Experience

Slate Magazine

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Co-Host: Mom and Dad are Fighting, a parenting advice podcast

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Jamilah Lemieux, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen share triumphs and fails and offer advice on parenting kids from toddler to teens. Jamilah Lemieux, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen share triumphs and fails and offer advice on parenting kids from toddler to teens.



The Detroit Writing Room

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Podcast Coach

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  The DWR offers professional writing coaches to help with all your writing needs! The DWR offers professional writing coaches to help with all your writing needs!



Freelance

• Detroit

• Independant Media Producer and Teacher

  • Oct 2010 - Present

  I help conceive, create, produce, edit and host podcasts. Currently I make The Best Advice Show, Freedom Dreams and How to Survive the End of the World. I also teach podcasting, storytelling, interviewing, and editing workshops through Radio Campfire and The Detroit Writing Room. My radio features have been heard on NPR, CBC, BBC, PRI, APM, Deutsche Welle and Radio Helsinki. I help conceive, create, produce, edit and host podcasts. Currently I make The Best Advice Show, Freedom Dreams and How to Survive the End of the World. I also teach podcasting, storytelling, interviewing, and editing workshops through Radio Campfire and The Detroit Writing Room. My radio features have been heard on NPR, CBC, BBC, PRI, APM, Deutsche Welle and Radio Helsinki.



Independent

• Detroit, Michigan, United States

• Creator and Host - Best Advice Show

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  The Best Advice Show is your reminder that there are weird, delightful and effective ways to make life slightly and sometimes profoundly better. In every (very short) episode of the show, a different contributor offers their take on making life more joyful, healthful and livable and it's likely gonna be something you can try today, if you want. The Best Advice Show is your reminder that there are weird, delightful and effective ways to make life slightly and sometimes profoundly better. In every (very short) episode of the show, a different contributor offers their take on making life more joyful, healthful and livable and it's likely gonna be something you can try today, if you want.



How to Survive the End of the World

• Detroit, MI

• Co-Creator, Producer, Editor

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Join Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown, two sisters who share many identities, as writers, activists, facilitators, and inheritors of multiracial diasporic lineages, as well as a particular interest in the question of survival, as we embark on a podcast that delves into the practices we need as a community, to move through endings and to come out whole on the other side, whatever that might be. Join Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown, two sisters who share many identities, as writers, activists, facilitators, and inheritors of multiracial diasporic lineages, as well as a particular interest in the question of survival, as we embark on a podcast that delves into the practices we need as a community, to move through endings and to come out whole on the other side, whatever that might be.



Graham Media Group

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Podcasts

  • Feb 2018 - Nov 2021

  I worked inside GMG's 7 TV stations to create bold, unique and adventurous audio-based storytelling projects. I produced and edited, Shattered: Hoffa, a 6-part series about the life and death of the iconic labor leader, as well as Shattered: White Boy Rick, an 8-part series about the youngest FBI informant in American history, who helped bring down some of Detroit’s biggest drug dealers. The series has garnered over 3 millions listens to date. I also co-created and edited Space Curious, a Murrow award-winning podcast that answers listeners' questions about space. Show less



Pregnant Pause with Zak and Shira

• Greater Detroit Area

• Host and Producer

  • Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

  With my wife Shira, I created a serialized podcast series about our decision to bring a child into this strange world. The show was named one of "100 Outstanding Audio Pieces for 2017" by the Bello Collective. With my wife Shira, I created a serialized podcast series about our decision to bring a child into this strange world. The show was named one of "100 Outstanding Audio Pieces for 2017" by the Bello Collective.



Al Letson

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

• Producer

  • Oct 2008 - Oct 2010

  I researched, produced, edited and co-wrote hour-long episodes of SOTRU, a gone but not forgotten NPR distributed program. I researched, produced, edited and co-wrote hour-long episodes of SOTRU, a gone but not forgotten NPR distributed program.



WDET 101.9 FM Detroit's NPR Station

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer/Reporter

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2008

  I produced and mixed a weekly arts and culture show, Front Row Center. After that, I co-founded and produced a two-hour, daily, local-affairs show, Detroit Today. I produced and mixed a weekly arts and culture show, Front Row Center. After that, I co-founded and produced a two-hour, daily, local-affairs show, Detroit Today.