David Kestenbaum

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David Kestenbaum
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Kestenbaum speaking at Third Coast International Audio Festival in 2005
Born
David Samuel Kestenbaum

1969 (age 55–56) [1]
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. [1]
Career
Show This American Life
CountryUnited States
Previous show Planet Money

David Samuel Kestenbaum (born 1969) is an American radio producer for This American Life . He was formerly a producer for Planet Money and a correspondent for National Public Radio. He generally covers science and economic issues. [2] [3]

Kestenbaum earned a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University in 1996 [2] with a thesis entitled Observation of Top Quark Anti-Top Quark Production Using a Soft Lepton B Tag in Proton Anti-Proton Collisions at 1.8 TeV working under the supervision of Melissa Franklin. [4] In 1997, Kestenbaum was selected as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow, working at a NPR affiliate radio station in Columbus, Ohio. [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 PhysicsCentral: David Kestenbaum
  2. 1 2 "David Kestenbaum, NPR Biography". NPR. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  3. ↑ "Staff". This American Life. 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  4. ↑ "Harvard PhD Theses in Physics: 1971-1999". The President and Fellows of Harvard College. 23 Sep 2008. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Lucibella, Michael. "Media Fellows Follow Varied Career Paths". APS News. American Physical Society. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Stern, Gavin. "AAAS Mass Media Fellows Embed in Newsrooms, Return as Science Communicators". AAAS. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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