Making Space: Criminal Podcast Co-Founders Phoebe Judge & Lauren Spohrer

Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer created the true-crime podcast Criminal in 2014, recording and editing the show before and after going their day jobs. In January 2015, they joined Radiotopia from PRX, and now make the show full-time. They will discuss the transition from working for public radio to being their own bosses, as well as the freedom and the restraints inherent in the podcasting medium.  

Judge and Spohrer will also facilitate a podcasting workshop from 3:00pm-6:00pm on 8/24 for NCSU students, staff and faculty.  Sign up here.

About the speakers:

Phoebe Judge is the host of Criminal. Previously, she was a host at WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, a producer for The Story with Dick Gordon, and a reporter based in the gulf coast of Mississippi. She covered the BP oil spill and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for Mississippi Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio. Phoebe’s work has won multiple Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press awards. She attended the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. 

Lauren Spohrer was a producer, director and editor for The Story with Dick Gordon. Before that, she was a producer with NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday and Bryant Park Project. She writes fiction, and founded the online literary magazine Two Serious Ladies. Twitter: @laurenspohrer.