With its combination of incisive social critique and uproarious depictions of elite nonsense, ADMISSIONS will resonate with anyone who has ever been The Only One in a room, dealt with racial microaggressions, or even just suffered from an extreme case of homesickness. Through these stories, some troubling, others hilarious, she deconstructs the lies and half-truths she herself would later tell as an admissions professional, in addition to the myths about boarding schools perpetuated by popular culture. In ADMISSIONS, Kendra looks back at the three years she spent at Taft, chronicling clashes with her lily-white roommate, how she had to unlearn the respectability politics she'd been raised with, and the fall-out from a horrifying article in the student newspaper that accused Black and Latinx students of being responsible for segregation of campus. ![]() Her new job forced her to reflect on her own elite education experience, and to realize how disillusioned she had become with America's inequitable system. ![]() As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for independent prep schools, she persuaded students and families to embark on the same perilous journey she herself had made-to attend cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. SheReads Early on in Kendra James' professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie.The best depiction of elite whiteness I've read."-New York Times A Most Anticipated Book by The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she - or any Black student, or all Black students - would manage the failures of a racially illiterate community. TED Radio Hour was named "Best New Audio Podcast of 2012" by iTunes."harming and surprising. Sir Ken Robinson, Salman Kahn, John HunterĮmeka Okafor, Andrew Mwenda, Patrick Awuah, Ory Okolloh, Chimamanda Adichie, Eleni Gabre-Madhin Stewart Brand, Robert Neuwirth, Geoffrey West, Ellen Dunham-Jones Malcolm Gladwell, Barry Schwartz, Kathryn Schulzĭan Barber, Carolyn Steel, Cary Fowler, Ann CooperĬlay Shirky, Charlie Todd, Casey Pugh, Marcin Jakubowski, Eric Whitacreīarry Schwartz, Jane McGonigal, Philip K HowardĮlizabeth Gilbert, Abigail Washburn, Billy Collins Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. In Season 2, TED Radio Hour was produced by Jeff Rogers, Brent Baughman, Meghan Keane, Neva Grant and Sanaz Meshkinpour with help from NPR's Portia Robertson Migas and Eric Nuzum, and TED's Chris Anderson, June Cohen, Deron Triff and Janet Lee. In November 2019, Manoush Zomorodi, previously host of the WNYC podcast Note to Self, was named the show’s new host.Īccording to the show credits, in Season 1, TED Radio Hour was produced by Jeff Rogers, Sam Greenspan and Meghan Keane with help from NPR's Eric Nuzum, and TED's Chris Anderson, June Cohen, Deron Triff, Emily McManus and Janet Lee. Guy Raz, formerly of Weekend All Things Considered, was selected as the new host. It expanded to a weekly schedule, and the format was revised, to emphasize stylized sound design. and internationally.īetween Season 1 and Season 2, the show's team, led by NPR's VP of Programming Eric Nuzum, Deron Triff and Series Producer Jeff Rogers, overhauled the show. TED Radio Hour now airs on 500+ radio stations across the U.S. By the premiere of Season 2, it was carried by 300+ member stations. By the end of Season 1, it was carried by 250+ member stations including WNYC. When the series premiered in April 2012, it was carried by 76 of NPR's member stations, including WHYY Philadelphia, KUOW Seattle and KOPB Portland. The idea of a TED radio show was first proposed in 2011 by TED's head of content distribution Deron Triff to NPR Interim President and CEO Joyce Slocum. The talks (all of which have been previously recorded and released by TED) are supplemented by follow-up interviews with the speaker, original reporting and other segments that bring the ideas to life.Įach TED Radio Hour episode is elaborately stylized, layering original sound design under each TED Talk and conversation. Įach episode of the TED Radio Hour is one hour long, and explores a theme - such as happiness, crowd-sourcing innovation or power shifts - through three to four related TED Talks. In November 2019, Manoush Zomorodi was named the show’s new host. Beginning with Season 2, the series was hosted by Guy Raz. The first episode aired on April 27, 2012, with host Alison Stewart. ![]() It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internationally, and is also available as a free weekly podcast. ![]() TED Radio Hour is a weekly, hour-long radio program and podcast, produced as a co-production between TED (conference) and National Public Radio.
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