Zoe Kurland is a writer and audio documentarian based in Texas. Her work has appeared in outlets such as New York Magazine, The New York Times, and on APM’s Marketplace. She holds a national Edward R. Murrow Award for innovation in audio, and six regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in reporting and producing. She currently works as a Senior Producer at Marfa Public Radio.
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A Whole Other Country for Marfa Public Radio
Push Up Contest for Signal Hill
Bad Therapist spotlighted in Vulture’s Best New Podcasts of 2025
The Longest Shortest Day for Marfa Public Radio
Edith Warner’s Atomic Tea Room for The Kitchen Sisters
Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep for Marfa Public Radio
The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect for Scientific American
Cactus Poachers are Picking the Texas Desert Clean of Rare Species for Marketplace
In Efforts To Restore Fort Stockton’s Comanche Springs, Hope Springs Eternal for Marfa Public Radio
Writing
Desert Dispatch Newsletter for Marfa Public Radio — winner of a regional Edward R. Murrow award for innovation
Turns Out It’s Pretty Good: Egg Salad for New York Magazine
Why Harold and Maude Remains One of Cinema’s Great Survivor Stories for Little White Lies
Somewhere There’s Cheese for Bright Wall/Dark Room
An Artist’s Apology for Bright Wall/Dark Room — featured in LitHub’s Best of the Net
Crying at the Opera for Bright Wall/Dark Room
Metropolitan Diary: Awnings for The New York Times
Silence and the Loss Of Self: On Kitty Green’s The Assistant for Bright Lights Film Journal
“Put the Blame on Mame”: Fragmentation and Commodification in Gilda for Bright Lights Film Journal
That’s Why I Don’t Own the World: Hollywood’s Hard Luck Ladies for Film International — featured in The Criterion Collection’s The Current
Not Like You Remember: On Darius Marder’s The Sound of Metal for Film International
Among Dim Shapes: Reading Sappho in Quarantine for The Nonconformist