Jad Abumrad
Distinguished Research Professor, Cinema & Media Arts and Communication of Science and Technology
(he/him/his)
Education
BA – Oberlin College, 1995
Specializations
- Creative writing
- Music composition
- Broadcast journalism
- Audio storytelling
- Podcasts
Biography
I created a few shows – Radiolab, More Perfect and Dolly Parton’s America – which are downloaded about 110 million times a year.
I make audio stories for a living. And I’m a musician.
I’ve won three Peabody Awards. In 2011, I was named a MacArthur Fellow
Portfolio
Press clips:
- THIS IS HOW I WORK , Wirecutter, 4/13/2019
- THE CREATOR OF RADIOLAB, A LAPSED COMPOSER, RETURNS TO MUSIC, New York Times, Joshua Barone, 6/28/2017
- MORE PERFECT, A SPINOFF OF RADIOLAB, COMES TO WNYC, New York Times, Joshua Barone, 6/2/2016
- SOUND SCIENTIST: INSIDE THE HOME STUDIO OF RADIOLAB’S JAD ABUMRAD, WIRED, Joe Brown, 2/11/2014
- ON ‘RADIOLAB,’ THE SOUND OF SCIENCE, New York Times Magazine, Rob Walker, 3/7/2011