I just finished up an amazing internship at The Brian Lehrer Show at WNYC in New York City. The Brian Lehrer Show is a live, daily, two-hour long call in show that covers issues and news in New York and beyond. Working in live radio was an exciting challenge and I got to pitch and help produce several segments featured on the show, including:
Facebook and Lifeat.com–Social Networking for the Young and Not-so-Young
Facebook is the buzz of the media world right now, with older users and professionals jumping on board. Alice Mathias, 2007 Dartmouth Graduate, says it’s all just online community social theater. We ask her why. We also talk to Matthew Goldstein, founder of Lifeat.com.
Chris Gethard is the author of Weird New York. He joins us this Halloween to discuss scary local people and places.
Gregory Rodriguez, director of the California Fellows Program and op-ed columnist at the Los Angeles Times, talks about his new book, Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America, and how Mexican immigrants have already dramatically changed the American ‘melting pot.’
Margo Hirsh, Executive Director, Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services, shares findings of a new survey on the makeup of homeless youth in New York City. Also joining her is Councilmember Lewis Fidler who helped commision the report. And, stories of what it’s like to be young, homeless and gay from Derrick Cobb, 20, and Theresa Nolan, Director of Youth Services at Green Chimneys.
Matt Mason, author of The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism, talks about how youth and subcultural movements, like punk, hip-hop, graffiti and gaming, have combined with technology to drive innovation and become global industries.