Alexander Overington is the composer and Technical Director of Radiolab Presents: More Perfect.
Before joining More Perfect, he produced and co-created Peabody Award-winning Meet the Composer for WQXR. He also served as in-house composer for WNYC Studios, helping to launch several shows including Nancy and 2 Dope Queens. After graduating from Oberlin Conservatory, Alex apprenticed under Valgeir Sigurðsson and Ben Frost at Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Alexander Overington appears in the following:
El Sueño de SPAM
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Thirty years after the Hormel strike, a mysterious disease spreads among SPAMtown’s new workforce.
Uncle SPAM
Thursday, February 03, 2022
In World War II, the American Dream was exported across the world, one SPAM can at a time.
Dr. Ruth on Hot Vax Summer
Thursday, June 24, 2021
After the pandemic, how do we learn to get close to one another again? We ask the renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer.
Listen: 'Clouds Forming Over Mount Baker' by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Monday, June 12, 2017
Listen to synthesist and producer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's previously unreleased "Clouds Forming Over Mount Baker," based on a photograph by Eliot Porter.
Listen: Meet the Electronic Composers Who Sculpt Directly With Sound
Monday, June 05, 2017
Meet the Composer producer Alex Overington — usually behind the studio glass — takes us on a road trip to unravel the creative process of those composers who write without pen and paper.
Listen: Meet the Composer Unravels Classical Music's Most Heated Brawl
Monday, May 15, 2017
It was composer pitted against composer: MTC unravels one of the most brutal fights in classical music's history.
Henry Threadgill’s Journey From Vietnam to the Pulitzer
Monday, May 01, 2017
The music of Pulitzer Prize-gilded composer Henry Threadgill is the product of the loyal community he builds around him. This is his story, told by the people whose lives he has touched.
Listen: Inside the Chamber Symphonies of John Adams With Alarm Will Sound
Monday, March 20, 2017
Meet the Composer and Alarm Will Sound unravel John Adams' two insanely difficult chamber symphonies.
Listen in 3D Sound: Pauline Oliveros' 'Tuning Meditation' From Met Cloisters
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Today's Meet the Composer Bonus Track is an extended cut of Pauline Oliveros' "Tuning Meditation," recorded live at the Met Cloisters' Fuentidueña Chapel in 3D-sounding binaural audio.
Listen: American Composer Pauline Oliveros and 'Deep Listening'
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Meet the Composer continues its investigation of the odd, wrong-side-of-the-tv-set role of The Performer with a deep dive into the "Sonic Meditations" of composer Pauline Oliveros.
Listen: Meet the Composer Returns With a New Season of Episodes
Monday, March 06, 2017
We're kicking off Season Three of Meet the Composer with a look beyond the composer to the performer, that unusual intermediary between the artist and the audience.
From the Vaults, Part Five: Meet the Composer With Leonard Bernstein
Friday, March 03, 2017
The ramp-up to the next season of Meet the Composer concludes with another archival mini-episode featuring a conversation between host Tim Page and the legendary Leonard Bernstein.
From the Vaults, Part Four: Meet the Composer With Libby Larsen
Thursday, March 02, 2017
A blast from the past, courtesy of the WNYC Archives: We revisit the original Meet the Composer. Today, a conversation between host Tim Page and composer Libby Larsen.
From the Vaults, Part Three: Meet the Composer With Otto Luening
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
Today we revisit a conversation between host Tim Page and composer Otto Luening, from the original Meet the Composer of the mid-'80s, as we gear up for next week's new season.
From the Vaults, Part Two: Meet the Composer With John Cage
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
We continue the week-long ramp-up to our next and third season of Meet the Composer with an interview with the widely influential patriarch of 20th-century experimental music John Cage.
Prepare for the Next Season of Meet the Composer With a Look Back
Monday, February 27, 2017
Q2 Music's podcast Meet the Composer launches its third season next week. Prepare by enjoying clips from the original WNYC radio program of the same name, hosted by the critic Tim Page.
Beyond Listening: Engaging Audiences the WNYC Way
Tuesday, November 01, 2016
Join WNYC Studios to learn how the leading producer of premier audio content engages and activates audiences beyond their ear buds. Part of the Fast Company Innovation Festival.
Beyond Pot Brownies (with Radiolab's Jad Abumrad)
Monday, August 22, 2016
We explore the science of weed-infused foods with Radiolab's Jad Abumrad. We’ll tell you how it tastes, how it makes us feel, and what happens when you eat way too much of it.
Kickstart Season Three of Meet the Composer
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Help us make a third season of the Peabody Award-winning podcast about the creative musical process, with host Nadia Sirota. Learn more about our ambitions and Kickstarter rewards.
