Tracie Hunte is a reporter for Radiolab. She was born in Barbados, grew up in Miami, went to journalism school at the University of Florida and got her Masters in Media Studies at the New School in New York City. She’s often surprised by the fact that she still lives here, because she really loves and misses South Florida. Before Radiolab, she worked in WNYC’s newsroom as a local producer for All Things Considered and Morning Edition. She also worked for ABC’s news magazines 20/20 and Primetime, where she kinda, by accident won an Emmy. Her journalism heroes include Ida B. Wells, Katherine Boo and Christiane Amanpour. She lives in Brooklyn with her dog Luna.
Tracie Hunte appears in the following:
14. Ira Madison III Keeps It, Kay Oyegun Gives It
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Ira Madison III on how Twitter launched him beyond the internet. And Kay Oyegun on writing the story of one of the most popular families on American TV.
13. Waubgeshig Rice Saw This Apocalypse Coming
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
For Waubgeshig Rice and his community, the climate crisis is all too familiar: “It is already part of the indigenous experience... the ending of a world.”
12. Ava DuVernay Takes Us Online, Desmond Meade Leads Us to Vote
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Ava DuVernay launches the online learning initiative she wishes she had as a teenager. And Desmond Meade makes the case for why every vote counts.
Black Trans Lives Matter
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Imara Jones joins us to talk about creating a truly inclusive Black Lives Matter movement, and getting back to the roots of Pride.
Birdie in the Cage
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Can you fit the identity of a whole nation into a dance? Of course not. But we tried anyway.
Asking for Another Friend
Thursday, March 07, 2019
Parasitic genes, public poop, and the eerie sound of a subway train. What is ... the answer to your stupid question?
The Most Perfect Album: Episode 7
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Two amendments that define the who's who of American democracy: who gets to vote, and who gets to rule.
Tweak the Vote
Monday, November 05, 2018
On the eve of the midterm elections, we look at one tweak to voting that could help bring democracy back from the brink …
Border Trilogy Part 3: What Remains
Friday, April 20, 2018
Part Three of our Border Trilogy, in which we hear the story of a woman from Ecuador who died in the Arizona desert. And we ask, what could stop migrants from risking so much?
Border Trilogy Part 2: Hold the Line
Friday, April 06, 2018
Part Two of our Border Trilogy, in which one Border Patrol agent changes the entire agency’s enforcement strategy, and one anthropologist tries to measure its deadly consequences.
Border Trilogy Part 1: Hole in the Fence
Friday, March 23, 2018
Part One of our Border Trilogy, in which we chronicle an unlikely legal showdown between high schoolers in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country and the US Border Patrol.
How Border Patrol Pushed Migrants to the Deadly Arizona Desert
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Radiolab reporters Latif Nasser and Tracie Hunte and Dr. Robin Reineke explain why new border patrol tactics lead to an upsurge in migrant deaths along the Arizona-Mexico border.
Bigger Little Questions
Friday, December 22, 2017
Today, we're back with Part 2 of our questions episodes. This time, we're chasing down answers to some bigger, little questions.
Big Little Questions
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Here at the show, we get A LOT of questions, tiny questions, big questions, weird questions, poop questions. Today, we’re dumping the bucket out.
Oliver Sipple
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
On Sept. 22, 1975, Oliver Sipple went for a walk. The rest is history.
American Icons: Shaft
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The movie that changed the face of American action by creating a new kind of black male lead, and kickstarting Blaxploitation.
Ken Thompson: A Meeting of Man and Moment
Monday, October 10, 2016
Brooklyn's first black District Attorney was part of a nationwide trend of prosecutors rethinking their approach to criminal justice.
The Culprit Behind Long Island's Algae Blooms
Friday, October 07, 2016
Too many people with septic tanks on an aquifer made of sand spells trouble.
Event Recorders from Hoboken Train Crash Sent for Analysis
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
It's still unknown what data analysts in Washington, D.C. will be able to recover from the event recorders.
Trump's Tax Breaks Are the Industry-Wide Norm
Monday, October 03, 2016
New York Times columnist James Stewart says most real estate developers don't pay taxes.
