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Sean Cole (born November 19, 1971) is an American journalist and poet. He is a producer for the radio show and podcast This American Life .

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Early life

Cole is from the Boston area. [1] He grew up in the Unitarian Church. [2] In episode 660 of This American Life, "Hoaxing Yourself," Cole recounted how he spoke with an affected British accent from ages 14 to 16, a habit that sprang from his fondness for British programs like Doctor Who and Dempsey and Makepeace . [3]

He attended Marlboro College in Vermont, graduating in 1993. [4]

Career

Cole's career in radio began in 1997 with an internship at the Boston NPR affiliate WBUR. [2] He went on to work there for nine years as a news-writer, engineer, announcer, field-producer, reporter and, finally, a correspondent for the documentary series Inside Out. [5] From 2006 to 2011, he was a contract reporter American Public Media's Marketplace [6] and, briefly, a senior reporter for Weekend America . [7] He then worked as a staff producer for WNYC’s Radiolab [2] for a year and a half. Cole has also contributed to the NPR programs All Things Considered , Only a Game, [8] and the podcast 99% Invisible among other shows. From mid-2011 through 2013, he was a regular guest host for The Story with Dick Gordon out of WUNC in North Carolina. [9]

Cole became a contributor at This American Life in 1999, and then joined the staff in 2014. [5] He is currently a Supervising Producer for the show and serves as guest host occasionally. [10] [11]

In 2021, Cole won the Best Documentary: Gold award in the Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition for his story "Time Bandit." [12]

Poetry

In May 2022, Cole released the poetry collection After This Messages on Lunar Chandelier press. [13] He's also the author of the chapbook Itty City (Pressed Wafer, 2003) [14] and other chapbooks. In the anthology, Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days, Cole's was day 95. [15] His poem "To Acropolis" was included in a collection of art and writing to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. In a review, Audrey Mardavich called Cole "a superb thinker: he can be irreverent when it matters most, he is inventive with his images and sounds, he is very funny". [1]

In 2019, Marlboro College awarded Cole an honorary doctorate in humane letters. [16]

Personal life

Cole became an Internet-ordained clergyman in the Universal Life Church in 2001 and has performed more than 20 weddings for his friends. [2]

Bibliography

Selected Poems

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Kalish, Jon (October 24, 2016). "Producer Sean Cole relishes the 'beautiful feeling' of performing weddings". Current. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ Glass, Ira (November 2, 2018). "Hoaxing Yourself (2018)". This American Life (Podcast).
  4. ↑ "Sean Cole '93 to address Marlboro College commencement May 12". Vermont Business Magazine. April 12, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Sean Cole". This American Life. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Sean Cole". Marketplace. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sean Cole". Weekend America. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sean Cole". WNYC Studios. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  9. ↑ "List of interviews conducted by Sean Cole for "The Story with Dick Gordon"". WUNC.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Staff". This American Life. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Archive". This American Life. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Third Coast International Audio Festival". www.thirdcoastfestival.org. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  13. ↑ "After These Messages". www.spdbooks.org. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  14. ↑ Cole, Sean (2003). Itty City. ISBN   0972108998.
  15. ↑ "Starting Today | University of Iowa Press". www.uipress.uiowa.edu. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Commencement 2019 | Potash Hill". potash.marlboro.edu. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Sean Cole in medias res". Don Yorty. May 13, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Poetry/ Sean Cole – Boog City" . Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  19. ↑ Back?, Can We Have Our Ball. "Sean Cole". Can We Have Our Ball Back?. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
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  21. ↑ Kirschenbaum, David; Cole, Sean (December 13, 2017). "five". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  22. ↑ Kirschenbaum, David; Cole, Sean (June 10, 2020). "From The States Project". Pine Hills Review. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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