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“When Matthew MaGill died alone in the woods on the Florida-Georgia border, he left behind a box filled with the artifacts of an incredible life. A series of coincidences leads reporter Eric Mennel to the box, sending him on a five-year search to understand the truth about its owner.”Stay Away from Matthew MaGill is an unusual podcast. It’s the story of a man who earned a reputation for being unusually handsome, stubborn and prone to telling tall tales. It’s also the story of secrets and the spaces they occupy between us, family and friends.Blending investigation and personal memoir, Eric Mennel extends the boundaries of what one might expect from either genre. He begins by building an understanding of Matthew MaGill’s life through the contents of the box. At the same time, Eric is grappling with the relationship dynamics of his own family.Eric bravely chooses to reconcile with family, a choice we presume Matthew MaGill did not make. Eric’s personal reflections on this process, as well as those of his family members, are included alongside the story of Matthew MaGill.“Along the way, the questions I was asking about him – they just became a little entangled with things that were going on in my own life,” said Mennel. “The show is largely about the journey that I go on to reconnect with my family – with the help of Matthew MaGill’s box.”In this episode of MetaPod, we talk to Eric about the contents of the box that Matthew MaGill left behind and how people earn the reputation as ‘someone to stay away from’. Eric explains the research that he undertook to understand who exactly Matthew was. We also discuss the provocative blend of investigation and personal memoir in the podcast.Show notes:Woodbine, Georgia, At The Center Of A New PodcastFSU creative writing alumnus wins Edward R. Murrow AwardAbout Eric MennelEric Mennel is an award-winning journalist and podcast producer. He is host of the new podcast, Stay Away from Matthew MaGill. His work has appeared on This American Life, NPR, StartUp, 99% Invisible, and lots of other shows. He’s won Edward R. Murrow Awards for his work on The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow, and for his reporting at WUNC in North Carolina. In 2013 he helped create the podcast, Criminal. He is currently a senior producer at Pineapple Street Studios.Follow MetaPod &gt;&gt;Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 

“When Matthew MaGill died alone in the woods on the Florida-Georgia border, he left behind a box filled with the artifacts of an incredible life. A series of coincidences leads reporter Eric Mennel to the box, sending him on a five-year search to understand the truth about its owner.”Stay Away from Matthew MaGill is an unusual podcast. It’s the story of a man who earned a reputation for being unusually handsome, stubborn and prone to telling tall tales. It’s also the story of secrets and the spaces they occupy between us, family and friends.Blending investigation and personal memoir, Eric Mennel extends the boundaries of what one might expect from either genre. He begins by building an understanding of Matthew MaGill’s life through the contents of the box. At the same time, Eric is grappling with the relationship dynamics of his own family.Eric bravely chooses to reconcile with family, a choice we presume Matthew MaGill did not make. Eric’s personal reflections on this process, as well as those of his family members, are included alongside the story of Matthew MaGill.“Along the way, the questions I was asking about him – they just became a little entangled with things that were going on in my own life,” said Mennel. “The show is largely about the journey that I go on to reconnect with my family – with the help of Matthew MaGill’s box.”In this episode of MetaPod, we talk to Eric about the contents of the box that Matthew MaGill left behind and how people earn the reputation as ‘someone to stay away from’. Eric explains the research that he undertook to understand who exactly Matthew was. We also discuss the provocative blend of investigation and personal memoir in the podcast. Show notes:<ul><li><a href="https://news.wjct.org/post/woodbine-georgia-center-new-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woodbine, Georgia, At The Center Of A New Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://artsandsciences.fsu.edu/article/fsu-creative-writing-alumnus-wins-edward-r-murrow-award" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FSU creative writing alumnus wins Edward R. Murrow Award</a></li></ul> About Eric Mennel Eric Mennel is an award-winning journalist and podcast producer. He is host of the new podcast, Stay Away from Matthew MaGill. His work has appeared on This American Life, NPR, StartUp, 99% Invisible, and lots of other shows. He’s won Edward R. Murrow Awards for his work on The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow, and for his reporting at WUNC in North Carolina. In 2013 he helped create the podcast, Criminal. He is currently a senior producer at <a href="http://pineapple.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pineapple Street Studios</a>.Follow MetaPod &gt;&gt; <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMetaPodShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/metapodshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/metapodshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

Episode 23. Eric Mennel of Stay Away From Matthew MaGill

My first podcast of the year was inspired by a podcast I found late last year. I have listened to Gimlet Media's StartUp Podcast on and off since its inception. This past December I rediscovered it thanks to a five-part series called StartupBus. The premise? Per Gimlet's web site: "This past summer, 20 strangers got on a charter bus headed from New York to New Orleans. For three days they had one goal: Build and launch companies from inside the bus. And then? Compete against each other." Sound like a reality show? It did to Eric Mennel. The Gimlet senior producer pitched StartupBus as an episode, got on the bus, and realized after two days he had struck audio gold. He turned it into a five-part series, with one episode for each day of the competition. Think about the challenge. Mennel faced the curse of few limits; he had plenty of time and roughly two dozen people who could potentially become main characters in his story. He needed to find them, figure out the main stories, remain open to new events, record it all, and then - upon returning - winnow an absurd amount of audio into 150 minutes of content. Mennel succeeded. He joins me on Episode #59 of the Telling the Story podcast. →  The post PODCAST EPISODE #59: Eric Mennel, senior producer, Gimlet Media appeared first on Telling The Story.

My first podcast of the year was inspired by a podcast I found late last year. I have <a href="http://tellingthestoryblog.com/3-great-stories-starring-leftover-gems-2017/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">listened to</a> Gimlet Media's <a href="https://gimletmedia.com/startup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StartUp Podcast</a> on and off <a href="http://tellingthestoryblog.com/3-podcasts-i-love-in-2015/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">since its inception</a>. This past December I rediscovered it thanks to a five-part series called <a href="https://gimletmedia.com/episode/startupbus-part-1-monday/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">StartupBus</a>. The premise? Per Gimlet's web site: "This past summer, 20 strangers got on a charter bus headed from New York to New Orleans. For three days they had one goal: Build and launch companies from inside the bus. And then? Compete against each other." Sound like a reality show? It did to Eric Mennel. The Gimlet senior producer pitched StartupBus as an episode, got on the bus, and realized after two days he had struck audio gold. He turned it into a five-part series, with one episode for each day of the competition. Think about the challenge. Mennel faced the curse of few limits; he had plenty of time and roughly two dozen people who could potentially become main characters in his story. He needed to find them, figure out the main stories, remain open to new events, record it all, and then - upon returning - winnow an absurd amount of audio into 150 minutes of content. Mennel succeeded. He joins me on Episode #59 of the Telling the Story podcast.<a href="http://tellingthestoryblog.com/podcast-episode-59-eric-mennel-senior-producer-gimlet-media/" rel="follow nofollow" target="_blank"> → </a> The post <a href="http://tellingthestoryblog.com/podcast-episode-59-eric-mennel-senior-producer-gimlet-media/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PODCAST EPISODE #59: Eric Mennel, senior producer, Gimlet Media</a> appeared first on <a href="http://tellingthestoryblog.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Telling The Story</a>.

59. Eric Mennel, senior producer, Gimlet Media

Eric Mennel is a producer for WUNC and Criminal."People pooh-pooh the idea of logging like it’s the worst thing in the world. Some of the best techniques I’ve learned, in terms of interviewing, was from logging good interviewer's tape. ... Listening to Alex Kotlowitz conduct an interview was like it’s own class on how to make radio."

Eric Mennel is a producer for WUNC and Criminal. "People pooh-pooh the idea of logging like it’s the worst thing in the world. Some of the best techniques I’ve learned, in terms of interviewing, was from logging good interviewer's tape. ... Listening to Alex Kotlowitz conduct an interview was like it’s own class on how to make radio."

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