PRODUCER * REPORTER * EDITOR
The KIDS OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Winner of a 2023 George Polk Award in Journalism, and a finalist for a 2024 National Magazine Award.
"The Kids of Rutherford County also stocks its narrative with some truly vivid characters...and turns into something resembling legal noir...Nothing ends up straightforward, nothing turns out so clean." - Vulture
"an eye-popping piece of Southern gothic true crime....Extraordinary." - The Sunday Times
Named the New Yorker's third best podcast of 2023
10 THINGS THAT SCARE ME
Named a 2019 podcast of the year by New York Magazine
"gorgeous and engaging, rich and rewarding, capable of imparting the feeling of being a little less alone in the world" - Vulture
"stands as a near-perfect encapsulation of the medium’s ability to break down barriers, make listeners feel more connected to one another, and do so artfully and succinctly" - AV Club
"a brilliant idea expertly executed" - The Financial Times
"a marvel of minimalism...In its quiet way, 10 Things That Scare Me becomes not just a catalog of dread, but a strangely comforting affirmation that fear is universal, and sometimes, even oddly beautiful." - Left of Dial Media (The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time)
"Every episode is a miniature work of art. So much depth, humor, and empathy packed into just a few minutes of ingeniously crafted interview audio and sound design." - Hrishikesh Hirway, Song Exploder
The Daily
"Bruh. This is one of the wildest episodes of The Daily I've heard" - Brandon Jinx, Mogul
SCATTERED
Named a 2019 podcast of the year by The Atlantic, Time and IndieWire
"Scattered is a touching account of family, love, and sacrifice, shot through with the lingering bittersweetness of finally getting what you want in America, but finding that it’s not quite everything you dreamed it would be" - The Atlantic.
“masterfully entertaining and emotionally devastating...Garcia’s own journey is layered with beauty & pain, blending moments of hilarity and trauma into a gorgeous existential trek that is the embodiment of the American family story” - The Bello Collective
AND SOME OTHER STUFF
The New Yorker Radio Hour, “The Long-Distance Con”: Silver at the 2019 New York Festivals, finalist for a 2019 National Magazine Award
Out in the Open, "The Invisibility of Late-Term Pregnancy Loss": 2017 Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada Network Award
Dear Deer Face Collective, "Deer Face on Deer Lake with Deer People": 2016 Short Doc Challenge - Radio Cinema awarded by Third Coast International Audio Festival
2015 Arthur F. Burns Fellow, awarded by the International Center for Journalists