Jessica Wapner

About Jessica Wapner

A journalist who writes about science with a human lens, I have bylines in The New Yorker, the New York Times, Wired, Popular Science, Discover, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Scientific American, and elsewhere. I also served as the science editor for Newsweek. I am the writer, reporter and co-host, with Elle Fanning, of the podcast One Click. A production of Cadence13, Vespucci Group and Lewellen Pictures, One Click tells the story of how a World War I explosive became a deadly diet drug. I am also a freelance producer with Freakonomics MD, a new podcast by Freakonomics Radio. My first book, “The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level,” was published in 2013 by The Experiment and was named a top-ten nonfiction book for that year by the Wall Street Journal. I am also the author of \"Wall Disease: The Psychological Toll of Life Against the Border,\" published in September 2020, and the collaborating writer of \"The End of Food Allergy,\" also published in the fall of 2020. For more about my writing work, please visit my website: http://jessicawapner.com

Experience

1. Producer

   Freakonomics

   Jul 2021 — Present

   Producer with Freakonomics MD, a new show by Freakonomics Radio