Episode 53 - Joshua Johnson

Our guest today is Joshua Johnson - a name most public radio listeners are probably quite familiar with by now. Joshua is host of the daily show 1A that’s produced out of WAMU in Washington, DC and distributed by NPR. Joshua was born and raised across the state in West Palm Beach, and he graduated from the University of Miami and got his start in public radio there in Miami.

He hosted the radio series Truth Be Told at KQED,and taught courses in podcasting at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

In September 2016 he guest hosted The Diane Rehm Show for two days, and then in November she announced he would be taking over her time slot at the beginning of 2017. We are so, so honored that he agreed to do our little show.