Scott Carrier is an American author, Peabody award-winning radio producer, and educator. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. His second book, Prisoner of Zion, was published in April 2013.[1] He is a former[2] assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Utah Valley University.

Written work

• Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons and Other Misadventures (ISBN 978-1619021211)
• Running After Antelope (ISBN 1-58243-179-5)
• "Over There" from The Best American Travel Writing 2003 (ISBN 978-0618390748) originally featured in Harper's Magazine[3]
• "Rock the Junta" from The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 (ISBN 978-0618902811) originally featured in Mother Jones[4]

Radio work

Carrier's pieces have been featured on radio programs, including This American Life since 1996,[5][6] The Savvy Traveler, Marketplace, Day to Day, All Things Considered, and NPR's Hearing Voices.[7] In 2015, Carrier began producing a podcast entitled "Home of the Brave".[8] The podcast combines original stories with work that previously aired on NPR and other radio shows.

Contributions to This American Life

• Episode 12, segment The Moment Humans Stopped Being Animals, 1996 (rebroadcast in episode 49)
• Episode 21, segment Religious Faction, 1996
• Episode 35, Fall Clearance Stories, haiku stories, 1996
• Episode 37, segment The Test, 1996 (rebroadcast in episode 181)
• Episode 40, segment Swimming Lesson, 1996
• Episode 42, segment Finding Amnesia, 1996
• Episode 45, segment Whoring in Commercial Radio News, 1996 (rebroadcast as The Friendly Man in episode 181)
• Episode 48, segment Kids, 1997
• Episode 49, segment The Moment Humans Stopped Being Animals, 1997 (rebroadcast)
• Episode 53, segment Parent and Child, 1997
• Episode 64, segment On the Green River, 1997
• Episode 77, segment Kings, 1997
• Episode 80, segment Running After Antelope, 1997
• Episode 96, segment Book of Job, 1998
• Episode 113, segment Pot of Gold, 1998
• Episode 141, segment More Powerful Than a Locomotive, 1999
• Episode 146, segment Church of Latter Day Snakes, 1999
• Episode 181, The Friendly Man, with segments The Test (rebroadcast), The Friendly Man (rebroadcast), Who Am I? What Am I Doing Here?, and The Day Mom and Dad Fell in Love, 2001. Entire show rebroadcast April 24, 2009.
• Episode 191, segment Just Three Thousand More Miles to the Beach, 2001
• Episode 195, segment Are You Ready?, 2001
• Episode 241, segment No of Course I Know You, 2003
• Episode 243, segment The Hiker and the Cowman Should be Friends, 2003
• Episode 286, segment Invisible Girl, 2005
• Episode 333, segment Am not. Are too. Am not. Are too., 2007
• Episode 551, segment The Test., 2015

Awards

In 2006 Carrier won a Peabody Award for a story titled "Crossing Borders" which was aired on Hearing Voices on NPR.[9]

In 2009 Carrier won a Fellow Award from United States Artists.[10]

References

External links

• Transom.org Bio
• Salon.com interview – May 21, 2001
• This American Life
• Transom.org blog post from Deep Wireless Festival – May 29, 2010
• Video interview with Scott Carrier on Transom.org – May 29, 2010
• Home of the Brave