Harsha Nahata
Harsha Nahata (she/her) is a producer for TED Radio Hour. For TED Radio Hour, she has produced segments on how to manage time in a meaningful way, how gray wolves are surviving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and how an Iranian artist living in exile connects with her homeland, among others.
Before coming to NPR, Nahata was at Futuro Media's politics and race podcast, In The Thick, where she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, and the 2022 midterm elections.
Her work has also been featured in Self Evident — a podcast that tells Asian America's stories — The Juggernaut, Brown Girl Magazine, and Catalyst Midland, among others. Nahata received a master's degree from the Newmark School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree in public policy from the University of Michigan. When she's not editing audio, she likes to paint, take long walks and eat her way through NYC. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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Louisiana has two problems: an eroding coastline and limited glass recycling. Engineer Franziska Trautmann is solving both by turning bottles into beach sand. -
Psychologist Dolly Chugh says many of us see ourselves as good people, but that idea holds us back from actually trying to be a better person. Instead, she suggests aiming for "good-ish"—open to growth and learning.
