . Garcia first spoke publicly about his father's Alzheimer's on This American Life . He also appeared on 2 Dope Queens , recorded six days before his father died and what Garcia has called
384-566: A special competition focused on coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign. The Atlantic included the series as one of the "Best Podcasts of 2018." On 24 August 2020, it was announced that The United States of Anxiety would begin airing on WNYC-FM and AM on Sunday evenings. The show expanded to a nationally-syndicated, live call-in radio show on 25 September, 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. 2 Dope Queens
432-461: Is simulcast by WNYC (AM) and WNYC-FM, and at other times different programming airs on each station. WNYC produces and broadcasts programming for a local audience, including news and interview shows The Brian Lehrer Show and All of It with Alison Stewart , along with a roster of nationally syndicated WNYC Studios produced including Radiolab , On the Media , and The New Yorker Radio Hour . WNYC
480-536: Is a leading member station of NPR, broadcasting NPR's major daily news programs including Morning Edition and All Things Considered . WNYC also broadcasts programs from the BBC World Service and selected programs from other producers including This American Life , Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! , and Fresh Air . The broadcasts airs on WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820 in New York City, and also streams live over
528-487: Is a new 140-seat, street-level studio for live broadcasts, concerts and public forums and an expansion of the newsroom of over 60 journalists. Renovation, construction, rent and operating costs for the new Varick Street location amounted to $ 45 million. In addition to raising these funds, WNYC raised money for a one-time fund of $ 12.5 million to cover the cost of creating 40 more hours of new programming and three new shows. The total cost of $ 57.5 million for both
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#1732852833932576-497: Is a podcast hosted by Manoush Zomorodi featuring interviews about the impact of technology on everyday life. Before she began hosting Note to Self, Zomorodi was a television reporter for the BBC . Only Human was a health-oriented podcast produced by WNYC Studios. The podcast was hosted by Mary Harris, who previously covered health for ABC News. Launched in October 2019, Scattered was
624-523: 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. It releases each weekday at 5pm ET. 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. Officially titled Radiolab Presents: More Perfect ,
672-535: 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
720-621: Is also available as a podcast and is one of the most popular iTunes downloads, frequently in the top 15 downloads each week. Terrestrials, from Radiolab for Kids Presents, launched on 22 September, 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. Hosted by Kai Wright , Notes from America debuted as The United States of Anxiety in mid-2016 and featured
768-478: Is based on conversation, debate, humor, and regularly features writers, editors and cartoonists from The New Yorker. 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
816-566: Is primarily provided by a pair of nonprofit, noncommercial , public radio stations: WNYC (AM) and WNYC-FM , located in New York City. Both stations are members of NPR and carry local and national news/talk programs. WNYC reaches more than one million listeners each week and has the largest public radio audience in the United States. The WNYC stations are co-owned with Newark, New Jersey -licensed classical music outlet WQXR-FM (105.9 MHz), and all three broadcast from studios located in
864-530: Is the son of Roberta and Richard Katz of Roslyn, New York . He married Deborah Anne Hurwitz in 2008. Katz has an undergraduate degree in Political Communication from George Washington University . He is member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. WNYC WNYC is an audio service brand, under the control of New York Public Radio , a non-profit organization. Radio and other audio programming
912-538: The Canada goose , or phenomena that only influence humanity such as Halley's Comet . Episodes were released monthly and typically contained Green reviewing two topics, accompanied by stories on how they impacted Green's own life. Green announced that the podcast is being adapted into a book that is set to be published by Dutton Penguin in May 2021, his first nonfiction book. Launched September 2020, Blindspot : The Road to 9/11
960-482: The Hudson Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan . WNYC has been an early adopter of new technologies including HD radio , live audio streaming , and podcasting . RSS feeds and email newsletters link to archived audio of individual program segments. WNYC also makes some of its programming available on Sirius XM satellite radio. The WNYC brand produces a mixture of podcasts and radio programs. Some programming
1008-592: The City of New York. Shortly after assuming the mayoralty in 1994, Rudy Giuliani announced he was considering selling the WNYC stations. Giuliani believed that broadcasting was no longer essential as a municipal service, and that the financial compensation from selling the stations could be used to help the City cover budget shortfalls. The final decision was made in March 1995: while the City opted to divest WNYC-TV (now WPXN-TV ) through
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#17328528339321056-420: 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." Radiolab was created in 2002 by Jad Abumrad . Robert Krulwich joined as co-host in 2005. The radio program and podcast explores broad, difficult topics such as "time" and "morality" in an accessible and light-hearted manner and with
1104-478: The October Sidney Award for obtaining and publishing never-before-seen images of the squalid and lethal conditions at Rikers Island . The story was published on WNYC and its sister digital outlet, Gothamist . Prior to becoming a political journalist, Katz was known as South Jersey's Carrie Bradshaw when he wrote a dating advice column. He is Jewish and asserts that he suffered anti-semitic harassment as
1152-732: The Puerto Rican Experience," focuses on challenges faced by people who live in Puerto Rico. Season 2, "The Puerto Rican Experience in Eight Songs," debuted in 2023. "La Brega: El Álbum, " a companion album to season 2, appeared April 11, 2023. WNYC canceled the show in October 2023. Hosted by Kathy Tu and Tobin Low, Nancy was a podcast that featured stories and conversations exploring the LGBTQ experience. The show ran from 2017 to 2020. Note to Self
1200-594: The Radio was a co-production with WNYC Studios and The Public Theater that reimagined the Theater's annual Free Shakespeare in the Park into a multi-episode radio play . The production was conceived after the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the annual outdoor play from taking place, the first time in nearly 60 years. The originally scheduled performance of Richard II was adapted for radio and directed by Shaeem Ali. The performance
1248-486: The craft." WNYC canceled the show in late 2023 and it was later acquired by Slate . Created in September 2010, Freakonomics Radio is a weekly public radio show and podcast hosted by journalist Stephen Dubner , with economist Steven Levitt as a regular guest. The two had previously collaborated on the 2005 book Freakonomics . In July 2018 production moved from WNYC Studios to Stitcher Radio . Free Shakespeare on
1296-583: The first episode of Baldwin's podcast, a series of interviews with public figures including artists, policy makers and performers. It was announced that WNYC Studios will no longer be producing the show after 10 November 2020. Launched in February 2021, La Brega is a dual-language podcast series, co-produced with Futuro Studios, about life, politics, history, and music on the island of Puerto Rico. All episodes are available in English and Spanish. Season 1, "Stories of
1344-505: The iTunes chart. The last episode was released 14 November 2018 and featured an interview with former First Lady Michelle Obama . Hosted by comedians Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos , Adulting was launched in May 2019. The podcast was taped in front of a live audience, and featured hosts Buteau and Carlos discussing topics surrounding adulthood with guests. Guests included Phoebe Robinson , Wyatt Cenac , Jim Gaffigan , Samantha Bee , and Vanessa Williams . The last episode
1392-454: The internet. As a result, the station reaches listeners from across the country and around the globe. WNYC-AM-FM has a local news team of approximately 60 journalists, producers, editors, and other broadcasting professionals. WNYC and WNYC Studios programs and podcasts include: WNYC (AM) began broadcasting in 1924. and is one of the oldest radio stations in the city. WNYC-FM began broadcasting in 1943. Both stations were originally owned by
1440-434: 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 5 April 2016. On 6 April 2016, 2 Dope Queens reached #1 on the iTunes chart. In late 2017, WNYC Studios launched two new podcasts for kids: This Podcast Has Fleas and Pickle (in production with ABC Australia) . Launched in September 2020, Consider This
1488-471: The move and programming is nearly three times the $ 20 million the station had to raise over seven years to buy its licenses from the City in 1997. WNYC Studios WNYC Studios is a producer and distributor of podcasts and on-demand and broadcast audio. WNYC Studios is a subsidiary of New York Public Radio and is headquartered in New York City. In May 2015, WNYC began distributing its shows Radiolab and On The Media . WNYC Studios
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1536-529: The quest for genius. On 5 December 2019, it was announced that Robert Krulwich would be retiring in January 2020, after fifteen years with the show. On 25 September 2020 it was announced that Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser would be joining the show as co-hosts alongside Jad Abumrad. In January 2022, it was announced that Abumrad would leave the show and in April 2022, he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University. Science Friday (known as SciFri for short)
1584-501: The series "showcases great storytelling." The Anthropocene Reviewed was a podcast hosted by author and YouTube personality John Green in which he reviewed different facets of the Anthropocene , the epoch that includes significant human impact on the environment , on a five-star scale. This can include completely artificial products like Diet Dr. Pepper , natural species that have had their fates altered by human influence like
1632-590: 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." The series won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award in 2017. The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of The New Yorker and WNYC Studios. It is hosted by David Remnick , who has been editor of The New Yorker since 1998. The hour-long national broadcast show and podcast
1680-521: 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. The three seasons aired from June 2016 to December 2018. The show relaunched with a new host, Julia Longoria, in May 2023. The New Yorker has hailed
1728-571: The show weekly. It won a Peabody Award in 2004 for providing listeners "an insightful journey into the inner workings and outer effects of the media". In 2013, co-host Brooke Gladstone won a Gracie Award for Outstanding Host. 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. In 2023, On
1776-653: The split from the city. On June 16, 2008, WNYC moved from its 51,400 square feet (4,780 m ) of rent-free space scattered on eight floors of the Manhattan Municipal Building to a new location at 160 Varick Street , near the Holland Tunnel . The station now occupies 3 1 ⁄ 2 floors of a 12-story former printing building in Hudson Square . The new offices have 12-foot (4 m) ceilings and 71,900 square feet (6,680 m ) of space. The number of recording studios and booths has doubled, to 31. There
1824-571: 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. Following seasons have explored "culture warriors", surge of female candidates in the 2018 mid-term elections , and a post- Reconstruction America. In 2017 Season One of the series was named Best Podcast by the New York Press Club in
1872-551: The weekly news from the planet Mars and the 3rd tier English football club AFC Wimbledon . Episodes are typically around 45 minutes in length. Upon the podcast's debut, it reached the number 4 position on the US iTunes performance chart and hit a peak position of number 2 two days later. Dear Hank & John has also been charted on iTunes in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, Australia and Brazil. WNYC Studios
1920-421: Was a co-producer of the show from November 2018 to November 2020. Death, Sex + Money is an interview-style podcast hosted by Anna Sale that discusses the big questions "often left out of polite conversation." The podcast launched in May 2014 features celebrities, experts and listeners on topics of finance, grief, love and relationships. Stella Bugbee, editor in chief of The Cut hailed Sale as "a master of
1968-645: Was a member of a WNYC team that won a 2015 Peabody Award for its series on Governor Christie entitled, "Chris Christie, White House Ambitions and the Abuse of Power." He won the Livingston Award for International Reporting for a series on reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan . Katz is the author of American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption , a political profile of Chris Christie published on January 19, 2016 by Simon & Schuster . In 2022, Katz won
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2016-400: Was a podcast hosted by The Daily Show ' s Jessica Williams and Broad City 's Phoebe Robinson . The podcast features female comedians, comedians of color, and LGBT comedians, in an effort to represent people from different backgrounds. The podcast's guests include Naomi Ekperigin , Nore Davis , Aparna Nancherla , and Michelle Buteau . On 6 April 2016 2 Dope Queens reached #1 on
2064-563: 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
2112-455: Was an eight-part narrative podcast series that explored the history of the lead-up to the September 11 attacks . The podcast was hosted by Jim O'Grady, a WNYC and former New York Times reporter. It was a co-production with HISTORY , and was based on the channel's television documentary Road to 9/11 . Blindspot: Tulsa Burning, hosted by KalaLea is about a Tulsa, OK neighborhood that
2160-556: Was dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement and featured a cast composed predominantly of BIPOC actors, including André Holland , Phylicia Rashad , and Lupita Nyong'o . The New York Times said the cast "delivered electric performances, spotlighting the aural delights of Shakespeare's language." Here's the Thing is a podcast interview series hosted by actor Alec Baldwin . On 24 October 2011, New York City's WNYC released
2208-514: Was deliberately set on fire on May 31, 1921. The podcast features stories from survivors and their descendents. A co-production of The History Channel and WNYC Studios, in collaboration with KOSU and Focus Black Oklahoma. Caught was a nine-episode podcast series that examined juvenile justice in America. Hosted by Kai Wright , it featured contributions from WNYC reporters, as well as poet and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts . In 2018 Caught won
2256-484: Was founded on 13 October 2015 with an inventory of 17 podcasts and national radio shows. The venture is funded with a diversified model consisting of philanthropy, membership and sponsorship. 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 24 October 2015. On 29 March 2016, WNYC Studios announced
2304-599: Was released 3 September 2019. Hosted by Roger Bennett , co-host of the Men in Blazers television show and podcast, American Fiasco was a ten-episode podcast series that told the true story of the United States men's national soccer team 's surprising failure in the 1998 World Cup . It included interviews with former players, coaches, executives, and TV personnel, as well as archival audio from key matches. Awful Announcing said
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