Merritt Jacob

The joy of creating and manipulating sound has fueled his lifelong pursuits of guitar and audio engineering as a long-time recording studio professional. After earning a B.A. in Music from the University of Arizona, he further developed high standards of excellence in audio, working at Trout Recording in Brooklyn, before landing jobs in the WNYC news room. There, working on a diverse range of broadcast features, he developed the radio editing and mixing skills that led him to the Freakonomics Radio team. He is a fan of WNYC Radio, Freakonomics, and all things sound-related.

Merritt Jacob appears in the following:

Alternative to the Almighty Dollar?

Friday, October 26, 2018

The American dollar has ruled the global economy as the top currency for decades. Could a change be coming? 

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'Taking Tesla Private' Creates Public Mess

Friday, August 31, 2018

C.E.O. Elon Musk may face serious consequences for a single tweet that sent investors and reporters scrambling.

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The Realness Ep6: Missing You

Friday, August 10, 2018

As the world of hip hop mourns, there are still questions surrounding Prodigy's death.

The Realness Ep5: Go See About the God

Monday, August 06, 2018

Prodigy’s friends and family say prison changed him. But how?

The Realness Ep4: The Most Racist Judge in Nassau County

Friday, August 03, 2018

When Prodigy goes on trial, sickle cell does, too.

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Episode 6: Missing You

Friday, August 03, 2018

As the world of hip hop mourns, there are still questions surrounding Prodigy's death.

The Realness B-Side: Roxanne Shanté

Wednesday, August 01, 2018

Roxanne Shanté was a teenager when she became the queen of Queensbridge MCs a generation before Mobb Deep was formed. She stops by WNYC to show off her crown.

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The Realness Ep3: Son, They Shook

Monday, July 30, 2018

Mobb Deep came up in rap’s golden age. No other group defined the era quite like the duo from Queens.

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Episode 5: Go See About the God

Monday, July 30, 2018

Prodigy’s friends and family say prison changed him. But how?

Episode 4: The Most Racist Judge in Nassau County

Friday, July 27, 2018

When Prodigy goes on trial, sickle cell does, too.

A "Realness" B-Side: Roxanne Shanté

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Roxanne Shanté was a teenager when she became the queen of Queensbridge MCs a generation before Mobb Deep was formed. She stops by WNYC to show off her crown.

Episode 3: Son, They Shook

Monday, July 23, 2018

Mobb Deep came up in rap’s golden age. No other group defined the era quite like the duo from Queens.

MICROPOLIS: Revisiting the 1963 March on Washington

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

By Arun Venugopal : Senior Reporter, WNYC News

The March on Washington  — 50 years ago today — brought a quarter million demonstrators to the nation's capital, but it was planned and coordinated right here, in New York. It was an enormous logistical operation, years before cell phones and email, and it all happened uptown, in an office on 130th Street in Harlem.

The New York contingent was so big, that the MTA ran extra subway trains after midnight. Hundreds of buses set out for Washington, from across the city. Black firefighters made the trip, having been trained by Rustin in non-violent crowd control. So did local cops -- Horowitz said for the first time they were allowed to travel without their guns, because Mayor Robert Wagner lifted a city ordinance just for the occasion. Mildred Roxboro, an NAACP activist in her 80s who grew up under segregation in Tennessee, says the amount of effort that went into the event corresponded to the mounting tension within the civil rights community.
MILDRED ROXBORO: The feeling was that we have been pushed to a precipice here, and we have got to do something to get the conscience of this nation involved, so it can be understood that this cannot continue. 

 

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The Business Relationship Between the U.S. and China

Friday, June 14, 2013

The leaders of the United States and China recently met to try to establish a new and better relationship between the two superpowers. This week on Money Talking, Joe Nocera of the Ne...

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