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Tamar Charney

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Tamar Charney is an editorial strategist specializing in how the public media network can work together to provide journalism on the platforms where people listen, read and watch. She works with a variety of stations and organizations as a trainer and consultant.

At NPR, Charney led the editorial strategy for emerging platforms such as apps and smart speakers, including NPR's state-of-the-art personalized listening app, NPR One. She served as the Supervising Producer of Throughline. She was an executive creator of NPR's Coronavirus Daily, co-led the localization of Consider This and managed NPR's collaborative journalism work. Prior to joining NPR in 2016, Charney was the Program Director at Michigan Radio.

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Joel Kim Booster on making a queer, Asian American 'Pride and Prejudice'

The first time Joel Kim Booster vacationed on New York's Fire Island with his friend, comedian Bowen Yang, he brought with him Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as a beach read. Over the years, he'd often joke with friends about making a gay version of the novel. Today Booster is the writer and star of Hulu's Fire Island, a queer, Asian romcom based on Austen's classic, set in the titular gay vacation spot. Booster talks with guest host Elise Hu about how the film honors his queer friendships, subverts hetero romcom norms, and tells a personal story that feels universal.

Joel Kim Booster on making a queer, Asian American 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Presenting 'Pop Culture Happy Hour': Beauty & pain of 'Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel'

In this special episode from our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour, guest host Aisha Harris talks with journalists Tre'vell Anderson and Jarrett Hill about stand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael's new HBO special Rothaniel where Carmichael comes out publicly as gay for the first time and talks about secrets that have haunted his family for multiple generations.

Presenting 'Pop Culture Happy Hour': Beauty & pain of 'Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel'

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