Brady Carlson has been making radio for as long as he can remember.
“I have cassette tapes of myself trying to act like a radio host when I was five and got a tape recorder for my birthday,” he said.
From there, Brady’s radio journey took him to high school and college stations. After a brief career detour as a school teacher and librarian, he joined the staff at New Hampshire Public Radio, where he worked for more than a decade.
Brady joined WPR as host of “All Things Considered” in 2016. You can hear him read the news from all over the state on the WPR News network from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. every weekday.
He loves working in journalism and public media because it’s a way to help people out, he said.
“Every day, we get to tell people what’s happening, what it means, what questions might come up in the future,” he said. “And that feels good, you know?”
When he’s not considering all of the things, Brady enjoys reading, cooking, traveling, podcasting, writing and playing music. In his book Dead Presidents, he takes readers on a journey to presidential gravesites, monuments and memorials all across the country.
Still, he admits that he ends up spending most of his off time chasing after the young people in his house. Lately, his family has been watching the beloved crime drama “Columbo.”
– Bridgit Bowden, Special Projects Reporter
