Anthony Wallace
Producer, The FinestAnthony Wallace is the producer of The Finest, a documentary and interview style podcast that covers the people, stories and art that are redefining culture in San Diego.
He produced two documentary podcast series for KJZZ, Phoenix’s NPR member station, and his audio and written work has been published by BBC, NPR, Associated Press, and The Guardian. He lived and worked in 2023 in Mexico and Peru, where he covered migration, history, and culture stories for a variety of outlets.
Anthony grew up in the Phoenix area and studied philosophy at Northern Arizona University before earning a master’s degree from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism. In 2021, he received an Edward R. Murrow award for a podcast series about the American juvenile justice system.
In his free time Anthony makes music, hikes, and eats adventurously.
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San Diego once had a streetcar network connecting downtown to neighborhoods including North Park, City Heights, Mission Beach and La Jolla. We explore how the rise of the automobile reshaped development in the region and changed how people move through the city today. -
San Diego skateboarder Brandon Turner moved up quickly in the sport, moving from local skate spots to major sponsorships and world tours. From skateboarding prodigy to rock bottom, now he's redefining addiction recovery and constantly evolving his understanding of control, identity and success. -
What does Iran look like beyond conflict? Iranian American artists here in San Diego use sculpture, storytelling and tradition to share a fuller picture of culture, memory and home. -
A pencil, a vintage stove, even Chekov's gun. In theater, every object tells a story. Longtime prop supervisor Deb Hatch takes us behind the scenes at La Jolla Playhouse to reveal how props shape performances, define characters and bring new works to life. -
Ahmad Joudeh once danced under the threat of ISIS in a Syrian refugee camp. Now he performs on world stages. He shares how survival became art, how he reclaimed his story and what it takes to live fully as a dancer. -
Scientists say we’ve barely scratched the surface when it comes to understanding and mapping the plants around us. In this episode, we meet the everyday people using an app called iNaturalist to help discover, document and protect biodiversity — sometimes even ending up in scientific papers.
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This weekend's worldwide City Nature Challenge pits cities against each other with a shared goal — documenting the plants and animals around us. Local botanists and scientists say San Diegans’ participation helps build a growing data set of community observations. -
CHP officers assigned to these Crime Suppression Teams are expected to saturate high-crime areas, target repeat offenders and seize illicit weapons and narcotics. -
"Fashioning an Icon" explores the use of the Virgin of Guadalupe in fashion, textiles and adornment in Mexico and the San Diego border region. The exhibit includes work by locals Claudia Rodríguez-Biezunski, Diana Benavídez and Arianna Ytselle alongside nearly 70 Mexican artists. It is on view April 5 through Sept. 7.
- Why doesn’t the San Diego trolley system have fare gates?
- California calls this company a charity. It’s the landlord for an ICE detention center
- County supervisors to consider closing San Pasqual Academy, again
- Long lines welcome reopening of iconic Las Cuatro Milpas in Barrio Logan
- San Diego’s latest budget proposal restores some rec center, library funds while maintaining other cuts