During her internship at NPR, Emma Choi’s quick wit and hilarious PowerPoint presentations helped her stand out and land her own podcast, making her the organization’s youngest host.
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The Harvard junior joined Jim Braude, who joked that he might be NPR’s oldest host, on Greater Boston to talk about the comedy podcast, “Everyone & Their Mom,” which launched in February as an offshoot of “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!”
“Part of the fun of this show is just that, you know, it just sounds like people having fun and it’s like super casual. So yeah, it’s really exciting to be a young NPR host in the world,” Choi said.
Show guests have ranged from celebrity chefs and comedians to Choi’s own grandmother.
“My grandma really loved hearing herself. I mean, she barely understands English, and she also kept asking me what a podcast is, but it was really fun,” Choi said.
Watch: Harvard student lands show with NPR