Zoe Kurland is a writer and audio documentarian based in Texas. She is currently the Senior Producer at Marfa Public Radio where she helped launched Marfa Public Radio Studios. She has produced three award-winning podcasts, most recently reporting, producing and hosting A Whole Other Country (named one of the 20 best podcasts of 2025 by The Atlantic and featured in the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival).
She started her career in audio working for The Kitchen Sisters, and later joined LAist as a producer. Her work has appeared in outlets such as New York Magazine, Signal Hill, Articles of Interest, and on APM’s Marketplace. Her work has been highlighted by Vulture, Longreads, LitHub, and more. She holds a national Edward R. Murrow Award for innovation in audio, twelve regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, and three Signal Awards.
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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
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Writings after the Suburbs of Eden for Ballroom Marfa
Roadside Attraction for The Offing — featured in Longreads
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
“Put the Blame on Mame”: Fragmentation and Commodification in Gilda for Bright Lights Film Journal
The Pond — Winner of the 2020 COUNTERCLOCK Emerging Writer’s Awards