Joe Plourde is a sound designer, engineer, musician, and the Technical Director at WNYC Studios.
He has worked on many podcasts for WNYC Studios, including: Keeping Score, Terrestrials, The Experiment, La Brega, Blindspot, Scattered, The Anthropocene Reviewed, Come Through, Note to Self, and 2 Dope Queens. Before joining WNYC, he spent years working in recording studios and on various freelance projects around NYC. He’s also an avid cook and loves trying new things.
Joe Plourde appears in the following:
Good Things: Home Grown Native Plants
Friday, August 04, 2023
It takes something extra to thrive in New York City, especially if you are a plant! That’s why the Parks Department has 13 acres to grow plants specifically adapted to the 5 boroughs.
Good Things: Mall Santa
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
In an attempt to get into the holiday spirit, WNYC’s Amy Pearl headed to the mall.
Terrestrials: The Hybrid
Thursday, October 27, 2022
A fantastical mix of two beasts comes together, thrives, and does something scientists thought it could never do
Terrestrials: The Water Walker
Thursday, October 20, 2022
A muscly earthling figures out a way to stand on the waves.
Terrestrials: The Unimaginable
Thursday, October 13, 2022
An invisible entity journeys to Planet Earth and literally rocks our world.
Terrestrials: The Trio
Thursday, October 06, 2022
Look up in the sky! It is something that scientists thought could never happen.
Terrestrials: The Guardian
Thursday, September 29, 2022
A winged creature frightens countless villagers but may be a kind of protector.
Terrestrials: The Mastermind
Thursday, September 22, 2022
A color-changing creature many people assumed to be brainless outsmarts his human captors.
Digital Life Is a Moral Mess
Monday, August 22, 2022
It seems like digital technology – from Facebook to cryptocurrency – could do great harm to society. Should that change how, and if, we use it?
Let’s Hear It For The Summer Playlist
Friday, August 19, 2022
An update on our summer playlist project with song contributions from listeners and our team.
Monkeypox: The Making of an Outbreak
Monday, August 15, 2022
Colonialism. Militarism. Homophobia. It took decades of neglect and selfishness to create this viral outbreak.
Keeping Score: Part 4
Thursday, June 30, 2022
After the Jaguars compete in the city championship, students and coaches ask: was it all worth it?
Keeping Score: Part 3
Thursday, June 23, 2022
What does it mean to lead a team in an anti-racist way?
Keeping Score: Part 2
Thursday, June 16, 2022
How did the schools in the John Jay building become divided in the first place?
Keeping Score: Part 1
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Two sports programs – rivals under a single roof – are set to merge. Students ask what it will take for the building to live up to its new motto: “We Are One.”
Teenage Life After Genocide
Thursday, May 12, 2022
The Experiment revisits the story of Aséna Tahir Izgil, a Uyghur teen adjusting to life in the U.S. after escaping China’s genocide of her people.
Judge Judy’s Law
Thursday, May 05, 2022
For decades, Americans have been bypassing the court system and settling their disputes on Judge Judy. But can people really find justice in a TV courtroom?
Who Belongs in the Cherokee Nation?
Thursday, April 07, 2022
From the time she was a child, Marilyn Vann knew she was Black and she was Cherokee. But when she applied for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation as an adult, she was denied.
The Helen Keller Exorcism
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Haunted by the disability icon Helen Keller all her life, the Deafblind fantasy writer Elsa Sjunneson sets out on a journey to separate truth from myth.
One American Family’s Debt to Ukraine
Thursday, March 10, 2022
The story of one Jewish American family debunks a myth that Putin tells about Ukraine.
