Media in Minutes

Send us Fan Mail A lot of people say “the media is biased” without realizing they’re often reacting to the opinion page, not the news report. We wanted to pull back the curtain on how that separation actually works, so we brought on Jason Margolis, an opinion writer and member of the editorial board at the Boston Globe, who recently moved from editing climate, science and transportation coverage i...

Send us Fan Mail You can spend years building one career and still feel a pull toward something totally different. We sit down with San Francisco Bay Area travel and lifestyle writer Kate Loweth, who made a bold pivot from practicing law to reporting on destinations, hotels, family travel, food and things to do and she’s refreshingly honest about what that shift really costs and what it gives back...

Send us Fan Mail AI has a physical footprint, and it runs on electricity. We’re joined by Laila Kearney, a US energy reporter at Reuters, to explain how data centers and AI-driven computing are colliding with a power grid that was not built for demand to spike this fast. What starts as a technology story quickly becomes a grid reliability story, a market rules story, and, increasingly, a political...

Send us Fan Mail Airline travel looks simple until you try to book it. One minute you’re comparing fares, the next you’re decoding basic economy rules, credit card perks and award prices that change overnight. We talk with Sean Cudahy, senior aviation reporter at The Points Guy, to explain what’s really driving the airline industry right now and how travelers can protect their wallets and their po...

Send us Fan Mail Formula One watch parties packed with new fans. Esports athletes dealing with real training loads and real injuries. Driverless race cars hitting eye-watering speeds in Indianapolis. Gregory Leparati lives at the intersection of culture and competition, and he’s built a freelance journalism career that turns “niche” communities into stories with wide appeal. We sit down with Grego...

Send us Fan Mail A gorgeous home can still be a bad story, and a “normal” house can be unforgettable if you know what to look for. We sit down with freelance home, culture, travel and lifestyle writer Michelle Mastro, whose bylines span Architectural Digest, Dwell, Bloomberg, Smithsonian and National Geographic, to talk about what actually gets a home tour or design feature over the finish line wi...

Send us Fan Mail If “Africa” still sounds like a single storyline in your news feed, this conversation will challenge that fast. We’re joined by Jennifer Zabasaja, Chief Africa anchor and correspondent for Bloomberg Television, who reports from Cape Town on the people, companies, markets and innovations shaping one of the world’s most dynamic regions. She breaks down what it means to cover busines...

Send us Fan Mail Travel has quietly turned into a consumer product: a checklist, a status symbol and an endless hunt for the “best” hotel deal. That shift is exactly what award-winning travel journalist and author Judith Fein pushes back on, and our conversation left me rethinking what I even want from a trip, whether it’s across the ocean or across town. Judith shares her surprising path from Hol...

Send us Fan Mail She didn’t even get a passport until 28, then built a career that took her from CNN to reporting travel stories around the world. I’m joined by Tomeka Jones, an Emmy Award-winning travel journalist, television host, executive producer and the founder of Travel in Style with Tomeka. We talk about what it really looks like to break into a major newsroom, learn the craft and keep mov...

Send us Fan Mail Someone once told Kaitlyn Rosati she shouldn’t travel to South America without a man. She went anyway, built No Man Nomad and turned solo travel into a full-time life across nearly 100 countries. We sit down with Kaitlyn to get past the highlight reel and into the real mechanics of fearless exploration: how a bartender in New York took one solo trip to Hawaii, then kept going unti...

Send us Fan Mail Indianapolis has secrets hiding in plain sight, and some of them involve thousands of hungry squirrels. Host Angela Tuell sits down with Indianapolis writer, editor and author Ashley Petry to unpack how she turns local history, culture, and curiosity into stories that make people see the Circle City with fresh eyes. Ashley shares how a lifelong love of writing and a deep backgroun...

Send us Fan Mail A naked dinner party assignment. An alligator living by a dollar store. A “be more efficient” book that actually teaches you to rest. Lifestyle and wellness reporter Madeleine Aggeler has made a career out of taking the internet’s strangest trends seriously enough to find the human truth inside them, and she joins us to explain how that work actually happens.  We start with Madele...

Send us Fan Mail When you hear “bioethics,” you might picture abstract debates and dense academic language, but that's not the case with today's guest. I’m joined by Dr. Elizabeth Yuko, an award-winning journalist, bioethicist and longtime Rolling Stone contributor, to talk about the real-world ethical choices hiding inside health headlines, medical research and public policy decisions t...

Send us Fan Mail She wanted to be home with her kids, but she also wanted an income and a career. That tension is where freelance writer Stephanie Mickelson built her business, starting with small Upwork jobs and steadily growing into bylines at major outlets like Real Simple and Popular Mechanics. We talk through the exact moments that made freelancing feel “real,” including the first $1,000 mont...

Send us Fan Mail A destination can look perfect on paper and still feel unreadable until you sit down, open the menu and watch what locals actually order. That’s the lens we bring to this conversation with Emily Capiello, a travel, food, and beverage journalist whose work spans Travel + Leisure, Forbes, VinePair and more. We talk about how she went from a start in literature to a career built on r...

Send us Fan Mail Seoul can look like one giant skyline from a distance, but up close it’s a patchwork of neighborhoods with their own rhythms, histories, and quiet surprises. I’m joined by writer, editor, and author Charlie Usher, whose work spans South Korea travel, cultural storytelling, and the kind of reporting that starts by simply choosing a subway stop and wandering until a place reveals it...

Send us Fan Mail The travel stories you love rarely come from “perfect” trips. They come from patience, ethics, and a lot of unseen work. We sit down with Rosie Bell, an award-winning travel writer, editor, and educator whose bylines span BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveler, Wired, Forbes Travel Guide, Lonely Planet, and more. Rosie shares how she stumbled into travel journalism after moving...

Send us Fan Mail A shy compliment at Art Basel turned into a passport to the world. We sit down with Miami native and freelance writer Amber Love Bond to unpack how she left corporate finance and built a career that spotlights chefs, bartenders and destinations through stories with heart. From the early days covering Miami’s cocktail scene to filing features from Hong Kong, New Orleans and the Car...

Send us Fan Mail Want to know how a journalist turns a region into a calling and a career? We sit down with bilingual writer and editor Carly Rojas Avila to unpack how she built a trusted niche in Latin American travel, food, and spirits—earning bylines with Forbes, Travel + Leisure, and hundreds of syndications—while keeping her work deeply human in a noisy media world. Carly traces her path from...

Send us Fan Mail Start with wonder, end with action. That’s the throughline of our conversation with travel and environmental writer Amy Brecount White, whose stories for National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, Sierra and more connect awe-filled journeys with the people and practices that keep wild places alive. We explore how she moved from early Washington Post essays to a career focused on r...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a line cook falls in love with magazines—and refuses to choose between the stove and the story? We sit down with Chandra Ram, celebrated food writer, cookbook author and former editorial leader at Plate and Food & Wine, to chart a career built on craft, curiosity and a relentless commitment to serving readers as well as diners. We dig into the early days that...

Send us Fan Mail Step past the velvet ropes and into the rooms where power becomes personal. Angela sits with bestselling author and journalist Kate Andersen Brower to trace a path from midnight shifts at CBS to Bloomberg’s White House beat and the books that reveal the people who keep the presidency moving. From riding on Air Force One to riding a helicopter that touched down on the Buckingham Pa...

Send us Fan Mail A chance assignment after the Gulf War put Jamie McIntyre inside the Pentagon at the very moment history refused to slow down. From Somalia to Haiti to Kosovo and Iraq, he learned that the defense beat isn’t just policy on paper—it’s operations, people and real-world stakes. Jamie shares how that era’s open access let reporters roam the halls, build sources, and pressure-test offi...

Send us Fan Mail Start with a newsroom built from scratch in Belize. Add decades across TV, digital, teaching and public media. Now meet the throughline: a fierce commitment to service, collaboration and stories that help people live better where they are. Managing editor Holly Edgell of NPR’s Midwest Newsroom joins us to talk about leading a dispersed regional team covering Iowa, Kansas, Missouri...

Send us Fan Mail Want a front-row seat to how billion-dollar location decisions actually get made? We sit down with Ron Starner, executive vice president of Conway Data and a leading voice at Site Selection magazine, to unpack the data, discipline and real-world tradeoffs behind corporate expansion and economic development. Ron traces his path from a scrappy small-town newsroom to steering award-w...