Growing up in the US with an unpronounceable Danish name provided an early lesson in effective communication. I’ve been practicing ever since.
In Denmark, pigs outnumber people 2 to 1. No traditional Danish meal would be complete without something wrapped in, wrapped around, or topped with pork. In 2012, the country exported close to $6 billion in pig meat, a figure that includes “” — which leads…
New York in the World is an hour-long documentary I co-wrote and produced with renowned TV correspondent (and all around good person) Garrick Utley for WRVO Public Media. The goal was to illustrate how New York has fared in the global era through the stories…
The Finger Lakes region of New York is my childhood home. So when the fledgling Finger Lakes Museum asked for help in wordsmithing a case statement – 16 make or break pages tasked with winning the hearts and minds of potential donors – I was…
Imagine a New York autumn with almost no red or orange — just brown, brown, brown. Experts say that could be the scene 50 years from now if people don’t start paying more attention to what’s going on with the shrubs, bushes and saplings in…
Forget touch screens and voice recognition — what if you could control your computer just by looking at it? Gaze-based interaction has been around for 20 years, used mainly by people with disabilities. But the technology could be available to the masses soon, allowing users…
Toothbutter: noun. Butter spread so thickly as to reveal teeth marks upon biting. The fact that this word exists in the Danish language should help to explain what politicians were up against when they the “fat tax” just over a year ago. This is a…
In the U.S., Thanksgiving marks the unofficial start of the race to Christmas (unless you happen to decorate department stores, then it starts in October). But in Denmark, the Christmas race starts tonight.
For many people, the phrase “Scandinavian food” probably doesn’t bring much to mind beyond the Ikea food court.
After a few years of freelancing (between diaper changes) I was hired by Albuquerque’s KUNM to serve as the station’s Conservation Producer: a grant-funded dream job combining hiking boots and recording equipment.
Most audio links from my time at WAMU in Washington, DC are long gone. Luckily, one of my favorite stories of all time (about an amazing homeless man named Peter Bis) can still be heard here.