Dan Gediman is a long-time public radio producer whose work has been heard on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace, Jazz Profiles, and This American Life. During his long radio career, he has won many of public broadcasting’s most prestigious awards including the duPont-Columbia Award. Dan is the Executive Director of This I Believe, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Louisville that produces the popular podcast series of the same name as well the Webby Award-winning website thisibelieve.org. He has co-edited nine This I Believe books, including the New York Times Bestseller This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. Dan also produced the Audible documentary series The Home Front: Life in America During World War II, which is narrated by Martin Sheen and was nominated for two Audie Awards.

Dan is also the Executive Director of another non-profit organization, Reckoning, Inc., whose mission is to examine the legacy of slavery in America, especially in Kentucky, and to create ways for communities to engage with this information through research projects, media productions, educational curricula, online content, and other means. Among their projects are two documentary series, The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America and The Copperhead Conspiracy: A Forgotten Tale of Treason and Insurrection.

Dan is also a performing songwriter with four albums of original music released. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife Mary Jo.