Katie Bishop

Executive Producer, Death, Sex & Money

Katie Bishop is Death, Sex & Money's executive producer. She joined the team in November 2014, after several years of producing WNYC's Soundcheck. Katie has also worked for Marketplace, Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia on Sirius XM, and The State of Things with Frank Stasio on North Carolina Public Radio. 

Katie is a graduate of the UNC Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism, and a native of Rochester, New York, where she grew up playing the cello and dressing warmly. 

Katie Bishop appears in the following:

Raphael Saadiq: Music Was My Therapy. It Had To Be.

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

This fall, Tony! Toni! Toné! is on tour for the first time in twenty years. Raphael Saadiq's career took off as a member of the R&B trio —a group whose music taught Anna, a pre-teen a...

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I Did Surrogacy For Money And Now I’m Starting Over

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Anna follows up with Sarah Short, the mom who became a surrogate to pay off debt. They discuss her divorce, starting her own business, and why this chapter of her life feels “freeing.”

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I Still Love My Dad, But I Don't Love Guns

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

Two years after Anna’s first conversation with a listener named Jack, she called him back for an update on his relationship with his dad and to firearms.

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A Trans Parent’s Adoption Journey

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Anna first talked with Liam and Marisa about their love story back in 2014. Nine years later, we hear about the next chapter of their relationship: becoming parents.

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Your One Night Stand Stories, Revisited

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Today, we're celebrating the very short-term romance: the one night stand. Those moments in life when someone appeared in a flash, you connected, and then you went your separate ways. 

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Gabrielle Union Completes Herself

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

The actor talks about having agency over her body, her relationships and her career, even as she lives with the trauma of sexual assault and infertility.

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Trevor Noah Talks Depression, Radical Honesty, and Braiding Hair

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

The former host of The Daily Show sometimes struggles to get out of bed. But he's comfortable saying that with a smile.

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Between Friends: Stories About Race and Friendship

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

"Friendship is our only social relationship that is purely voluntary. Someone can just walk away at any time." 

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Big Freedia Bounces Back

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Big Freedia is a reality TV star and fixture in New Orleans' bounce scene. But days after Hurricane Katrina, she was sleeping on the street outside of the city's convention center.

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“No Call Goes Unanswered”: A Lifeline in Wyoming

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

As the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline becomes a 3-digit number, 988, I visit a call center in Wyoming, which had the highest suicide rate per capita in the US in 2020.

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"There’s Never a Perfect Time to Say, 'I’m Blind'"

Wednesday, May 04, 2022

I talk with a listener named Fey about her deteriorating vision, how and when to disclose her disability, and she gets a pep talk from EDM singer Lachi.

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Taking a restorative approach to youth justice

Wednesday, April 06, 2022

WNYC
Deborah Ugo-Omenukwa looks at how restorative justice can give young people a chance to take responsibility for their actions while avoiding the larger legal system. 

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Inheriting Divorce

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

I talk with producer Ian Coss about the many divorces in his family, and how learning about them inspired his podcast Forever is a Long Time.

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When A Banker Became A Nun

Wednesday, September 08, 2021

Sister Josephine Garrett grew up Baptist and worked her way up the corporate ladder—only to realize in her late 20s that she wanted to convert to Catholicism and become a nun. 

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Financial Therapy: A Baby, And A Plan

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

In Cora and Garrett's final financial therapy session with Amanda Clayman, they talk about seeing a financial advisor, and what they want to model for their child when it comes to money.

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Financial Therapy: Struggling To Trust Again

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

In their second session with financial therapist Amanda Clayman, a couple we're calling Cora and Garrett talk about their financial strengths and weaknesses, and the wall between them. 

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Financial Therapy: A Secret Gambling Addiction

Wednesday, August 04, 2021

In the first of three sessions, a couple we're calling Cora and Garrett talk with therapist Amanda Clayman about the events that led to a breakdown of financial trust between them.

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When Grief Doesn't Move In Stages

Friday, July 23, 2021

Radiolab producer Rachael Cusick talks together with her grandmother about their shared loss, and about their experiences with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief. 

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I Was In Debt. Then My Sister Offered Me $16,000.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

What happened when a 27-year-old listener deep in credit card debt asked their older sister for financial help. 

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Marlo Thomas Is Her Mother's Revenge

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Marlo Thomas thought marriage was "nothing that I wanted to be a part of" after watching her mother give up her career for her father's. But then, at 42 years old, she changed her mind.

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