Nancy Updike is an American public radio producer and writer. Her work has been featured on radio programs including ''

This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internatio ...

'' and ''

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'', and has been published in ''

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'', '' LA Weekly'', ''

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'', and

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. She graduated from Amherst College in 1991.

Personal life

Updike is married to Daniel Ephron, an editor at Foreign Policy. They had their first date on July 1, 2003 at Focaccia Bar, an Italian restaurant in

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Career

''This American Life''

Updike won a Peabody Award in 1996 for her work as a producer on ''This American Life''. She won the Edward R. Murrow Award for news documentary (2005), and the Scripps-Howard National Journalism Award for the episode of ''This American Life'' about private contractors in Iraq titled "I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help."

''Serial''

Updike is a producer and co-creator of the

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podcast '' Serial''. Early in production, the creative team found the story falling flat and Updike is credited with asking, "Where's the hunt?," which transformed Sarah Koenig, the show's narrator, into the show's protagonist.

References

External links

This American Life archive
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