Frannie Monahan is a producer for WBUR’s podcast team.
Previously she was a producer on the news and culture podcast, The Common, and an assistant digital audio editor at WBUR, working on Project CITRUS, which explored the future of on-demand audio on emerging tech platforms. She has also worked as a freelance producer for WBUR's Radio Boston and its digital team.
Before coming to WBUR, Frannie was the associate producer of GBH’s Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. She has also worked for a variety of other radio institutions large and small as a producer and reporter, including NPR, KLCC in Eugene, Ore. and Citi FM in Accra, Ghana.
Germany-born and West Coast-raised, Frannie is a graduate of the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication where she majored in journalism with a focus in audio. Outside of cutting tape, Frannie enjoys playing cello and milking goats on her family's organic dairy in rural Oregon.
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How 'consensual doxing' relates to internet privacy
Kristen Sotakoun uses her TikTok account to sleuth out information about willing participants.
Thinking Outside the Dox: What 'consensual doxing' can teach us about internet privacy
A handful of creators on TikTok are making 'consensual doxing' content to encourage viewers to think more deeply about what they post online, and where.
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Why it feels like it rains every weekend
If you feel like it's been raining a lot on the weekends this summer, you're not alone.
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Can pizza orders around the Pentagon predict U.S. military action?
In the hours leading up to Israel commencing its June missile strikes on Iran, X users were posting about pizza. Specifically, how pizza places around the United States Pentagon were...
Pics or this episode didn't happen
A picture's worth a thousand words, or in this case, a podcast episode.
Summer is here, and so are cicadas
From mid-May to early June, a brood of periodical cicadas (Brood XIV) are emerging for the first time in 17 years.
The bots are taking over
The bots are here to stay, and they're everywhere. The trouble is, learning how to spot them.
Take a walk through Boston's LGBTQ+ history
In February, references to the words 'transgender' and 'queer' were quietly purged from various National Parks Service websites. That includes an audio tour of Boston's Downtown and Beacon Hill neighborhoods...