Part of The Takeaway’s inaugural staff in 2008, Leo Duran leads his colleagues for the least amount of sleep because of the show. A native-Wisconsinite, he excelled in science and music, but took on journalism as a challenge.
He started his public radio career the way most public radio-ans do: as a listener turned intern turned staffer. Leo led “The Joy Cardin Show” on Wisconsin Public Radio prior to moving to New York, driving the statewide discussion on local and national news. There he developed the love for how listeners can transform and evolve a conversation.
On The Takeaway, Leo has the honor of doing most of the positions on staff, from producing to directing. He’s also an occasional magazine writer, often chef, frequent video game player, and The Takeaway’s main party planner.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison, he is a hippie in the many ways that people from Madison can be: he bikes everywhere, sews clothes, and makes his own raw cat food (essentially anything you’ve seen in “Portlandia”).
Leo Duran appears in the following:
Want More Traditional Chinese Fare? Panda Express Says: Give Us A Try
Friday, June 09, 2017
From Pride To Protest: LGBT Parades Take On A New Tone This Year
Thursday, June 01, 2017
Stonewall Riots Grab The Spotlight From Black Cat Protests
Monday, February 13, 2017
California Restaurants Launch Nation's First Transgender Jobs Program
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Los Angeles Pioneers Program To Help Educate Foster Parents For LGBT Kids
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
The Hidden Power of Vulnerability
Monday, September 17, 2012
Bobak Ferdowsi: The New Face (and Hair) of NASA
Friday, August 10, 2012
The National Anthem, Remixed
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Saving the World One Controller at a Time
Monday, June 25, 2012
Remembering Ray Bradbury
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Preserving Endangered Sounds
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Where do sounds go when they die? The Museum of Endangered Sounds has archived sounds that will soon die: sounds like modems connecting, Tetris, Windows 95 startup chime, Nokia ringtone and more. John Hockenberry reflects on sounds lost and found in this audio essay.
Listeners Respond: What Sounds Are Going Extinct?
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Today we asked listeners: What sounds from your childhood are going extinct? Rotary phones? Dial-up connections? Tetris? We compiled the responses into an audio essay.
Ray Bradbury Dies at Age 91
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
For Tomorrow's Games, Look at Your Phone
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
The Euro Crisis Intensifies: Questions on Greece and the Debt
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Cancer as Silent Killer in 'Memoir of a Debulked Woman'
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Son of Bo Xilai Disappears from Harvard
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The son of Bo Xilai, who attends Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts, has gone missing. This latest development comes after Xilai was ousted from the Communist Party's inner circle and his wife implicated in the murder of a British businessman. We're joined by Evan Osnos, a writer for the New Yorker.
Despite UN Ceasefire, Violence Continues in Syria
Monday, April 16, 2012
The violence in Syria has continued in spite of the ceasefire which came into effect on Thursday, and the first members of a United Nations truce monitoring mission which have arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Fighting was reported between government forces and rebels in the city of Homs and unverified video posted on the internet showed the Khaldiyeh area of Homs being heavily shelled. Kieran Dwyer, from the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Ops, outlines what's expected of the monitors in the coming days.
New Pew Survey Examines How Latinos Identify Themselves
Thursday, April 05, 2012
The Big MF Global Number
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Since Halloween 2011, an estimated $1.6 billion of customer funds have gone missing from failed brokerage firm MF Global. The hunt has taken months with few results.
Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hosts its third hearing on the matter, and there might be a clue on where to look. Takeaway business editor Charlie Herman tells us the big number to watch for: $200 million.
