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.
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 U.S. Department of Defense, the United Nations Development Program, and UNICEF. She is based in Pittsburgh.
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.