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Anatomy of an Essential Industry – BPR Interviews: Josh Levin ’02
January 1, 2021 Image Credit | J. Seidman
Josh Levin is Slate’s national editor, author of the book The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth,
and the host of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen.
Earlier this year, Levin hosted Slow Burn Season 4
, a podcast series examining the story of David Duke and his political rise in Louisiana in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He graduated from Brown University in 2002 with degrees in computer science and history.
Tucker Wilke: How did you first get into journalism?
Josh Levin: I always loved writing, and I did some writing for