Tally Abecassis is a documentary filmmaker and podcast producer. Currently, she is a producer for the New York Times Audio.Abecassis created and hosted the podcast "First Day Back," worked on TV series in both English and French, and was the founder and host of the live storytelling series This Really Happened. Her first book, "Barbershops," was published in 2005.Abecassis graduated from Concordia University with a specialization in Communications Studies.