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TODD MELBY works at MPR News. A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere: The Untold Story of the Making of ‘Fargo’, his book about the Coen Brothers’ masterpiece, was published by MNHS Press.
He’s also a podcast producer. In recent years, he’s written and edited multiple episodes of Us & Them, a podcast exploring culture issues that too often divide us.
Black Gold Boom, his public media series on North Dakota’s oil boom, featured stories of hope and despair. A television documentary with the same name aired on PBS stations nationwide.
Spirit and Body Willing: Sex Over Age 70 and Death’s Footprint, radio documentaries he co-produced with Diane Richard, won national Edward R. Murrow awards.
He lives in Minnesota.