Summary: <p><span>As part of our goodbye to <em>The Takeaway</em>, Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with the beautiful folks behind the scenes who make the show happen every day! Today, we're highlighting the work of producer, <a href="https://twitter.com/monic_ughhh">Monica Morales-Garcia</a></span>, <span>by listening back to a few of her favorite segments:</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/black-maternal-health-weeks-comes-end">"Black Maternal Health Week Comes to an End"</a><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/hospice-care-plagued-exploitation">"Hospice Care Is Plagued by Exploitation"</a><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/brittney-johnson-spellbinding">"Brittney Johnson is Spellbinding"</a><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/keyla-monterroso-mejia-taking-lead">"Keyla Monterroso Mejia is Taking the Lead"</a><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/who-speaks-non-english">"Now, Who Speaks [non-English]?</a></p> <ul>"</ul> <p> Monica joined <em>The Takeaway </em>in 2022, after a year-long audio fellowship at the Peabody Award-winning show<span> </span><a href="https://www.latinousa.org/reporter/monica-morales-garcia/"><em>Latino USA</em></a>, t<span>he longest running national Latino news and cultural public radio program. Where she produced long-form narrative stories like, "</span><a href="https://www.latinousa.org/2022/04/22/chisme/">Chisme: An Ancestral Language</a>," and "<a href="https://www.latinousa.org/2022/09/23/littleblackdress/">The Little Black Dress: A Hidden History</a>."</p> <p>As an independent journalist and producer Monica has worked on, <a href="https://www.latinousa.org/2023/05/05/30years/">30 Años: An Oral History of Latino USA</a>, and has produced and fact-checked at<span> </span><em><a href="https://ourbodypolitic.com/">Our Body Politic</a>,<span> </span></em>the public radio show created and hosted Farai Chideya. </p> <p> </p>
