Ben Calhoun | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Ben Calhoun at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards | |
| Born | 1979 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Education | Oberlin College |
| Occupation | Radio Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Chicago Public Radio, National Public Radio, The TakeAway |
Benjamin Chang Calhoun (born 1979) is an American radio journalist and a producer for the public radio program This American Life and the podcast Serial. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he now lives in New Jersey. Calhoun left This American Life from 2014 to 2017 to serve as Vice President of Content and Programming at WBEZ, the NPR affiliate in Chicago. Prior to that, Calhoun produced and reported for This American Life. Calhoun has taught at Loyola University Chicago and lectured at other universities. Prior to his work on This American Life, he spent eight years as a reporter and deputy news director at WBEZ, where he covered politics and did documentary work. His work has also aired on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Day to Day, Marketplace, and WNYC's The Takeaway and Radiolab.