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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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
The Postindustrial Podcast, Bonus Episode 4
Listen in for in-between season updates….what happened after last week’s editorial published in the New York Daily News, what’s new at Postindustrial, and Season 2!
The Postindustrial Podcast, Bonus Episode 2
Coronavirus cases are spiking again in some areas. Wearing a mask might not be fun, or popular, but we implore you: Wear a mask, social distance, and take other precautions to protect yourself and others.
And don’t forget to come back for Season 2 – coming soon.
The Postindustrial Podcast, Bonus Episode 1
We are living through a global pandemic and a social justice movement: How are our communities faring across the region? In Issue 4 of the Postindustrial magazine, out soon, we’ll take a look at how people are working toward re-imagining their communities, with hope and resilience, amid sorrow.
And keep ...
The Postindustrial Podcast, Episode 7: Rana Khoury, author and scholar
In this week’s episode of the Postindustrial Podcast, host Carmen Gentile talks with scholar Rana Khoury, who wrote “As Ohio Goes: Life in the Post-Recession Nation, about her home state.
Khoury’s insights into the effect of the Great Recession on some of her fellow Ohians are particularly valuable ...
The Postindustrial Podcast, Episode 5: Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, author and scholar, Pitt
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili is an author and scholar who is studying what types of programs help cities struggling after economic decline.
She is the author of “Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan.” Two other books are forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.
Murtazashvili also has advised the World Bank, the ...
The Postindustrial Podcast, Episode 4: Jeff Newton, award-winning journalist
Jeff Newton has had a long career as an award-winning journalist, producing work for The Associated Press, “60 Minutes,” Vice, and National Geographic. among others. He’s worked throughout the globe in conflict zones including Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Uganda, Egypt, Niger, and Haiti.
Jeff’s most recent work can be ...
The Postindustrial Podcast, Episode 3: Julia Rendleman, photojournalist
Julia Rendleman is an award-winning photographer based in Richmond, Va. who explores issues of health, access, and community.
In this episode, host Carmen Gentile talks to Julia about people who were already struggling before the lockdowns might be affected now.
The Postindustrial Podcast, Episode 2: Heath Druzin
In this episode of the Postindustrial Podcast, founder Carmen Gentile talks to Heath Druzin, Boise State Public Radio’s Guns & America reporter, part of a national collaboration between 10 public radio stations examining all aspects of firearms in America.
Carmen talks to Heath about groups protesting shutdown orders nationwide, and ...
The Postindustrial Podcast, Episode 1: Dr. Marc Eubanks, chief of emergency medicine
In the first episode of The Postindustrial Podcast, we talk to the chief of emergency medicine about how his suburban hospital is preparing for an anticipated onslaught of COVID-19 cases.
The Postindustrial Podcast will featuring conversations about how the novel coronavirus is transforming life across the Rust Belt and Appalachia.
Meet the Host
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.