Shows I’ve hosted

“Gripping and extensively reported investigation of corruption and sexual abuse within the lucrative recovery industry that sought accountability despite legal pressure.” - Pulitzer Prize board

“True crime, especially in podcasts, is an overdone and borderline cringe-worthy genre, but this investigative series from New Hampshire Public Radio (the same station that put out Bear Brook) explores the addiction treatment industry and its massive failings in a manner that respects survivors and avoids sensationalist tropes.” - Vogue

“With extraordinary sensitivity, Chooljian shows how coping with newfound sobriety in a twelve-step setting—with vulnerability and a willingness to share personal stories—can also lead to manipulation.” - The New Yorker

“The 13th Step gives a high-level dissertation on intimidation in sexual-assault cases.” - The Atlantic

“Thoughtful and compelling personal storytelling.” - Vogue

2024 duPont Columbia award winner

2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist, audio reporting

2024 Ambie winner, Best Reporting

“The podcaster Lauren Chooljian has irked some people in the state with “Stranglehold,” a close look at an all-important contest.” - The New York Times

“A hatchet job.” Joe McQuaid, The New Hampshire Union Leader

A “novel journalistic development” that has “never” been done before. - James Pindell, The Boston Globe

“This is not a podcast that makes a fetish of passing along the latest poll results. What it does provide is an almost novelistic portrait of the relationship between the state’s residents and the primary that turns them into cable-news quarry every four years.” - The New York Times

2020 regional Edward R Murrow award winner