bio

 

photo by daniel garber, mustachioed man by parsa kamali

I’m a producer & writer based in Brooklyn, born in Massachusetts. Currently, I’m a senior producer at Pushkin Industries, where I write & host on The Last Archive, a historical podcast created by Jill Lepore, and Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History. My most recent project is a nine-part series with Gladwell on the 1936 Nazi Olympics.

I write about history, technology, music, and films. I graduated from Harvard with a degree in History & Literature and a secondary in Mind/Brain/Behavior. As a musician, I have written scores for BBC radio and documentary film. 

You can reach me at bhafrey at gmail.com, or on twitter, linkedin, and my newsletter.