Emily Botein

Botein is currently Vice President for Original Programming at WNYC, where she “works with colleagues to identify talent, produce pilots and launch shows”.

[4][6][7] Botein used her unemployment money from that job to move to Washington, D.C. to pursue an internship at WAMU's Derek McGinty Show and work at the Folk Life office.

[7] Botein helped launch The Next Big Thing at WNYC, and served as its senior producer until its last episode in 2005.

As an independent producer since then, she has contributed to shows including Studio 360[2] and American Routes.

[1] She has helped create many shows for WNYC, including Death, Sex and Money, Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin, and The New Yorker Radio Hour.