Elise Hu — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Video and a Gracie Award for the NPR video series Elise Tries.
Podcast Host at TED Conferences since 2020.
Co-Founder of the podcast production company Reasonable Volume, LLC, established in 2020.
Author of 'Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital,' published in May 2023.
Co-hosts the podcast Forever35 and serves as host-at-large for NPR.
Serves on the board of directors for Grist.org and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Earned a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 2003.

Biography

Elise Hu is an American broadcast journalist, podcaster, and author. She currently hosts the TED Talks Daily podcast and is the co-founder of Reasonable Volume, LLC, a podcast production company established in 2020. Hu also co-hosts the podcast Forever35 and serves as a host-at-large for NPR, where she fills in on programs such as It's Been a Minute.