#59 - Stephen Thompson, writer and editor for NPR Music

Wouldn’t you want to meet the person responsible for The A.V. Club, the entertainment and culture sister publication of The Onion?

Stephen Thompson, who now works as a writer and editor for NPR Music, got in on the ground floor at The Onion, a farcical publication that mocks current events and media. He started writing there when he was just 20 years still a student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. It was the early 1990s and The Onion was a only a couple of years old at that point, but the staff had grand aspirations.

At NPR, Thompson helped launch the popular Tiny Desk Concerts and is also a panelist on the All Songs Considered and Pop Culture Happy Hour podcasts.