Radio Features

As a Radio Producer and Producer Supervisor at national radio station Sirius XM 143 BYUradio, I produced over 120 radio features of 10-45 minutes each on a broad spectrum of topics for a general audience. Over half of my segments were rebroadcast for their quality, and I was awarded two accolades for my work.

Here is a sampling of some of my favorites saved as a PDF from my personal portfolio website. Concessions were made for formatting—please click links or check out the site if you’re interested!

Professional Domino Artist

Guest: Lily Hevesh, Professional Domino Artist

I conducted this interview as a guest host on Sirius XM 143 Top of Mind.

There is something so satisfying about knocking down a line of dominoes. Now imagine setting up thousands of dominos and watching them topple for minutes. Huge domino spectacles are what Lily Hevesh does for a living. She’s the top domino artist on YouTube and has set up dominos for movies, TV, and commercials. 

Mobilizing Kids to Mow Lawns in Service

Guest: Rodney A Smith Jr, Founder, Raising Men Lawn Care Service  

Rodney Smith, Jr didn’t much like mowing lawns growing up – and who can blame him. But now he’s made it part of his life’s mission. Smith just completed a tour of every state in the US, mowing lawns free for people who are elderly, disabled, single mothers and veterans. The goal is to get kids all around the country . . .

Mysterious Microbes on the Ocean Floor

Guest: Karen Lloyd, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology . . .

The average depth of the ocean is more than two miles deep. And down that far you’ll find mud that’s hundreds of feet thick. And in that mud, scientists have recently discovered a whole universe of microbes. Somehow, without sunlight, without oxygen, without obvious sources . . .

Taking Mars’ Vital Signs

Guest: Tom Hoffman, InSight Project Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

For 14 years, robotic rovers have been roaming the surface of the red planet, searching for signs of life and scoping things out for the day when humans will ultimately arrive on Mars. In about a month, NASA will launch another craft with a more in-depth Mars mission.

Sowing the SEED of Universal Basic Income

Guest: Lori Ospina, Director of SEED

A little later this year, the city of Stockton, California will start handing out monthly checks of $500 - no strings attached – to some of its residents. It’s an attempt to test something that’s never been tried in the United States – guaranteeing a basic income for people to spend as they see fit. Conservatives and liberals have long toyed with the idea, for different reasons. But the devil’s in the details . . .

The Ancient Greek “Computer”

Guest: Alexander Jones, Director of the New . . .

The most sophisticated piece of machinery ever discovered from ancient Greece is a two-thousand-year-old box of bronze gears. It was made centuries before the first geared clocks would be built in Europe. But this ancient Greek device doesn’t keep time in the hourly-sense of the word. It’s more about Time, with a capital T . . .

“Playing Mars” in the Utah Desert

Guest: Joseph Dituri, Crew Commander

NASA hopes to be sending people to Mars by the 2030s. But if you want to know what it might be like to live on the Red Planet today, just take a four-hour drive from Salt Lake City to a spot in the Utah desert near the town of Hanksville. For more than a decade, researchers have been marooning themselves in a tiny habitat in the desert “playing Mars” for weeks at a time . . .

Can Language Change How We Think?

Guest: Lera Boroditsky, PhD, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science . . .

In French, there are two forms of the pronoun “you.” There’s “vous,” that’s more formal for when you’re talking to strangers or superiors. And there’s the informal “tu,” for friends and family. But how close do you need to be before making the switch to using “tu” with people? . . .

The Hijab in the United States

Guest: Loren Marks, PhD, Professor of Family Life, Brigham Young University

The traditional Muslim headscarf, called the hijab, is often misunderstood, which is why New York resident Nazma Khan started World Hijab Day five years ago. From that sprung the 30-day Hijab Challenge during the month of Ramadan . . .

The Rise of Mainstream esports 

Guest: AJ Dimick, Director of esports, University of Utah.

This year’s Superbowl attracted more than 100 million TV viewers, but the League of Legends Midseason Invitational drew over 300 million. League of Legends is a video game where virtual teams battle each other . . .

The Lonesome Underworld of Saturation Divers

Guest: Shannon Hovey, IMCA Saturation Diver

Nearly a third of the oil currently being pumped out of the earth comes from wells drilled into the ocean floor. When the machinery hundreds of feet underwater needs repairing or removing, there are actual people, if you can believe it, who go down there and do the work. But they’re so deep underwater that they . . .

Clan Buchanan Finds a Clan Chief at Last

Guest: David J. Byrne, President, Clan Buchanan

The Clan Buchanan – one of Scotland’s most storied clans – has been without a recognized leader for more than 300 years. Only someone with proven descent from a chief can claim the title – and until now, no one’s been able to do so. But a Scottish millionaire landowner named Mike Buchanan always believed he was descended from clan leadership . . .

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Guest: Merve Emre, Author . . .

The most famous personality test in the world – the one that inspired all those crazy quizzes we take on social media – has a really surprising backstory. It was not developed by psychologists. The creators of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator were a mother-daughter team with no formal scientific training of any sort . . .

How HP Lovecraft Has Shaped Pop Culture

Guest: Carl Sederholm, Professor . . .

When you binged Stranger Things on Netflix, you probably didn’t know that much of it was inspired by an obscure 1930s pulp fiction writer named H.P. Lovecraft. The writer was not at all successful during his life, but he’s since become an icon of all that’s weird and creepy. Stephen King has called HP Lovecraft the “twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”

Auctioneering

Guest: Jeff Stokes, Auctioneer

Why do livestock auctioneers talk so fast –and are they really saying anything in between those numbers? We’ve got the man to explain how bid calling works. Jeff Stokes is a world champion auctioneer and co-founder of Stokes Auction Group. He’s also a sought-after instructor at the Western College of Auctioneering. Yes, you can go to college to be an auctioneer!

The Secret Co-Creator of Batman

Guest: Marc Tyler Nobleman, Author . . .

From the comic books to the campy TV cartoon to steady stream of blockbuster films, everybody knows Batman. And most know he’s the secret crime-fighting identity of billionaire orphan Bruce Wayne. Superfans also know the name Bob Kane, who got rich and famous as the creator of Batman. The sole creator, he insisted. But he wasn’t . . .

For a full list of radio segments I produced, please use the button below to access a PDF.