the team
Lauren Chooljian is NHPR’s Politics and Policy reporter for NHPR’s State of Democracy project. Before joining NHPR in 2017, Lauren spent nearly six years as a reporter, producer and fill-in host for WBEZ in Chicago. Most recently, she covered City Hall and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration.
Jack Rodolico has spent his career in public radio and podcasting producing narrative-driven investigative journalism. Jack was the lead reporter on “A Mountain of Misconduct” and “Heroin Diaries”, both collaborations with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. He was senior reporter on “Last Seen”, a podcast from WBUR and The Boston Globe about the greatest art heist in history.
John W. Hession
Casey McDermott covers politics and policy for NHPR, with a focus on data and accountability, including extensive reporting on New Hampshire voting laws. Prior to joining NHPR, Casey worked at The Concord Monitor, where she covered the run-up to the 2016 New Hampshire primary.
Allie Gutierrez
Jason Moon is an NHPR reporter and host of the podcast Bear Brook. This is his second time covering the New Hampshire Primary.
Before coming to NHPR, Jason honed his reporting chops with a variety of public radio teams including StoryCorps, Transom.org, and WBHM in his home state of Alabama.
Josh Rogers is NHPR’s Senior Political reporter, and has been covering the New Hampshire Primary and the New Hampshire State House since 2000. Josh’s reporting regularly airs on national broadcasts of NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and he’s a frequent analyst for national media outlets.
Off the mic
Dan Barrick is NHPR’s News Director
Maureen McMurray is NHPR’s Director of Content
Rebecca Lavoie is NHPR’s Digital Director
Erika Janik is Executive Producer of NHPR’s podcast unit
Original music by Jason Moon and Lucas Anderson
Podcast graphics by Sara Plourde
Additional photography by Dan Tuohy
The Stranglehold production and editing team included: Jason Moon, Josh Rogers, Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice.
Additional reporting help from Annie Ropeik and Sarah Gibson.