Mary Beth Kirchner is an independent radio producer and national programming consultant. She has been producing documentaries, music series, and cultural programming for more than 20 years. Kirchner started her own production company in 1993 after having served as National Programming Director for radio at WETA, Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she was executive producer for radio at the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Telecommunications. She is based in Los Angeles.
Capturing the Brief Life and Death of an Infant
By Mary Beth Kirchner
Barch Levi Blum was born in late 2009 at Toronto’s Mt. Sinai Hospital. He lived for ten minutes. (more)
Tom Girls
By Mary Beth Kirchner & Rebecca Weiker
Tom Girls is the story of two eight year-old girls who meet at a conference for families with transgender children. (more)
Documenter and Documentee -- Part One
By Joe Richman & Mary Beth Kirchner
Documenting somebody else's life is one of the hardest challenges producers face in their work. Over an extended period of time relationships intensify, stories often change drastically, and the line between personal and too personal blurs easily. (more)
The Graying of the Convent
By Mary Beth Kirchner
Documentarian Mary Beth Kirchner lived in a Chicago convent to produce this intimate portrait of aging Catholic nuns. (more)
