Rachel Swaby

Rachel is a recovering print journalist-turned audio producer. When she wrote for magazines, her work appeared in Wired, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and others. Her feature for Runner's World on the journey of a man who ran around the world earned her a nomination for a National Magazine Award. In 2016, she launched Runner’s World magazine’s podcasting arm. She was the creator and host of Human Race, a longform narrative podcast by Runner's World, and she helped develop The Runner’s World Show. Rachel’s also an author: Her first book, Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science—and the World, was published by Broadway Books in 2015. Her second book (based on an episode of Human Race), is about a 13-year old girl who broke the women's marathon record in 1967. Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women's Running Revolutionary was published by FSG in October, 2019. Rachel registers a quiet volume, but she gives talks about women in science, appearing previously at the National Book Festival, MIT, Stanford, and on CBS’ Face the Nation.