2/2018 Working @ Duke Magazine– “Now in its third season, the podcast combines faculty research, compelling human stories and nuanced sound design, to give Sanford’s scholarly output a new, approachable platform.”
9/2017 Duke Chronicle – “When I found radio, I was like, ‘Wow, this is so—it’s intimate,’” Ways & Means producer Carol Jackson said. “It’s almost like you can hear the person better if you can’t see them.”
7/2017 The News & Observer – “Produced by a veteran team of public policy experts and journalists, ‘Ways & Means’ probes and pokes at the ongoing experiment that is American democracy.”
2/2017 iTunes review – “As a public policy analyst, this podcast gives me hope when I feel burnt out and challenges me to think about how the greatest good can be achieved for the greatest number of people…”
1/2017 iTunes review – “I have a new, favorite podcast: Ways & Means, produced at Duke. Engaging and intelligent programs about public policy.”
9/16Listener e-mail– “I switched from music to podcasts to try to find something to listen to while running, and it turned out that the Sanford School podcasts are great running companions!”
5/2016 iTunes review – “The show does a great job of taking a complex issue and using real people’s stories to illustrate the problems and possible solutions.”
Press & Awards
9/23/2020 National Association of Science Writers
2020 Excellence in Institutional Writing Award, honorable mention for A Green Idea to Power Rural Nepal
6/27/2020 Hyperallergic – Weekend Required Reading
“Reparations: How it Could Happen”
1/30/2020 Dr. Josie Ahlquist blog – “approachable” … “showcases the ties between a Duke education and real-world issues …”
8/2019 The New Republic
“How Parenthood Affects Climate Change Skeptics”
2019 CASE Awards
2/2018 – Featured by NPR One
“How Do Criminals Get Their Guns”
2/2018 Working @ Duke Magazine – “Now in its third season, the podcast combines faculty research, compelling human stories and nuanced sound design, to give Sanford’s scholarly output a new, approachable platform.”
2018 CASE Awards
11/17 The News & Observer – “…carefully crafted and professionally produced…”
9/2017 Duke Chronicle – “When I found radio, I was like, ‘Wow, this is so—it’s intimate,’” Ways & Means producer Carol Jackson said. “It’s almost like you can hear the person better if you can’t see them.”
8/2017 The Chronicle of Higher Education – 10 Things We Learned Producing a Podcast at a University
7/2017 The News & Observer – “Produced by a veteran team of public policy experts and journalists, ‘Ways & Means’ probes and pokes at the ongoing experiment that is American democracy.”
6/2017 BOLD “Podcasts Worth Hearing”
2/2017 iTunes review – “As a public policy analyst, this podcast gives me hope when I feel burnt out and challenges me to think about how the greatest good can be achieved for the greatest number of people…”
1/2017 iTunes review – “I have a new, favorite podcast: Ways & Means, produced at Duke. Engaging and intelligent programs about public policy.”
11/16 Scene on Radio podcast / Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University – “Illuminating stuff, check it out.”
9/16 Listener e-mail – “I switched from music to podcasts to try to find something to listen to while running, and it turned out that the Sanford School podcasts are great running companions!”
8/2016 Sampler podcast / Gimlet Media
5/2016 iTunes review – “The show does a great job of taking a complex issue and using real people’s stories to illustrate the problems and possible solutions.”
5/2016 Jimmy Williams / Decode DC podcast – “You guys are da BOMB! Keep up the great work!”
5/2016 Decode DC podcast / Scripps – “We came across a fantastic new podcast…”