Rachel Faulkner White Rachel Faulkner White is a producer and editor for TED Radio Hour.
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Rachel Faulkner White

Rachel Faulkner White

Producer/Editor, TED Radio Hour

Rachel Faulkner White is a producer and editor for TED Radio Hour.

During her time at NPR, Faulkner White has helped create more than a hundred TED Radio Hour episodes, including a long-form interview on navigating grief and hardship, a look at how family income affects childhood brain development, a conversation on loneliness and human connection and an exploration of outer space and gravitational waves. She was also a producer for How I Built This for five years, where she directed live tapings of the podcast as well as produced fan favorite episodes like The McBride Sisters, Rent The Runway, Bumble and filmmaker Ava DuVernay.

Faulkner White is part of the TED Radio Hour team that received a 2018 Webby Award for their Manipulation episode. She also worked as a research assistant for Professor Steven V. Roberts, author of the memoir Cokie: A Life Well-Lived, about his wife (and one of NPR's Founding Mothers) Cokie Roberts.

Faulkner White joined NPR in 2016 as an intern. She started producing while finishing college, coming into the office between classes, and joined NPR full-time after finishing her bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications from George Washington University.

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Gilberto Tadday / TED

From vacant lots to vibrant green space, how Detroit is remaking itself

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As ice melts, polar bears have to abandon their homes and move closer to us

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As humans drastically change the planet, animals are rapidly evolving to survive

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Helicopter or hands-off parenting? The choice won't impact a kid as much as you think

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DePaul University / Jeff Carrion

Not everyone who commits fraud is greedy: the motivations of white-collar offenders.

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Ryan Lash / TED

A bounced check, a police arrest, and the fight to give millions a second chance

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How placing kids with family can radically change the way foster care works in the US

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Your future self might not want the life you're planning for them

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Gene Luen Yang's path from teaching high school to writing 'American Born Chinese'

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A near-death experience, a tabloid frenzy and one woman's plan to reclaim her story

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Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat on how exile is a driving force in her work

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Gilberto Tadday / TED

How paper and glue rekindled a sense of hope in a supermax prison

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How an aerialist uses trapeze to teach students about consent

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Lessons on love and acceptance from today's dynamic families

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How the first LGBTQ+ video game was given a second life

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Alzheimer's, memory, and how to keep our brains healthy as we age

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How to overcome the post-retirement blues

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What your age really says about your chance of success at work

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How we can end ageism

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Diana Ragland

Embracing life as a late bloomer

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Building a library of unread manuscripts, locked away until 2114

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Bruno Destombes

The art of record digging: Rediscovering lost music and giving it a second life

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How can museums honor both the extraordinary and the everyday?

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