First Name
A.C.
Last Name
Valdez
City, State
Washington, DC
Country
USA
Pronouns
He/him
Gender
Male
Roles
Editor
Producer
Host
Sound Designer
Composer
Tape Syncs
Formats / Genre
Interviews / Roundtable
Narrative Non-fiction / Documentary
News / Journalism
Fiction
Experimental
Languages spoken
English/Spanish
Open to relocating
No
Open to branded content?
No
More about me
A.C. Valdez is an award-winning audio producer and editor, currently working as senior editor with the Guns & America collaborative reporting project.
At the Panoply podcast network, he produced About Race, founded Vox.com’s The Ezra Klein Show and The Weeds, and recruited the team behind Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History. He was also the longtime producer for Chris Guillebeau’s Side Hustle School, one of the top-downloaded podcasts of 2017.
His work in public radio includes production of shows such as Tell Me More, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, and America Abroad. His leadership at Latino USA won the show its first Peabody Award in its 20+ year history and tripled its audience in two years.
At the Panoply podcast network, he produced About Race, founded Vox.com’s The Ezra Klein Show and The Weeds, and recruited the team behind Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History. He was also the longtime producer for Chris Guillebeau’s Side Hustle School, one of the top-downloaded podcasts of 2017.
His work in public radio includes production of shows such as Tell Me More, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, and America Abroad. His leadership at Latino USA won the show its first Peabody Award in its 20+ year history and tripled its audience in two years.
Links to website / work