Kelly Gordon
Producer, Big Books and Bold Ideas
kgordon@mpr.org
When people ask me what I do as a producer, I simply say: I’m curious about almost everything. I look for stories, I talk to potential guests, I think about how to tell the honest stories of Minnesota, in all its diversity. I write, I record, I edit audio. Producers do a little bit of everything, and we hope to make it all sound seamless and compelling to our listeners.
I currently work on Kerri Miller’s weekly book show, Big Books and Bold Ideas, and produce North Star Journey Live events, which are in-person conversations designed to examine disparities in Minnesota. If you have comments or ideas about either program, you can reach me at @kellygordonmn | kgordon@mpr.org.
Recent Contributions
- Don Winslow’s final chapter as a novelist
- The feminists who built America
- Can the fabric of a friendship be rewoven?
- Kao Kalia Yang channels her mother in the memoir ‘Where Rivers Part’
- What the deepest ocean reveals and how to save it
- A wide lens: Ethnic studies in Minnesota classrooms
- How Hmong and Karen community leaders are fighting youth addiction
- How memory works
- Tommy Orange’s new ‘Wandering Stars’ traces a long trail of trauma and belonging
- A prescription to modernize public health