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Emmanuel Dzotsi

New York
As seen in: This American Life, WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL), Gimlet Media, Serial (Podcast)
Born in London, raised @ Heathrow airport. 🇬🇭 🇩🇲. @replyall alum making radio @thisamerlife. dzotsi@thislife.org

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Emmanuel Dzotsi’s Biography

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Emmanuel Dzotsi is a journalist and podcast host. He’s reported stories about backroom deals for political power, rat-hunting terriers, the strange phenomenon of white people sending Black folks venmo payments as reparations, and vast money-making phone scams hidden in plain sight. 

As a co-host of the third season of the critically acclaimed podcast Serial, Emmanuel spent a year embedded in Cleveland’s criminal courts investigating police misconduct, and chronicling the stories of hundreds of …

Emmanuel Dzotsi’s Journalist Portfolio

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Harlem Shuffle - This American Life

Harlem Shuffle - This American Life

One woman needs to find shelter for 27 young men in a matter of hours.

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#186 The Contact List | Reply All

#186 The Contact List | Reply All

Emmanuel tries a personal experiment. He tries to call everyone in his phone from A-Z. No skips.

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Their Eyes Were Watching Tallahassee - This American Life

Their Eyes Were Watching Tallahassee - This American Life

DeSantis has passed law after law about what can and can't be taught in Florida classrooms. Reporter Emmanuel…

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#162 The Least You Could Do | Reply All

#162 The Least You Could Do | Reply All

Black people all across the US are receiving the world's weirdest form of reparations: Venmo payments from wh…

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Killing Me Softly - This American Life

Killing Me Softly - This American Life

Producer Emmanuel Dzotsi has a tale about something he avoids at all costs, even though it seems to follow hi…

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Episode 06: You in the Red Shirt

Episode 06: You in the Red Shirt

Life after you put a cop in jail.

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Articles

I Would Run 500 Miles

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By Emmanuel Dzotsi
| This American Life Verified
Daniel Alarcón’s dad was obsessed with soccer when he was growing up, but he was only average at soccer.
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That Other Guy - This American Life

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By Emmanuel Dzotsi, David Kestenbaum Verified, Marie Phillips
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Guest host Emmanuel Dzotsi talks to Leroy Smith about how one high school basketball tryout forever changed Leroy’s relationship to a childhood friend. (7 minutes) A man finds himself sucked into an intense head-to-head running competition against a perfect rival – all for free burritos from Chipotle. (18 minutes) Writer Simon Rich grapples with an A.I. chatbot that threatens to make him obsolete.
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Harlem Shuffle (podcast only)

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By Emmanuel Dzotsi
| This American Life Verified
A story about someone who's desperately trying – against long odds – to make it to the United States and become an American.
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