Andrea Gutierrez
Andrea Gutierrez (she/her) is a producer on NPR podcast TED Radio Hour. She's drawn to stories at the intersections of identity in arts and culture.
Gutierrez was previously a producer on It's Been a Minute, where she produced, hosted and reported episodes about the Chicano Moratorium of 1970, pop music's Latin Explosion of 1999, Latinx voter outreach and the tenth anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death, as well as interviews with folks like Michaela Coel, Eric André, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero.
At NPR, she's also worked as a producer on Planet Money, and her work has appeared on Code Switch, Alt.Latino, All Things Considered and Up First.
Gutierrez is a longtime storyteller with work in print, digital and audio. She got her start in radio producing interviews and features for The Frame, a daily arts and entertainment show on Member station KPCC. There she reported award-winning features on the costume designer from Jojo Rabbit and a nonbinary performance artist's tribute to queer ranchera singer Chavela Vargas.
Past bylines include BBC World Service, CBC, LAist, The California Sunday Magazine, Marfa Public Radio, Bitch, make/shift, Huizache and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Gutierrez's work has won honors and awards from the Podcast Academy, Los Angeles Press Club, National Association of Hispanic Journalists; NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists and KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race. She was a RIAS Berlin Commission Fellow, IWMF Gwen Ifill Fellow and AIR New Voices Scholar. Prior to working in radio, she spent many years advising and mentoring students at public universities throughout California.
A first-generation college graduate and lifelong Southern Californian, Gutierrez received her bachelor's degree in German studies at Scripps College and her MFA in creative nonfiction at the University of California, Riverside. She's an alum of the Transom Traveling Workshop and the VONA Voices Workshop for writers of color.
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The 1931 Spanish-language Drácula will get its first film score. It was among the early "talkies," when filmmakers hadn't quite yet figured out how to incorporate music into their craft.
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At 16, Jose Antonio Vargas learned he was living in the U.S. illegally. As an adult, Vargas came out as undocumented and dedicated his career to broadening the idea of who belongs in America.
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In five years, Uruguay transformed its grid. Now 98% of its energy comes from renewables. Former national director of energy, Ramón Méndez Galain, recounts his country's path and how to replicate it.
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Germany is expected to legalize cannabis by the end of the year, and the only legal way to obtain pot will be to grow it as a member of a nonprofit club. One such club gets ready for their big moment.
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The tapir, South America's largest land mammal, plays a key role in maintaining the biodiversity of forests and wetlands. Conservation biologist Patrícia Medici works to protect this elusive species. -
To stop pirate fishing, oil spills, and more, we need to monitor the ocean. Tony Long aims to do just that by creating a live map of all human activity on the seas. -
Why is it so hard to plan for the future? Psychologist Hal Hershfield found that our brains perceive our future self as a separate person — with less urgent wants and needs than our present self.
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Poachers can make a lot of money killing whales. But what if a living whale fetched a bigger price? Ralph Chami uses the language of dollars and cents to conserve nature and fight climate change.
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Men dominate trade work. But Emily Pilloton-Lam says it's time to put the power (and power tools) into the hands of young women and gender-expansive youth. -
Our bodies can do amazing things, even with the most mundane tasks. Choreographer Ryan Heffington encourages us to celebrate the ways the body can move and unlock our inner joy through dance.
