Ben Calhoun
Ben Calhoun | |
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Ben Calhoun at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards | |
| Born | 1979 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Education | Oberlin College |
| Occupation | Radio Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | This American Life, Serial, National Public Radio, Chicago Public Radio, Radiolab |
Benjamin Chang Calhoun (born 1979) is an American radio reporter, producer, editor and programmer. He is currently the executive producer of The Daily -- the flagship news podcast of The New York Times. Before that, he spent more than a decade as a reporter, producer and editor for the public radio program This American Life and the podcast Serial.
Calhoun left This American Life from 2014 to 2017 to serve as Vice President of Content and Programming at WBEZ, the NPR affiliate in Chicago.
Prior to his work on This American Life, he spent eight years as a reporter and deputy news director at WBEZ, where he covered politics and did documentary work. His work has also aired on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Day to Day, Marketplace, and WNYC's The Takeaway and Radiolab.