Brendan Francis Newnam is a writer and radio host best known as the co-host of The Dinner Party Download with Rico Gagliano, produced by American Public Media. [1] [2]
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brendan studied to be a lawyer at Temple University, where he was a Knight Media Fellow. [3] He got his start in radio as a producer for a local arts program at WRTI, and as a staff researcher for Fresh Air with Terry Gross. [4] Later he became a regular contributor to Marketplace [5] and Weekend America . He co-created and co-hosted the radio show and podcast The Dinner Party Download. The podcast is consistently ranked among the top 100 iTunes Podcast downloads. [6] The show is structured in several acts, mimicking the segments of a dinner party. [7]
In addition to his radio work, Brendan writes a travel column for CNN. [8]
He has been named one of Food & Wine magazine's "Big Thinkers Under 40". [9] He has been a judge on Top Chef Masters Season 3 [10] and a guest on Rocco's Dinner Party . [11]
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