Lauren Spohrer is an American radio producer, best known for co-creating and producing the podcasts Criminal and This Is Love.
Lauren Spohrer | |
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| Education | Columbia University Florida State University |
| Known for | Criminal (podcast) This Is Love (podcast) |
Early career and education edit
Spohrer got her start in radio in 2003, when she began interning for Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR.[1] After working as a producer for several NPR shows, she began a Master of Fine Arts at Columbia University.[1]
Creation of Criminal and This is Love podcasts edit
Spohrer, who teaches essay writing at Duke University,[2] was working as the producer of The Story with Dick Gordon, when the show was cancelled in 2013.[3] This led Spohrer and two colleagues, Phoebe Judge and Eric Mennel, to create their own podcast.[4][5] Spohrer proposed to Judge that they create a podcast related to true crime, and they released the first episode of Criminal in January 2014.[6][3][7] Spohrer and Judge went on to co-create another podcast, This is Love, in 2018.[8] Spohrer and Judge have been in discussions with United Talent Agency to turn their podcasts into scripted shows.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b "The Story". The Story. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Partin, Will (30 July 2014). "Three public radio veterans go independent with a podcast on the criminal mind". INDY Week. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b Douglas, Nick (16 January 2019). "I'm Phoebe Judge, Host of 'Criminal' and 'This Is Love,' and This Is How I Work". LifeHacker. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Werner, Sarah Rhea (24 January 2017). "How Criminal's Lauren Spohrer Was Able To Get Paid For Her True Crime Podcast". Forbes. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Rao, Sonia (1 November 2016). "'Criminal' podcasters will take to the stage in Somerville". Boston Globe. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Locker, Melissa (24 September 2015). "Criminal: the podcast that's a life of crime". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Eakin, Marah (13 October 2016). "Criminal's Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer on pot, murder, and podcasting". AV Club. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Pruitt, Eryk (2 May 2018). "After Podcasting About the Dark Side of Human Nature with Criminal, Its Producers Step Into the Light with This Is Love". Indy Week. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ White, Peter (22 February 2019). "'Criminal' & 'This Is Love' Creators Eye Scripted Adaptations As They Take Advantage Of Podcast "Explosion"". Deadline. Retrieved 7 January 2020.