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Chana Joffe-Walt

New York

Reporter and Producer at This American Life

Reporter and producer for @thisamerlife. [email protected]

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  • Sep 13, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Chana Joffe-Walt

    We talk to high school seniors in Salt Lake City who are trying to have the perfect year. (5 minutes) By Chana Joffe-Walt; Produced by Miki MeekEvery year, thousands of teenagers come from all over the world to experience American high school. Last year, thirteen students from Palestine came to the US on a program sponsored by the US State Department. We tell the story of a girl named Majd, from Gaza, and her extraordinary year in America. (50 minutes)

  • Jan 27, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Chana Joffe-Walt

    The story of a woman from Gaza City who ran out of words. Seventy-two days into the war, Youmna stopped talking. (27 minutes)​​We first heard Youmna on Al Jazeera’s podcast The Take.

  • Jan 18, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Ira Glass |Chana Joffe-Walt |Valerie Kipnis |Con Brio

    Sometimes we don’t want to say what’s going on because putting it into words would make it real. At other times, words don’t seem to capture the weight of what we want to say. Susanna Fogel talks about her friend Margaret Riley, who died earlier this week. (6 minutes) The story of a woman from Gaza City who ran out of words. Seventy-two days into the war, Youmna stopped talking. (27 minutes)​​We first heard Youmna on Al Jazeera’s podcast The Take.

  • Dec 18, 2023 | thisamericanlife.org | Chana Joffe-Walt

    One of our producers, Chana Joffe-Walt, had a series of conversations with a man in Gaza over the course of one week. They're so immediate – and particular to this moment in the war in Gaza – that we're bringing them to you now, outside of our regular schedule.

  • Nov 3, 2023 | thisamericanlife.org | Chana Joffe-Walt |Talia Richman |Gary Gulman |Miriam Toews

    Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION. Guest Host Chana Joffe-Walt asks her kids when they first encountered adult fallibility. (8 minutes) A middle schooler really wants to trust the adults have her best interests in mind. But some of the most powerful people at her school begin to make that very difficult. (27 minutes)Talia Richman originally wrote about Madison for The Dallas Morning News.

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Chana Joffe-Walt
Chana Joffe-Walt @chanajoffewalt
17 Jun 24

RT @ThisAmerLife: Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Yousef Hammash has decided where to go next and when. In Rafah, he is out of opti…

Chana Joffe-Walt
Chana Joffe-Walt @chanajoffewalt
4 Mar 24

Yousef promised his family that Rafah was the safest place to be in Gaza. Now, he managing a camp of 60+ relatives, Israel is threatening an invasion, and his sister is eight months pregnant. Everyone is looking to him to tell them what comes next. https://t.co/Im73l99TTw

Chana Joffe-Walt
Chana Joffe-Walt @chanajoffewalt
4 Mar 24

RT @ThisAmerLife: In December, we released an extra episode of conversations with Yousef about what he and his family were experiencing in…