E127 Emma Lehman: Knowing when to go down the rabbit hole

Emma Lehman is an independent podcast producer, investigative journalist, researcher, and scriptwriter. She produced, wrote, and hosted Gooned, a multi-award-winning limited-series investigative podcast about the Troubled Teen Industry, and is also the creator of the Texas Twiggy podcast.

She graduated from UCLA in 2022 with a B.A. in English and minors in Global Studies and Professional Writing.Emma grew up outside of Washington, D.C., and now lives in Los Angeles with a cranky asthmatic cat named Garlic. When she's not making a podcast, she's usually embroidering, roller skating, or eating pickles straight from the jar.