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Ward was known for the historical precision of his work who was playing what, who was friends with whom, what they were imbibing. In a piece on the label Paramount Records, Ward described the legendary Charlie Patton on
Fresh Airin 2015 as . a towering figure who was looked up to by most of the other Mississippi bluesmen . Once his records began to sell, Patton would load up a car with his friends, his girlfriends, his ex-girlfriends and some whiskey and head to Grafton, Wis., to record. One of those friends was [the also-now-legendary blues player and singer] Son House. The details, both incidental and integral, were typical of Ward s work.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross.She is currently
Fresh Air s Director of Talent Development. She got her start in radio in 1997 as a production assistant at WHYY and joined
Fresh Airin 1998. For over 20 years, she has focused on the show s TV and film interviews. She became a contributing interviewer in 2015, talking with comedians, actors, directors and musicians like Ali Wong, Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho and Jeff Tweedy. In 2020, Baldonado hosted the limited-run podcast
Parent Trapped, about the struggles of parenting during the pandemic. She talked to Julie Andrews about encouraging creativity in your kids, and W. Kamau Bell about what to watch with them.