Emma Courtland

Emma Courtland is an award-winning podcast producer and oral historian. In 2020, she created Crime Show, an episodic documentary series "about people -- and sometimes crime." The show peaked at #2 on Spotify's podcast charts. Her work in audio has been recognized by the Podcast Academy (Nominee - Best Host, 2022), the Clue Awards (Nominee - Outstanding Episodic Series, 2022) and the National Council on Public History (Winner - Excellence in New Media).

Emma holds a BA in English from UCLA and a MA in oral history from Columbia University.

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The episode(s) discussed on today’s Sound Judgment: 

September 2021, Paging Dr. Barnes

March 2021: 18 Minutes

Senior producer: Mitch Hansen

Producers: Jade Abdul-Malik, Cat Schuknecht, Jerome Campbell

Editor: Devon Taylor 

Sound: Daniel Ramirez

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Sound Judgment is a production of Podcast Allies, LLC. 

Host: Elaine Appleton Grant

Project Manager: Tina Bassir

Sound Designer: Andrew Parrella

Illustrator: Sarah Edgell

Coming soon: Takeaways from Emma Courtland, host of Crime Show

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Host: Elaine Appleton Grant

Podcast Manager: Tina Bassir

Production Manager: Andrew Parrella

Audio Engineer: Kevin Kline

Production Assistant: Audrey Nelson