Explaining the World in Four Minutes
When David Kestenbaum tells people he covers science for NPR, they often say something like "it must be hard explaining such complicated ideas in such a short amount of time!" Well, it is.
When David Kestenbaum tells people he covers science for NPR, they often say something like "it must be hard explaining such complicated ideas in such a short amount of time!" Well, it is.
Learn how to get great tape from people who use phrases like "renormalization group theory," how to tell tangled stories in a compact way, how to find unusual narratives in usual stories, and how to find a scene when the backdrop appears as dull as your own cubicle.
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David Kestenbaum (he/him) 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.