"Viral Lies"
Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting

From wild anti-vaccine conspiracy theories to “Stop the Steal” and QAnon, the Reveal team examines how misinformation swiftly spreads online — and the lives it disrupts.

I produced the C segment of this podcast, which begins at 42:52.

​Lucy Concepcion is one of an estimated 75 million Americans who believe the results of the presidential election were illegitimate. She also believes in QAnon. Her son, BuzzFeed reporter Albert Samaha, believes in facts. Samaha describes what it’s like when someone you love believes in an elaborate series of lies, and we listen in as he and his mom discuss their complicated and loving relationship.

Listen to the story (and read the full transcript) here.
An animation of a person looking intensely at a computer screen, which has several tabs open, including a large black Q on a pink background, a globe, a man wearing sunglasses, and a syringe needle. The laptop screen and person are surrounded by a large white spiral, punctuated by several white Q's.

Uncovering the Asian American Old West
Yes! Magazine

An Asian American woman walks on a gravel path toward Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Before her are ruins where Ancestral Puebloan peoples lived. Behind the woman trails her young daughter. Above them are wide canyons and blue skies. In the foreground to the left of the daughter, a large spiky bush.
Asian Americans were conveniently written out of history about the Old West. But they were present—and prolific. Read my piece for Yes! Magazine.

StoryCorps on NPR

For five years, I traveled across the country to welcome and orient people to the StoryCorps experience. Below is a selection of interviews I recorded and produced that aired on NPR's Morning Edition.

Greg Force and Abby Force
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

A white father and daughter smile at the camera, both wearing blue shirts. Behind them is green foliage.
Greg Force (above left) tells his daughter, Abby Force, about what it was like to play a small role in the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, when he was a ten-year-old boy.

Cy Massar and Kay Johnston Massar
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

An elderly white couple smiles in front of a gray background. The man has black horn-rimmed glasses and is much taller than the woman, who wears red lipstick.
Kay Johnston Massar (above right) tells her husband, Cy Massar, about being the first girl to play Little League baseball.

Lauren Cartaya and Zach Cartaya
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

A Latinx brother and sister smile at the camera. They're standing on a hill, and behind them are the Rocky Mountains lightly dusted with snow.
Siblings Lauren Cartaya (above left) and Zach Cartaya remember how the 1999 Columbine High School shooting changed their lives forever.

Candi Reyes and Estela Reyes
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

Two Latina sisters smile, their heads inclined toward one another. The sister on the left is wearing a green scarf. The sister on the right is wearing a blue silk scarf.
Sisters Estela Reyes (above right) and Candi Reyes remember the passing of their father, Juan Reyes.

Dr. Sharon Brangman and Dr. Jenna Lester
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

A Black mother and daughter wear their doctors' coats and smile at the camera, heads inclined toward each other.
Dr. Jenna Lester (above right) talks to her mother, Dr. Sharon Brangman, about growing up in a family of black women who have dedicated their lives to medicine.

Jack ReVelle
Listen to his story (+ read the transcript) here.

A white father and daughter smile in front of a white wall. The father is elderly and wears several military patches on his blue shirt. The daughter has bright red hair.
Munitions expert Jack ReVelle (above left) remembers the aftermath of January 24, 1961, when a U.S. military plane accidentally dropped two hydrogen bombs into a field in North Carolina.

Jessi Silva and Maggie Marquez
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

Two middle-aged Latina friends stand in front of a white adobe building on a sunny day.
Maggie Marquez (above right) and Jessi Silva remember the day in 1954 that their teachers banned the Spanish language in school.

Angela Ju and George Ju
Listen to their story (+ read the transcript) here.

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When Angela walked into George's restaurant in 1971, he was immediately smitten. They married not two weeks later. At StoryCorps, George and Angela Ju remember those early days.