Producer Appreciation Weeks: Ryan Wilde

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🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We continue our Producer Appreciation Weeks with Host Melissa Harris-Perry, who peels back the curtain and speaks with the talented folks that make The Takeaway every day. Producer Ryan Wilde got his first taste of radio in an unlikely place: 104.5 Ice Radio in Antarctica. After beginning his public radio career as an intern, and then producer for The Brian Lehrer Show, he also had a stop in Illinois to produce The 21st, a daily, statewide show produced by Illinois Public Media. After returning to New York City, he joined The Takeaway team in 2022. Ryan revisits some of his favorite segments, and shares highlights from two series he's spearheaded, from his past year producing for The Takeaway: "Downballot" Series"23 Mayors in 2023" SeriesMason, Tennessee is Fighting for its FutureA Fight For Survival: The "Salmon People" of the Columbia RiverRyans Only at the Ryan Meetup (and Definitely No Bryans) Find Ryan on Twitter at @RyanAndrewWilde

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0:00.0	I'm Melissa Harris Perry, and this is The Takeaway.
0:09.4	Thanks for being here with us in the final weeks of the show,
0:12.0	as we're counting down to our last episode on June 2nd.
0:16.7	We're continuing our producer appreciation weeks.
0:20.6	And in today's spotlight, Ryan Wilde. Hey, Ryan. We're continuing our producer appreciation weeks.
0:23.6	And in today's spotlight, Ryan Wilde.
0:24.9	Hey, Ryan.
0:26.1	Hey, Melissa.
0:27.3	This is exciting.
0:28.3	Thanks for doing this.
0:29.3	Absolutely.
0:35.4	Now, Ryan is going to stick around here at WNYC as a producer at the Green Space starting next month.
0:36.9	But Ryan, when did you first get started in radio?
0:40.9	Yeah, so my first and very amateur start in radio
0:45.4	was at 104-5 Ice Radio at McMurdo Station,
0:50.5	which is in Antarctica, actually.
0:52.7	Okay, what were you doing in Antarctica?
0:55.2	So McMurdo is a National Science Foundation research station down there.
0:59.9	And when I was 21, I was eager to see the world, and I took a job washing dishes.
1:06.3	And they have this volunteer-run radio station as well.
1:10.4	I had no idea what I was doing, but I just got
1:13.8	on the air and played some records and chatted with some scientists and community members
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