DAVID A. TAYLOR
The Washington Post called The People’s Recorder “a fascinating new podcast.” The series connects listeners with the public tumult and private stories of a generation of writers, artists and the everyday Americans who inspired them.
2025 Signal Award winner! And finalist for Best Indie podcast in the Ambie Awards.
Season 1 traces a journey across America through the ears of WPA writers and artists. Catch up on those episodes now.
“The People’s Recorder brings us one step closer to knowing ourselves.” – Oral History Review
They had a mandate to create a portrait of America in all its variety. Listening to people’s stories of pain and joy, they found new ways to share them, creating books, life histories, audio recordings, murals and more. The People’s Recorder features archival audio and new conversations with writers and historians today, along with original interviews with FWP writers themselves.
Growing from the award-winning Soul of a People, The People’s Recorder is produced with major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and state humanities councils. Click below to catch up on Season 1 and sign up to receive the latest updates.
ABOUT DAVID A. TAYLOR
David Taylor writes about revealing connections between people and their worlds. His writing about people, food, health and science has appeared in Smithsonian, The Washington Post, Mother Jones, Science, Undark, and Oxford American.