Scott Carrier is an American author, Peabody award-winning radio producer, and educator. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. His second book, Prisoner of Zion, was published in April 2013.[1] He is a former assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Utah Valley University.[2]
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Written work
edit- Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons and Other Misadventures (ISBN 978-1619021211)
- Running After Antelope (ISBN 1-58243-179-5)
- "Over There" from The Best American Travel Writing 2003 (ISBN 978-0618390748) originally featured in Harper's Magazine[3]
- "Rock the Junta" from The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 (ISBN 978-0618902811) originally featured in Mother Jones[4]
Radio work
editCarrier's pieces have been featured on radio programs, including This American Life since 1996,[5][6] The Savvy Traveler, Marketplace, Day to Day, All Things Considered, and NPR's Hearing Voices.[7] In 2015, Carrier began producing a podcast entitled "Home of the Brave".[8] The podcast combines original stories with work that previously aired on NPR and other radio shows.
Contributions to This American Life
edit- Episode 12, segment The Moment Humans Stopped Being Animals, 1996 (rebroadcast in episode 49)
- Episode 21, segment Religious Faction, 1996
- Episode 35, Fall Clearance Stories, haiku stories, 1996
- Episode 37, segment The Test, 1996 (rebroadcast in episode 181)
- Episode 40, segment Swimming Lesson, 1996
- Episode 42, segment Finding Amnesia, 1996
- Episode 45, segment Whoring in Commercial Radio News, 1996 (rebroadcast as The Friendly Man in episode 181)
- Episode 48, segment Kids, 1997
- Episode 49, segment The Moment Humans Stopped Being Animals, 1997 (rebroadcast)
- Episode 53, segment Parent and Child, 1997
- Episode 64, segment On the Green River, 1997
- Episode 77, segment Kings, 1997
- Episode 80, segment Running After Antelope, 1997
- Episode 96, segment Book of Job, 1998
- Episode 113, segment Pot of Gold, 1998
- Episode 141, segment More Powerful Than a Locomotive, 1999
- Episode 146, segment Church of Latter Day Snakes, 1999
- Episode 181, The Friendly Man, with segments The Test (rebroadcast), The Friendly Man (rebroadcast), Who Am I? What Am I Doing Here?, and The Day Mom and Dad Fell in Love, 2001. Entire show rebroadcast April 24, 2009.
- Episode 191, segment Just Three Thousand More Miles to the Beach, 2001
- Episode 195, segment Are You Ready?, 2001
- Episode 241, segment No of Course I Know You, 2003
- Episode 243, segment The Hiker and the Cowman Should be Friends, 2003
- Episode 286, segment Invisible Girl, 2005
- Episode 333, segment Am not. Are too. Am not. Are too., 2007
- Episode 551, segment The Test., 2015
Awards
editIn 2006 Carrier won a Peabody Award for a story titled "Crossing Borders" which was aired on Hearing Voices on NPR.[9]
In 2009 Carrier won a Fellow Award from United States Artists.[10]
References
edit- ^ Carrier, Scott (2013). Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons, and Other Misadventures. ISBN 978-1619021211.
- ^ "Faculty Senate Minutes" (PDF). uvu.edu. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ Carrier, Scott (April 2002). "Over there: Afghanistan, after the fall". Harpers.org. Harper's Magazine. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ Carrier, Scott (July 2006). "Rock the Junta". Mother Jones. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ "12:Animals – Originally aired 01.31.1996". This American Life. January 31, 1996. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ "181: The Friendly Man – Originally aired 04.06.2001". This American Life. April 6, 2001. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
A special show, composed entirely of stories from just one This American Life contributor: Scott Carrier, whose strange and compelling stories sound like nothing else on the radio.
- ^ "Carrier, Scott/Archives". hearingvoices.com. Hearing Voices.
- ^ "Home of the Brave".
- ^ "Crossing Borders – 2006". The Peabody Awards, University of Georgia. 2007. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ "Scott Carrier – Profile". United States Artists official website. Archived from the original on February 13, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
External links
edit- Transom.org Bio
- Salon.com interview – May 21, 2001
- This American Life
- Transom.org blog post from Deep Wireless Festival – May 29, 2010
- Video interview with Scott Carrier on Transom.org – May 29, 2010
- Home of the Brave