About

Mythili G. Rao is a producer at The Takeaway, a live, nationally syndicated morning news show produced by WNYC Radio and Public Radio International in collaboration with The New York Times, BBC World Service, and WGBH Boston.  Before joining New York Public Radio, she worked on CNN’s New York assignment desk. Her first job in New York was on a Discovery Channel production about serial killers.

Mythili has reviewed books for Publishers Weekly for over five years. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Boston Review, The New York Observer, Words Without Borders, The Daily Beast/Newsweek, The Millions, and other publications.  She majored in English and Political & Social Thought at the University of Virginia, and holds a Master’s degree in English Language & Literature from New York University.

contact: mrao@thetakeaway.org