Manoush Zomorodi was the host of the WNYC podcast Note to Self, which explores humans' relationship with technology through conversations with listeners and experts.
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14 Facts About Manoush Zomorodi
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In 2018, Zomorodi quit WNYC to start a media company, Stable Genius Productions, with her colleague Jen Poyant.
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Manoush Zomorodi, who is of part Iranian descent, was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey and studied English and Fine Arts at Georgetown University.
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Manoush Zomorodi is married to television reporter Josh Robin, with whom she has two children.
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In September 2012, Manoush Zomorodi began hosting a new podcast at WNYC called New Tech City.
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Manoush Zomorodi described the show as "the tech show about being Human".
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In 2017, Manoush Zomorodi teamed up with ProPublica to launch "Breaking the Black Box", an investigation into Facebook's collection of their users' personal data.
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In 2018, Manoush Zomorodi quit WNYC, along with Jen Poyant, Executive Producer for Note to Self.
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Manoush Zomorodi was named the host of the TED Radio Hour in November 2019, and Poyant was planning on taking side projects on contract, but with COVID-19 shutting down advertising funding in early 2020, Stable Genius Productions did not have the financial runway to continue producing the podcast as a partnership.
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Manoush Zomorodi will continue to hold onto Stable Genius Productions, LLC and is planning on releasing more content to the ZigZag Podcast.
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Manoush Zomorodi has won numerous journalism awards including the New York Press Club Award for Journalism.
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Manoush Zomorodi was named Outstanding Host in 2014 by the Alliance of Women in Media.
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Manoush Zomorodi is the author of the books Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self and Camera Ready: How to Present Your Best Self and Ideas On Air and Online.
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Manoush Zomorodi hosted the fourth and fifth seasons of the IRL Podcast from Mozilla Firefox.
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