Alex Lewis
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About Alex
Alex's Portfolio
I was lead producer of a team at Pushkin Industries that developed Malcolm Gladwell's 2019 bestseller into an enhanced audiobook that includes interviews, archival tape, and an original score.
In 2019, I helped sound design and mix this podcast series for Magnificent Noise. Iconic couples therapist Esther Perel brings new perspective to the invisible forces that shape workplace connections, conflict and dynamics through one-time therapy sessions with coworkers, cofounders and colleagues.
Narrated by Emmy Award–winning actor Martin Sheen, The Home Front: Life in America During World War II takes listeners into the lives of Americans at home—part of the Greatest Generation—who supported the war effort and sustained the country during wartime. The war brought immediate, life-changing shifts: the rationing of meat, dairy products, and sugar; an explosion of war-related jobs; and, despite mixed signals, a greater role for women working outside the home. I was part of a team of producers that made this audio documentary series with Audible. I wrote and produced episodes 3 & 9.
Hosted by GRAMMY-winning gospel singer CeCe Winans, Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul illustrates the influence of Black gospel on early rock and soul music through in-depth interviews with historians and musicians, and a backdrop of gospel, rock and soul music. The series explores the history and foundation of Black gospel from spirituals, and how those songs informed the music of the great gospel quartets. In examining how rock, soul, and R&B grew from the roots of gospel, it highlights highly influential artists such as Sam Cooke, who transitioned from gospel to secular music; Sister Rosetta Tharpe and her early rock stylings; and Elvis Presley, who helped expose white audiences to gospel music. I was this documentary series' Senior Producer and led a small team that created a four-part public radio special that aired nationally on public radio stations.
Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio is an audio documentary I co-wrote & produced with Yowei Shaw in 2014. It was underwritten by Mighty Writers and it won a National Edward R. Murrow Award in 2015. Starting in the 1950s, Black radio stations around the country became the pulse of African-American communities, and served as their megaphone during the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. "Going Black" examines the legacy of Black radio, with a special focus on the legendary WDAS in Philadelphia. Hosted by Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) music producer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Kenny Gamble, a 1-hour version and 2-hour version of this documentary special are both available.
Every ZIP Philadelphia was a community storytelling project with the goal of taking WHYY to all 48 ZIP codes in Philadelphia. I was Lead Producer of this project and worked closely with WHYY station collaborator Jeanette Woods. Through radio stories, photo essays, public events, and more, Every ZIP Philadelphia worked with community residents and organizations to create a documentary portrait of Philadelphia across space, medium, and time. The goal is to give Philadelphia residents a chance to see and hear each other in new ways; to get residents to rep ZIP code pride, meet new neighbors, and learn about issues they didn't even know existed - in other parts of the city and in their own backyards. Every ZIP Philadelphia was a production of WHYY and Finding America, a national initiative produced by AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio.
Experience
Skills
- Mixing
- Tape Syncs
- Story Editing
- Sound Design
- Show Development
- Scrubbing and Audio Editing
- Scoring
- Research
- Reporting
- Producing
- Mentoring
- Interviewing
- Field Recording
- Field Producing
- Budgeting
- Audio Engineering
Equipment
- Sound Devices Mix-Pre 3
- Tascam 100 mkii
- Shure VP 88, Rode NTG-2, and more
- Pro Tools & Hindenburg Journalist Pro