Theo Balcomb

Audio journalist

Made "The Daily" @nytimes

Produced "All Things Considered" @npr

Now making new things

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Now I’ve decided to go out on my own. I’m looking to dive into tape, hunker down with stories, edit and produce beautiful things. Would you let me know if you want to work together or know someone who might be interested?

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

What I would give to be here!

If you’re in NY, get to the Tribeca Festival

Sounds like a beautiful evening honoring my first baby…

[Tribeca Audio @TribecaAudio]

Big news! Tribeca Festival is excited to announce the host of our Excellence in Audio Journalism Gala Honoring The Daily, @MoRocca!

—> https://t.co/js3s4wn6KO

We can’t wait to celebrate this show’s work with Mo, Michael (@mikiebarb) and Sabrina!

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

We're Pulitzer Finalists! Shocked and honored

[Nicole Dungca @ndungca]

still can’t quite believe the Broken Doors team was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist. thank you to everyone who spoke with us, to everyone who listened, to everyone who contributed in ways big & small. honored to be recognized alongside so many winners and finalists at the Post

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

@blgtylr I heard you at Maine Lit Fest talking about listening to The Hours while writing. You might like this episode of Book Exploder breaking down part of the prologue with Michael Cunningham https://t.co/XLVKgdndh8

[Habiba Nosheen @HabibaNosheen]

(2/2) We’re looking to talk to people with funny, odd, or just plain maddening customer service problems. Shoot us a brief email to let us know what customer service issue has been keeping you up at night. [email protected]

[Habiba Nosheen @HabibaNosheen]

(1/2) PLZ SHARE: Do you have an annoying customer service issue that you are struggling to solve? @theobalcomb and I are 2 journalists who want to use our investigative skills to solve the everyday customer service problems of ordinary people. Email: [email protected]

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

I'm teaming up with my friend & exceptional journalist @HabibaNosheen to help solve one of life's most vexing problems: the big, bad never-ending struggle of customer service nightmares. Are you trying to get a customer service scuffle solved? Email [email protected]

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Imagine my delight when I learned that The Daily star @stavernise is Barnard, too. We get to talk to @ub14 on Sept 23. A dream. Come! https://t.co/7194dzH8NZ

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

I'm making a new thing. It's out now. This is one of my favorites. More to come every other Wednesday!

[Song Exploder @SongExploder]

New Book Exploder! Author Michael Cunningham breaks down a passage from his Pulitzer-winning novel ‘The Hours.’ He and @susanorlean discuss how formative Virginia Woolf was to him, and the decisions he made in depicting her death in the book’s prologue.
https://t.co/FW1eWoscgK

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Mom, Dad, Aunt Kate & Horace Wilson in the NYT today https://t.co/F2CY8WHQdI

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

@melissatsang <3

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Thrilled this will soon be out in the world! New thing I'm working on...coming next month

[Hrishikesh Hirway @HrishiHirway]

Coming next month: Book Exploder! I teamed up with the brilliant @susanorlean to make a new podcast mini-series where authors break down their work. It’ll run on the @SongExploder feed, and it debuts August 3!

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Hearing the experiences of people on "Ukraine Stories" is hard but necessary. The necessary things are what we should be making in audio right now

Lucky to be doing the work w/ @FearlessDavidG @_aswesterman @kellymcevers & others

Take a listen

https://t.co/vxQAtmPhLY

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Had the privilege of helping The Post tell this terrifically important story

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

No-knock warrants allow police to force their way into people’s homes without warning.

“Broken Doors” is a new investigative podcast series about how no-knock warrants are deployed — and the consequences when accountability is flawed at every level. https://t.co/tbYCpKVlbd

[Azmat Khan @AzmatZahra]

.@HabibaNosheen set out to solve a disappearance. What she ultimately revealed was something I didn’t expect. It’s not just a powerful indictment of misogyny against girls in our communities, but a searing narrative of resistance. Please, trust me & listen 🙏

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Our dear friends are trying to bring their boys home from Ukraine. Please reach out if you can help. Thank you @PPHEricRussell for sharing our story https://t.co/dQbueizUIT

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Also I live in Maine now. If you live here, too, and want to be friends please let me know. Or if you know anyone who’s here and wants to meet, that’d be lovely.

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

I came to the NYT to create The Daily in 2017. I'm telling you, we had a time. Didn't we?

When I pitched the idea for a daily podcast -- a podcast! 5 days a week! Covering the news! -- most thought it harebrained. But The Times didn’t. I’m grateful.

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Now I’ve decided to go out on my own. I’m looking to dive into tape, hunker down with stories, edit and produce beautiful things. Would you let me know if you want to work together or know someone who might be interested?

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

Team Daily included in this amazing Pulitzer win by @brianmrosenthal. So proud

[Theo Balcomb @theobalcomb]

This is igniting old work nightmares which involved trying to do broadcast work from places that weren’t the studio (most terrifying one I was on deadline producing a piece using only the tape deck in our old family van). Bravo @NPRNedWharton & all the engineers behind this

[Chris Benderev @cbndrv]

I can’t tell whether this appears dramatic to anyone who hasn’t directed live radio but I promise it is stunning.