Laine Kaplan-Levenson is a producer and reporter for NPR's Throughline podcast.Previously, Kaplan-Levenson was the host and producer of WWNO's history podcasts "TriPod: New Orleans at 300" and political podcast "Sticky Wicket."Before that, Kaplan-Levenson was an environmental reporter, covering land loss, fisheries, water management, and other issues of the Louisiana coast for WWNO's Coastal Desk.Kaplan-Levenson has contributed to NPR, This American Life, Marketplace, Latino USA, Oxford American, Here and Now, The World, 70 Million, and Nancy. They served as a host and producer of Last Call, a multiracial collective of queer artists and archivists, and freelanced as a storytelling and podcast consultant, workshop instructor, and facilitator of student-produced audio projects.Kaplan-Levenson is also the founder and host of the live storytelling series, "Bring Your Own." They like to play music and occasionally DJ under the moniker DJ Swimteam.Kaplan-Levenson received their B.A. in American Studies, Film Studies, and Music from Brandeis University, where they also worked at the college radio station.