Tonya Mosley | Bookum Creators Talk Podcast @bookum @nprf
Join us on the Bookum Creators Talk Podcast with Tonya Mosley, Emmy award-winning journalist and co-host of NPR’s Fresh Air @thisisfreshair celebrating its 50th anniversary this month and one of public radio’s most popular programs.
Tonya is also the founder of TMI Productions and host of the Truth Be Told Podcast, an advice show exploring race, Black stories, and how to grow and thrive in America. TMI also produced the limited series She Has A Name, a deeply personal family mystery.
Timestamps:
1:20 - Favorite stories in 2025
3:24 - Favorite TV Shows & Movies
5:07 - Growing up in Detroit
6:28 - Mitch Albom's Impact on Tonya
9:38 - Storytelling in Detroit
12:02 - How to tell journalistic/investigative stories
14:32 - Styles of journalism
17:02 - Starting a production company
18:40 - The power of storytelling
20:21 - She Has A Name
23:12 - Connection to her sister Anita
24:02 - On loss, grief, and shame
28:01 - Interviewing authors and people
29:45 - On recording NPR Fresh Air
32:12 - Legacy brand of Fresh Air
35:12 - Changing media landscape
38:23 - Federal cutting of public radio budgets
39:45 - The state of media literacy
43:40 - Are podcasters journalists?
46:32 - Reporting on race
49:06 - How narratives catch fire
50:33 - Last, Now, Next books
52:32 - What would you like to see less of in the media world?
Books Mentioned:
The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman
Makes Me Want to Holler by Nathan McCall
Nickelboys by Colson Whitehead
Zeal by Morgan Jerkins
All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
Twice by Mitch Albom
Startlement: New and Selected Poems by Ada Limón
Toni Morrison
TV/Film Recommendations:
Dying for Sex
Nickelboys
Hoop Dreams
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