Lea Thau Explained

Lea Thau
Birth Date:1971
Birth Place:Denmark
Citizenship:American
Occupation:Radio and podcast producer
Known For:The Moth, Strangers
Website:StoryCentral.org

Lea Thau (born 1971) is a Peabody Award-winning producer and director. She is the host and producer of the podcast Strangers and the former Executive and Creative Director of The Moth.[1] [2]

Biography

Originally from Aarhus, Denmark, Thau moved to Paris at the age of 18, and then to New York at the age of 23 as a visiting scholar in Comparative Literature at Columbia University.[3] [4] [5]

While living in New York as a graduate student, Thau discovered the then-fledgling live storytelling show The Moth. She began working for the organization in 2000 as a part-time employee, starting the organization's Community Outreach Program.[6] [7] In December 2001, she became the Executive and Creative Director, a position she held for a decade before departing in April, 2010. While in that position, she created the short-form Moth Podcast in 2008 and The Moth Radio Hour in 2009 with a broadcast launch to more than 70 public radio stations.[8] [9] The show won a Peabody Award in 2010.[10]

In 2011, Thau created the podcast Strangers, which she describes as "stories about people we meet, the connections we make, the heartbreaks we suffer, the kindness we encounter, and the frightful moments when we discover we aren't even who we thought we were".[11] Strangers was started with the support of KCRW's Independent Producer Project in 2012, and it joined the Radiotopia podcast network in 2014.[12] [13] Strangers left Radiotopia in December, 2017, to go independent.[14]

Thau lives and works in Los Angeles, California.[5]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. News: Miller. Kelsey. Why Do These Women's Voices Bother You So Much?. 18 August 2017. Refinery29. May 19, 2015.
  2. News: Lea Thau on learning to let down her guard. 18 August 2017. Minnesota Public Radio. May 16, 2016.
  3. News: Strangers: A podcast connecting people through the power of secrets. 2017-09-14. Huck Magazine. 2017-11-28. en-US.
  4. News: Lea Thau, Director, The Moth. Gothamist. 2017-05-02. en-US. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171106144137/http://gothamist.com/2004/10/01/lea_thau_director_the_moth.php. 2017-11-06.
  5. Web site: Murmur ยป Storytelling that cuts a little deeper. murmur.dk. en-US. 2017-05-02.
  6. News: The Moth's Lea Thau on storytelling. Pitzer. Andrea. October 30, 2009. Nieman Storyboard. 19 August 2017. Andrea Pitzer.
  7. News: Story Hours for Grown-Ups; Introducing Urbanites to the Lure of a Well-Told Tale. Bohlen. Celestine. 10 July 2001. The New York Times. 19 August 2017.
  8. News: Storytellers Finding Success on Stages Big and Small. Williams. Alex. 14 August 2009. The New York Times. 19 August 2017.
  9. News: ALBUM #4, AUDIO PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS AT WORK: Lea Thau. 2013-04-16. The Rumpus.net. 2017-05-02. en-US.
  10. Web site: Winner 2010: The Moth, Public Radio Exchange, Atlantic Public Media. Peabody Awards. 2017-10-07.
  11. News: The Feministing Five: Lea Thau. 2017-05-10. 2017-09-04. en-US.
  12. News: Lea Thau. KCRW. 2017-12-13. en.
  13. News: Radiotopia: Plug in to this new podcast network. USA TODAY. 2017-12-13. en.
  14. Web site: Changes for Radiotopia and Strangers. Taylor. Maggie. 2017-11-21. @PRX. 2017-12-13.
  15. News: The 25 Best Podcast Episodes Ever. Haglund. David. 2014-12-14. Slate. 2017-05-02. Onion. Rebecca. en-US. 1091-2339.
  16. News: 15 Podcasts to Add to Your Permanent Playlist - Los Angeles Magazine. 2014-11-18. Los Angeles Magazine. 2017-05-02. en-US.
  17. News: 'Strangers' wins the 2015 KPCC Public Radio Bracket Madness!. Radio. Southern California Public. 2015-04-07. Southern California Public Radio. 2017-05-02. en.

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