Al Letson came out of nowhere in public radio. Back in 2007, Al was a rapper, a playwright, a comic book writer, a poet… He was well-known in the poetry slam community. But, he’d never done radio. Despite his lack of radio experience, he submitted an idea for a radio program to the Public Radio Talent Quest — and won.
Al’s winning entry eventually became State of the Re:Union (SOTRU), a documentary program featuring sound-rich, provocative stories from a different city each week. Over the years, SOTRU won a Peabody and three Murrow awards.
Al is now the host of Reveal, a radio program and podcast from PRX and the Center for Investigative Reporting. But, despite how satisfied he is with SOTRU and Reveal, Al…