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The Postindustrial Podcast

Carmen Gentile is the creator and host of the Postindustrial Podcast, featuring conversations with newsmakers throughout the Rust Belt and Appalachia. His book, "Blindsided by the Taliban," documents his life as a war reporter and the aftermath of his brush with death after being shot with a rocket-propelled grenade while embedded with U.S. Army forces in Afghanistan. He is a founder and editor-at-large of Postindustrial Media.

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Season 6, Episode 5: Skyzoo

Skyzoo has made a name for himself as a renowned rapper who’s maintained his artistic independence, giving him even greater autonomy to pursue his other passions. On this episode, he talks about his life as a storyteller, entrepreneur, and what inspired his latest album, “The Mind of a Saint.”

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Season 6, Episode 4: Cammie Wolf Rice

Cammie Rice is an advocate, philanthropist, and author. Her son Christopher Wolf, died in 2016 at the age of 32 from an opioid overdose after struggling for years suffering from addiction. Since then, Cammie has made it her mission to raise awareness about the opioid epidemic and alternative ways to manage pain. ...

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Season 6, Episode 3: Nan Whaley

Dayton’s Democratic Mayor, Nan Whaley wants to be Ohio’s next governor. But Whaley faces an uphill battle in her race against opponent, GOP Gov. Mike DeWine. In our conversation, the Dayton leader talks about her concerns for the future of Ohio, extremism among its citizenry, and more.

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Season 6, Episode 2: John Austin

John Austin wears a lot of hats. He’s the director of the Michigan Economic Center, a nonresident senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. However in all of these roles Austin’s working toward one goal: reimagining once highly industrialized communities into something ...

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Season 5, Episode 3: Gary Abernathy

Can’t we all just be civil to each other? That’s one question longtime newspaperman and contributing Washington Post columnist Gary Abernathy asks in the latest episode of the Postindustrial Podcast. After spending 13 years as an editor at three Ohio newspapers, Abernathy worked in Republican Party politics then returned ...

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Season 5, Episode 2: Damon Young

Damon Young is a writer, humorist, and satirist. His memoir, “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker,” won a Thurber Prize, among other awards. The book explores the angsts and anxieties “of existing while Black in America.” Damon is also cofounder of VerySmartBrothas, which was sold to Univision. His ...

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Season 5, Episode 1: Gisele Fetterman

Gisele Fetterman believes in “blooming where you live.” In this episode to kick off Season 5, Pennsylvania’s Second Lady talks about improving her community, what she learned growing up as an undocumented immigrant, and more. Fetterman is a native of Brazil. She became a U.S. citizen in 2009. She’s ...

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Season 4, Episode 4: Bertram de Souza

Bertram de Souza is a former columnist and editor for The Youngstown Vindicator, a daily staple in the Mahoning Valley for more than a century. He wrote more than 1,600 columns for the newspaper over 40 years — from politics to public corruption in an area that once boomed, and now struggles with ...

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Season 4, Episode 1: John Fetterman

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s political career began as mayor of Braddock just outside of Pittsburgh and now he’s considering a run for the U.S. Senate. Hear him talk legal weed, jobs, and more in this bonus epsiode of the Postindustrial Podcast.  

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Season 3, Episode 6: Lt. Col. David Eastburn

What’s it like serving in federal government at a time of great change in the U.S.? In this episode, hear from Lt. Col. David Eastburn, director of marketing and outreach for the U.S. Army, located in New York City. He helps to develop public support for the ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 3, Episode 4: Ben Lando, news sites publisher

Why is local news so vital? Hear from Ben Lando, who covered stories abroad but returned to his native Kalamazoo, Mich. and launched an online news startup, NowKalamazoo.com, covering vital community issues. He’s also the founder of the Iraq Oil Report, which specializes in covering developments in the ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 3, Episode 3: sarah huny young

sarah huny young is an award-winning visual artist primarily documenting and exalting Black womanhood and queer communities through portraiture and video, often shooting in locations across the country. She’s the artist behind Postindustrial’s Fall magazine cover.

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 3, Episode 1: Seth G. Jones, counterterrorism expert

In Season 3, Episode 1 of the Postindustrial Podcast, author and expert Seth G. Jones says that the U.S. faces an escalating threat of violence in the next year — from within. Extremist groups fueled by the disinformation, political rhetoric, and a populace suffering added stresses of surging unemployment and the pandemic ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Bonus Episode 7

Is it sunny today or is it cloudy? Don’t just ask someone— look out the window! At Postindustrial we work to find out the truth, not just ask others. Listen to this in-between season short.

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Bonus Episode 6

We’re in between seasons! But we still have an important message for you, our valued listeners. Tune in for a short! We’ll start Season 3 soon and we have a tremendous line-up of guests already.

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Bonus Episode 5

Thanks to you, the listeners, we’ve produced two season with 16 episodes the the Postindustrial Podcast. We have big plans at Postindustrial in the coming months and soon we’ll launch Season 3 — listen in!

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 2, Episode 8: Eros Hoagland, conflict journalist

In the final episode of Season 2, Eros Hoagland discusses his experience as a photojournalist and visual documentarian working around the world, concentrating on areas immersed in cycles of violence. What can those conflicts teach us about the current state of affairs in the U.S.? Listen in. Assignments and personal ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 2, Episode 7: Tory Parrish, New York-based journalist

In this week’s podcast, host Carmen Gentile speaks with Tory Parrish, president of Region I of the National Association of Black Journalists, and a business reporter for Newsday on Long Island, N.Y. Tory is writing a story for Postindustrial magazine highlighting some women in positions of power across ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 2, Episode 6: Stephanie Strasburg, award-winning photojournalist

Stephanie Strasburg documents the human condition in Postindustrial America from behind the lens. She is a staff photographer and filmmaker with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in Pennsylvania. Her recent work includes an investigation on child sexual abuse in the Amish and Mennonite communities, for which she and her fellow reporters were ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: Emmai Alaquiva, award-winning producer

Emmai Alaquiva uses the power of art to raise awareness. He recently created a public service announcement, “Unspeakable,” focused on American Sign Language and the Black deaf community. Alaquiva is an Emmy Award-winning producer, and composer. He also is CEO of Ya Momz House, a multimedia agency in Pittsburgh.

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 2, Episode 4: John Rudoff, Oregon-based photojournalist

John Rudoff is a full-time freelance photojournalist who has been documenting the protests and federal response in Portland, Ore., where he lives. His principal current outlet is Sipa USA and AP Images, with whom he has worked for about three years. Recently he’s also covered political events in Charlottesville, ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3: Letrell Deshan Crittenden, journalism scholar

Letrell Deshan Crittenden is assistant professor of communication and program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.  A former police and government reporter, he is an emerging scholar who specializes issues related to diversity and inclusion in news, and community journalism. How can the media do better at a time when ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Eric Eyre, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

West Virginia is known for its natural beauty, natural resources, and also, struggles. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Eric Eyre uncovered the story of companies flooding small towns in his state with prescription pain pills. He’s concerned about those struggling with addiction amid COVID-19, what the government is doing, ...

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The Postindustrial Podcast, Season 2, Episode 1: Dr. Arvind Venkat, professor of emergency medicine

We don’t know everything about how COVID-19 will change our world, but we do know that medicine and science can guide us. Listen in as Dr. Arvind Venkat discusses the novel coronavirus pandemic that’s transformed our lives. He is vice chair for research and faculty academic affairs in ...

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Carmen Gentile

Carmen Gentile has worked for The New York Times and CBS News, among others. His book, “Blindsided by the Taliban,” documents his life as a war reporter and the aftermath of his brush with death after being shot with a rocket-propelled grenade while embedded with U.S. Army forces in Afghanistan. He is a founder and editor-at-large of Postindustrial Media.

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