This American Life’s Bim Adewunmi on the Magic of Stories Big and Small

For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast

Jen Hatmaker

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Our next episode of For the Love of Podcasts takes us to the gates of one of the most beloved audio shows of all time, NPR’s This American Life. And here to take us by the hand and lead us through the gates is producer Bim Adewunmi! Bim has had a rich media career, working for the BBC, The Guardian, and Buzzfeed News before starting her own podcast called Thirst Aid Kit then joining the ranks of This American Life. Radio was Bim’s first love (she’s had the same radio in her house for two decades!) so it’s only fitting that she works with the OG, circa 1995 podcast, telling stories from every corner in America from summer camp magic to a used car lot to African American blueberry farmers in Michigan. Bim’s perspective on uncovering hidden story gems, polishing and presenting them in an engaging way is equal parts fascinating and inspiring, and she reminds us that what we put into a story is just as important as what we leave out of it—and to appreciate narratives both big and small.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, my name is Remy.
0:03.6	Welcome to the For The Love Podcast with your host, Jen Hatmaker, my mom.
0:09.3	She writes books and speaks to crowds, but she mostly loves talking to amazing people
0:14.8	on this podcast every week.
0:17.2	Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed the show.
0:20.3	Hey everybody, Jen Hatmaker here.
0:23.6	I am your host of The For The Love Podcast.
0:27.2	And here you are with me.
0:28.4	Welcome to the show.
0:29.4	So we're in a series right now called For The Love of Podcasts.
0:33.0	Look, this is my show and so I do what I want to do and I love podcasts.
0:38.1	So as my guest said today, this is very meta, a podcast talking about podcasts.
0:44.4	I don't care.
0:46.1	We have had some really outstanding hosts on the show and oh, are you in for a treat today?
0:55.0	The NPR and public radio nerds among us might need to find a paper bag to hyperventilate
1:01.4	into you have been warned.
1:04.0	Oh, I loved my conversation today with the amazing BIM Aude Wunmi.
1:10.7	BIM BIM BIM.
1:13.9	So BIM was born and raised between the UK and Nigeria, which she'll talk about a little
1:21.1	bit before she moved to the States about four years ago.
1:25.3	Her career is just this winding path through entertainment journalism.
1:30.6	She's worked in radio and magazines.
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