
Robyn Doyon-Aitken
Deputy Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk ShowsRobyn is the Deputy Director of Storytelling. Previously, she was the host and senior producer of Seasoned, a radio show and podcast celebrating food and farms. Seasoned won first place in the 2023 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism contest for the story, The Gift of the Buffalo Creek Squash. She’s filled in as a producer for several of our local shows, most notably, Where We Live. In 2021, she was part of the team that received first place in the Interview category from the Public Media Journalists Association for the episode “Who Owns History? ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Woman Sues Harvard For Family Photos.†She produced The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze® from November 2015 until the broadcast ended. Before that, she ate her way through the previous seven years of Fine Cooking magazine while its web producer.
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We discuss the book 'Bad Company' this hour on Disrupted, and the omnipresence of private equity firms—their impact on media, retail, politics, healthcare and housing.
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This hour, we break down a pivotal year in history with Peniel E. Joseph, the author of 'Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution.'
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On this episode of Audacious, meet 3 skaters: a pop-up event founder, a jam skating champ, and a human roller skate who bombs mountains at 70 mph.
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Many people visit the beach during summer, but not all residents have access to our sandy shores. This hour, a peek behind the so-called "Sand Curtain" and beach segregation in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
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On this episode of Audacious, public radio fans show up with objects full of meaning - and the powerful stories behind them - at our live birthday bash.
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On this episode of Audacious, catch up with unforgettable guests from the past five years to see what’s changed, what’s stayed, and what still resonates.
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While writing The Trouble of Color, historian Martha S. Jones saw how the complexities of her racial identity had been part of her family for generations.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet birder, Peter Kaestner! He discovered a new bird species, and became the first person to catalogue 10,000 birds!
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We speak with two high school students who have pushed for expanded access to transportation, and we learn about the history of high school activism, including instances of FBI surveillance.
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It has been five years since George Floyd was murdered. We'll discuss whether rates of police violence have changed and try to understand the broader historical context of 2020's protests.