Rachel Faulkner White
Rachel Faulkner is a producer and editor for TED Radio Hour.
During her time at NPR, Faulkner has also helped create dozens of TED Radio Hour segments, including a long-form interview on navigating grief and hardship, a look at how family income affects childhood brain development, a conversation on loneliness and human connection and an exploration of outer space and gravitational waves. She also occasionally produces episodes of How I Built This, including fan favorites like The McBride Sisters, Rent The Runway, Bumble and filmmaker Ava DuVernay.
Faulkner is part of the TED Radio Hour team that received a 2018 Webby Award for their Manipulation episode. She also worked as a research assistant for Professor Steven V. Roberts, author of the memoir Cokie: A Life Well-Lived, about his wife (and one of NPR's Founding Mothers) Cokie Roberts.
Faulkner joined NPR in 2016 as an intern. She started producing while finishing college, coming into the office between classes, and joined NPR full-time after finishing her bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications from George Washington University.
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Solar power is spreading at record rates. Despite this progress, renewable energy strategist Rebecca Collyer says we need to move faster to avert climate disasters. -
Love is an act of bravery. And to love someone through a crisis (big or small) means allowing them to let it all out. Kelly Corrigan shares seven words that make our loved ones feel heard. -
When Sonia Vallabh learned she has the genetic mutation for prion disease, she and her husband dropped everything to change careers. Today, they lead a Harvard/MIT lab searching for a cure.
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Anna Maria Coclite is developing artificial skin, even more sensitive than our own. For burn victims and beyond, this "smart skin" has the potential to restore sensation to our body's largest organ. -
Most Americans are disengaged at work, a fifth are phoning it in or planning to quit. Pete Stavros says private equity has the answer, turn companies around by granting employees free shares of stock.
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In her memoir, How To Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone, Russell describes her efforts to organize models and push for more ethical and sustainable practices in fashion.
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Why do some sports have legions of fans, while others—particularly women's sports—get ignored? Writer Kate Fagan says it comes down to storytelling and mythology, and whose stories get told.
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We all know the feeling of choking under pressure—but why does this happen? Cognitive scientist Sian Beilock shares the science behind why we mess up in high-stakes situations... and how to avoid it.
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Abby Wambach is a soccer legend—but at the 2011 World Cup, she had a lot to prove. She shares a play-by-play of her iconic goal against Brazil, and how it rallied a new fandom around women's soccer. -
Imagine a world without access to wheat, grapes, salmon, chocolate, coffee, and more. Chef Sam Kass says that's the future we're handing our children unless we change how we grow and buy food.
