Meet the
Team
Ben Bradford
Creator/Host
An award-winning public radio journalist, Ben is the creator, producer, and host of the hit narrative podcast series Landslide and the Audible Original Of The People. A former reporter for Marketplace, the nation’s most popular business program, his work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, and Bloomberg Radio, in The Washington Post, TIME, and newspapers around the country. His podcasts have been recognized with top honors from the Signal Awards, Public Media Journalists Association, NY Festivals and for contributions to media literacy.
Having covered politics, business, energy, and the environment — it’s perhaps no surprise he spends a lot of time thinking about humanity’s future.
Lindsey kilbride
Producer
Lindsey is a reporter and audio producer who has been crafting narrative stories since 2014. She’s produced deeply reported series for Sony, Wondery, Audible and Campside Media. Previously, she covered city government and education at WJCT Public Media in Jacksonville, Florida, where she was named 2018’s Best Radio Reporter in a large market by the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters. When she’s not editing audio, she’s likely snuggling her senior cats or deep into a new craft obsession.
Lindsey Kilbride
Producer
Lindsey is a reporter and audio producer who has been crafting narrative stories since 2014. She’s produced deeply reported series for Sony, Wondery, Audible and Campside Media. Previously, she covered city government and education at WJCT Public Media in Jacksonville, Florida, where she was named 2018’s Best Radio Reporter in a large market by the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters. When she’s not editing audio, she’s likely snuggling her senior cats or deep into a new craft obsession.
Tracey samuelson
Editor
Tracey is a story editor and podcast development consultant with over a decade of experience in journalism and audio storytelling. Previously, she was a senior story editor for Stitcher and a long-time reporter and fill-in host for APM’s Marketplace, covering business and economics. Her reporting has aired on NPR, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and the Planet Money podcast, as well as in print for The New York Times, New York Magazine, and the Christian Science Monitor, among others. She has an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University (where she first met a young Ben many, many years ago).
Jay siebold
Sound Designer/Engineer
Jay is an audio storyteller and sound designer based in Los Angeles, California. His work in public media has aired on APM’s Marketplace, the BBC World Service, the NPR Network, and LAist 89.3. He’s covered breaking political news, shootings, storms, and back-to-back Dodgers World Series wins as a fill-in anchor at KCRW, the NPR affiliate in Santa Monica. Jay is also songwriter and bandleader of Starsapien, a “cosmic country and western” recording group with a third album under construction. He is proudly and loudly pro-ketchup.
Jay Siebold
Sound Designer/Engineer
Jay is an audio storyteller and sound designer based in Los Angeles, California. His work in public media has aired on APM’s Marketplace, the BBC World Service, the NPR Network, and LAist 89.3. He’s covered breaking political news, shootings, storms, and back-to-back Dodgers World Series wins as a fill-in anchor at KCRW, the NPR affiliate in Santa Monica. Jay is also songwriter and bandleader of Starsapien, a “cosmic country and western” recording group with a third album under construction. He is proudly and loudly pro-ketchup.
