WNYC Studios
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Genre | Podcasts |
| Founded | October 13, 2015 |
| Headquarters | New York City , United States |
| Key people | Christy Tanner (CEO)[1] |
| Products | Consider This More Perfect The New Yorker Radio Hour On the Media Radiolab Science Friday |
| Parent | New York Public Radio |
| Website | wnycstudios wnyckids |
WNYC Studios is a producer and distributor of podcasts and on-demand and broadcast audio.[2][3] WNYC Studios is a subsidiary of New York Public Radio and is headquartered in New York City.[4]
History
[edit]In May 2015, WNYC began distributing its shows Radiolab and On The Media.[5] WNYC Studios was founded on October 13, 2015, with an inventory of 17 podcasts and national radio shows.[3]
The venture is funded with a diversified model consisting of philanthropy, membership [6] and sponsorship.[7]
The first podcast launched by WNYC Studios was The New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production with The New Yorker magazine. Hosted by The New Yorker editor David Remnick, the national radio show and podcast debuted on October 24, 2015.[8]
On March 29, 2016, WNYC Studios announced the launch of the 2 Dope Queens podcast hosted by The Daily Show's Jessica Williams, and Broad City's Phoebe Robinson. 2 Dope Queens premiered on April 5, 2016.[9] On April 6, 2016, 2 Dope Queens reached #1 on the iTunes chart.[10]
In late 2017, WNYC Studios launched two new podcasts for kids: This Podcast Has Fleas and Pickle (produced with ABC Australia).
Current shows
[edit]| Title | Host(s) | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Consider This | Janae Pierre | News |
| More Perfect | Julia Longoria | Law and current events |
| The New Yorker Radio Hour | David Remnick | Interview talk show |
| On the Media | Brooke Gladstone | News (media analysis) |
| Radiolab | Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser | Scientific, philosophical investigation |
| Science Friday | Ira Flatow | Science |
| Notes from America with Kai Wright | Kai Wright | Social Issues |
| Terrestrials | Lulu Miller | Kids & family |
Consider This
[edit]Launched in September 2020, Consider This is a shortform daily news podcast from WNYC and NPR. Hosted by Janae Pierre, the show offers a mix of the day's top local stories from WNYC and national stories from NPR.[11] It releases each weekday at 5pm ET.[11] WNYC was part of the pilot group of twelve public radio stations across ten U.S. region that NPR tapped to bundle local news content with the national Consider This podcast that was launched in June 2020.[12][11]
More Perfect
[edit]Officially titled Radiolab Presents: More Perfect, the series was the first spinoff series from Radiolab, debuting in 2016. Hosted by Jad Abumrad, it explored how the Supreme Court's rulings shape the lives of Americans, as well as telling the stories behind some of the Court's most significant rulings.[13][14][15] The three seasons aired from June 2016 to December 2018. The show relaunched with a new host, Julia Longoria, in May 2023.[16] The New Yorker has hailed the series as being "subtly astonishing...both sobering in its thoughtful investigations of the United States government's unfairness to many of its own citizens and quietly optimistic in its desire to make us understand."[17] The series won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award in 2017.[18]
The New Yorker Radio Hour
[edit]The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of The New Yorker and WNYC Studios.[19] It is hosted by David Remnick, who has been editor of The New Yorker since 1998. The hour-long national broadcast show and podcast is based on conversation, debate, humor, and regularly features writers, editors and cartoonists from The New Yorker.[20]
On the Media
[edit]On the Media is an hour-long weekly radio program and podcast, hosted by Brooke Gladstone, covering journalism, technology and First Amendment issues.
On the Media launched in 1995 and was reformatted and relaunched in 2001, and since then has been one of WNYC Studios' fastest growing programs, with more than 400 public radio stations broadcasting the show weekly.[21] It won a Peabody Award in 2004 for providing listeners "an insightful journey into the inner workings and outer effects of the media".[22] In 2013, co-host Brooke Gladstone won a Gracie Award for Outstanding Host.[23] The episode "Bench Press," which looked at the Supreme Court and its relationship with the media, won both a New York Press Club Award and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award in 2016.[24][25] In 2023, On the Media won a Peabody Award for its series "The Divided Dial,” which "offers listeners a [ ] window into the rise of Salem Media Group, a conservative Christian radio network."[26]
Radiolab
[edit]Radiolab was created in 2002 by Jad Abumrad. Robert Krulwich joined as co-host in 2005.[27] The radio program and podcast explores broad, difficult topics such as "time" and "morality" in an accessible and light-hearted manner and with a distinctive audio production style.[28][29]
Radiolab received a 2007 National Academies Communication Award "for their imaginative use of radio to make science accessible to broad audiences".[30] The program has received two Peabody Awards; first in 2010 and again in 2014.[31][32] In 2015 the episode "60 Words," which looked at the language used in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), won a Headliner Award, a New York Press Club Award, and was the New York Festivals' Gold Radio Winner and Grand Award Winner.[33][34][35] Also in 2015, the episode "Galapagos" won first place in the Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Reporting on the Environment.[36] The episode "Sight Unseen" won the Gold Award for Best Documentary from Third Coast Festival.[37]
In 2011, Abumrad received the MacArthur grant.[38]
The show has done several special multi-episode series exploring various areas. "Border Trilogy" was a three-part series that explored the United States Border Patrol's policy "Prevention Through Deterrence." The "Gonads" series, hosted by Molly Webster, looked at aspects of reproduction, fertility, and gender. "In the No" was a three-part series that looked at consent in the wake of #MeToo. "G" was a six-part series that explored the controversial science of human intelligence, from IQ testing and genetic intelligence predictors to the quest for genius.
On December 5, 2019, it was announced that Robert Krulwich would be retiring in January 2020, after fifteen years with the show.