Jared has sound designed, mixed, and composed original music for WNYC shows like Notes From America, Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows, Dead End: a New Jersey Political Murder Mystery, On The Media, The New Yorker Radio Hour, Trump Inc., The New Yorker Radio Hour, and The Realness.
Before coming to WNYC and the podcast world, Jared has sound designed, mixed and recorded for film, TV, music, animation, advertising, museums, and more. When not in the studio, Jared enjoys riding his bike, traveling, cooking, and most of all geeking out about sound. He grew up in Raleigh, NC and graduated from Wesleyan University.
Jared Paul appears in the following:
Eating Elk Kabobs in Idaho
Thursday, September 21, 2023
When a couple moves their lives from San Francisco to rural Idaho, they experience struggle, surprise, and community in unexpected places.
The Blurry Line Between Appropriation And Appreciation
Monday, September 04, 2023
You’re in the U.S., you’re an immigrant, but when others try to group you in with a particular diaspora, you don’t feel it fits. Where does your community exist?
The Radical Roots of Plant-Based Eating
Monday, August 14, 2023
What hippies, civil rights activists and anarchist punks put on their plates and how it might be the key to imagining a different climate future.
When Barbie Stopped Being White
Thursday, August 03, 2023
The story of the first Black doll to have the name Barbie.
The Misunderstood Era of Crack Cocaine
Monday, July 31, 2023
A disastrous period in the 1980’s. Where we went wrong and what we keep doing wrong today.
A Punk Rock Guide to Making a Scene
Thursday, July 27, 2023
All great punk is a reaction to something. For artist James Spooner, he created Afro-Punk when he saw a room filled with nazis, and decided to make his own.
A Song to “Define the Most African Moment of My Life”
Monday, July 24, 2023
Which music speaks to your life in the U.S. when you’re part of a diaspora? Listeners tell us.
Lessons from Mom at a Magic Mike Show in Vegas
Monday, July 17, 2023
How immigrant stories can be happy stories too.
Affirmative Action is About More Than Acceptance Letters
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Everyone’s talking about affirmative action at elite universities. But they educate fewer than 5 percent of students seeking advanced degrees. So why should the other 95 percent care?
What Does “Color-Blind” Really Mean?
Monday, July 10, 2023
Affirmative action is gone. Ibram X. Kendi tells us the history leading up to this moment and what could be next.
Why It’s So Hard to Sound “American”
Monday, July 03, 2023
A culture war from our past: Before he could define America’s sound for the next century, Aaron Copland had to overcome conflict over what “America” meant.
The Coolest Music Parties You Didn’t Know Were Happening
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Arab Americans around the country are celebrating their diaspora. And it starts with two guys in a band blasting music at underground parties in Washington, D.C.
Why the Indian Child Welfare Act is the Gold Standard in Family Law
Monday, June 26, 2023
This is what happens when the law works the way it’s supposed to.
95 Unmarked Graves
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Sugar Land, Texas has a dirty little secret. A striking story about Black emancipation.
Comedian Sam Jay Isn’t Afraid of Getting Canceled
Thursday, June 15, 2023
At least not anymore. That confidence comes from her purpose, her identities, and how comedy has evolved from the sitcoms she used to watch as a kid.
Billy Porter Doesn’t Need a Month to Celebrate Pride
Monday, June 12, 2023
He celebrates all year long through art – and that’s been the journey of a lifetime.
Padma Lakshmi’s Low-Key Subversive Food Show
Thursday, June 01, 2023
What exactly IS American food? And what makes us American?
No, We Can’t Stop Saying Their Names
Monday, May 29, 2023
George Floyd was killed on Memorial Day three years ago. Let’s remember his impact on us – but let’s also ask how the stories we tell about Black life (and death) shape our future.
Clarence Thomas and his Hotep Supreme Court
Monday, May 22, 2023
Justice Thomas is a Black nationalist — but that doesn’t mean he loves all Black people. We unearth his ideological roots and what they mean for the Court’s looming opinions.
