Jonathan Goldstein is host and producer of CBC Radio’s WireTap. He is a contributing editor to This American Life and a member of the PRX editorial board. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Nerve, and the National Post, where he has a weekly column. His latest book, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!, a retelling of stories from the Old Testament, was published by Riverhead in 2009. He lives in Montreal.
First Steps
By Jonathan Goldstein, Mira Burt-Wintonick, Cristal Duhaime & Ryan Knighton
Raising kids is one of life's biggest and most complicated adventures. Sometimes a basic task can present a monumental challenge - especially for new parents. (more)
Caging the Chaos: How to Produce Radio Stories That Aren't Exactly Stories
By Jonathan Goldstein
Common sense dictates that a good radio story should start with a firm sense of what the story is. But what if you only have the vaguest sense of the story -- whether it's a scenario, or an idea, or even a joke you'd like to tell? (more)
Ice Cream Man
By Jonathan Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein’s got a knack for exploring life’s great (and simple) mysteries via the telephone. (more)
Sensory Deprivation Tank
By Jonathan Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein's got a knack for exploring life's great (and simple) mysteries via the telephone. (more)
Yes, There Is a Baby
By Jonathan Goldstein, Alex Blumberg & Ira Glass
In the 1940s, when he was 16 years old, Myron Jones was allowed to stay up late any night of the week and hang out at bars or wherever he pleased, but his mother barely let his older sister Carol out of the house at all. So the siblings devised a plan. (more)
