Emmanuel Dzotsi on his love of storytelling, finding inspiration, and embracing challenges

Emmanuel Dzotsi (@newsmanual_) is an award-winning journalist, podcast host, and producer for This American Life. He’s reported stories on everything from backroom deals for political power, the strange phenomenon of white people sending Black folks venmo payments as reparations, to vast money-making phone scams hidden in plain sight. He co-hosted the third season of Serial and the popular podcast about the internet, Reply All. In this episode, we talk about his diverse background and how that influenced his love of storytelling, his stints in filmmaking and politics before switching to radio and podcasts, what his creative process looks like, and how a story for This American Life comes together. 

 

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