Taylor Quimby, Host & Reporter
Patient Zero host Taylor Quimby is a member of NHPR’s Creative Production Unit, where he is Senior Producer of the environmental podcast Outside/In, and the serialized true crime podcast Bear Brook. Taylor pitches and produces stories, participates in and coordinates large group edits with other members of his station, and specializes in sound design and nuanced storytelling. As a musician, Taylor sometimes provides music for various programs and segments, and has written at least one very catchy podcast theme song.
Taylor’s stories have aired on NPR’s Here & Now and WBUR’s Only a Game, and his editing chops have been internationally recognized for his work as broadcast producer for the debate program Intelligence Squared U.S..
He is best known by his colleagues for his terrible taste in athletic footwear, and trying to convince literally everyone to watch Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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Sam Evans-Brown, Producer
Erika Janik, Executive Producer
Amy Tardif, Fact Checking
Sara Plourde, Graphics & Web Production
Maureen McMurray, NHPR’s Director of Content
Rebecca Lavoie, NHPR’s Digital Director
Patient Zero’s editing team includes: Justine Paradis, Annie Ropeik, Jimmy Gutierrez, Nick Capodice, Todd Bookman, Cori Princell, Jason Moon, and Hannah McCarthy