Josh was formerly a producer in WBUR's podcast department. He focused on Endless Thread, a weekly narrative show featuring surprising stories found on Reddit. Prior to that, he produced a daily sports podcast called Season Ticket in collaboration with The Boston Globe.
Before coming to WBUR, Josh produced LBJ's War, a documentary podcast constructed from secretly taped White House phone calls and rare archival interviews. He was also a producer at PRX, focusing on podcast development and other audio projects across the organization.
A native Bostonian, Josh is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont and the Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. When he’s not making radio, he’s probably in the woods or cheering for the Celtics.
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Encore: Niall needs a friend — A quest to find connection in isolated times
In 2020, we received an email from a listener who was feeling isolated during the pandemic. He wanted to know if we could help him make some new friends. So,...
Encore: Randonauts — How Randomly Generated Coordinates Are Helping People Seek Meaning And Adventure
A fast-growing community of people called "randonauts" are using random, quantum-generated coordinates to go on real-life adventures. But what happens when those random coordinates lead you straight to a grisly...
Encore: Angel's Glow — From Civil War Folklore To Winning Science Fair Project
In the aftermath of the Civil War's Battle of Shiloh in 1862, something strange happened. Some soldiers' wounds started to glow. Stranger still, those with glowing wounds seemed to have...
Encore: Unsent Letters
The unsent letter. We all have one, half-composed in our heads or fully-formed as an email draft. Whatever form these letters take, they go unsent because they might be better...
The Guilty Plate
If you go out to eat right now, you’re likely to run into restaurants that are struggling because they’re missing a crucial ingredient: staff. This week, Vermont Public and Brave...
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Encore: Shrinkflation
From the supermarket to the housing market, products are getting smaller but prices are not. Why is this happening? And can it be stopped before the toilet paper roll disappears...
Encore: Haunted House, Holy Water
When Alex was in high school, he and his best friend used to break into abandoned houses. Alex was a tough guy, giving people hell. Until one night, in one...
Encore: The Murderous, Medieval Olga of Kiev
Olga of Kiev executed one of the most bone-chilling revenge tours in history after her husband, Igor, was murdered. Then, with a burning city in her wake, she converted to...
Encore: When Your Daughter's Imaginary Friend Might Not Be So Imaginary
When Kellie's 3 year-old daughter told her about her new imaginary friend, Kellum, she didn't think too much of it. But gradually, Kellum started to feel less and less... imaginary....
Encore: Tight Squeeze, the Claustrophobia-Inducing World Of Caving Yields Epic Rewards
There are approximately 70,000 caves in the United States alone, but the vast majority are inaccessible to the public. In this special encore episode from the archives, join the Endless...