Thomas Lu
Thomas Lu (he/him) is a producer for NPR's science podcast, Short Wave. The podcast is a perfect equation of curiosity, nerdiness and everyday discoveries.
Lu came to NPR in 2017 as an intern for the TED Radio Hour with Guy Raz. After his internship, he continued to develop his radio skills working with How I Built This, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition and Pop Culture Happy Hour. He pitched and produced All Things Considered's annual Thanksgiving music segment with Ari Shapiro.
Lu was then hired as a producer for Hidden Brain — where he worked on episodes ranging from the benefits of nature to the importance of the human voice to our hidden influence on others. He contributed to the Hidden Brain episode "The Ventilator," which earned an Edward R. Murrow award in 2020.
Prior to NPR, Lu interned for StoryCorps in Brooklyn, New York.
Lu is a 2020 AIR New Voices Scholar. He graduated from Middlebury College in 2016 with a degree in psychology. Oh, and he's a huge fan of the Golden Girls.
- Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023
- The Story Of Money: How Human Behavior Shapes Economies — And Vice Versa
- Tell Me A Story: What Narratives Reveal About The Mind
- Finding Meaning At Work: How We Shape And Think About Our Jobs
- You 2.0: Our Better Nature
- Pets, Pests And Food: Our Complex, Contradictory Attitudes Toward Animals
- Yum and Yuck: The Psychology Of What We Eat...And What We Spit Out
- Voting With A Middle Finger: Two Views On The White Working Class