Jonathan Groubert is an award-winning journalist and former host of the internationally lauded public radio show “The State We’re In” first from Radio Netherlands and then as a podcast for WBEZ Chicago Public Media. Jonathan teaches journalism, storytelling and podcasting for RNTC and transom.org.His work has been broadcast by the BBC, NPR, the Australia Broadcasting Corporation and Deutsche Welle as well as the podcasts Vox Tablet and Snap Judgment. An expert interviewer, Jonathan helped coined the term “talkumentary” in which interview and narrative journalism combine to tell truly powerful stories. Ira Glass described Jonathan as “one of the best radio interviewers I have ever heard.”