Brady Huggett.

Brady Huggett

Former features editor
The Transmitter

Brady Huggett was features editor at The Transmitter, where he wrote and edited features and long-form projects, from 2022 to 2026. He is also the creator and host of the “Synaptic” podcast. Before joining The Transmitter he served as business editor at Nature Biotechnology, and prior to that was the managing editor of BioWorld.

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Spectrum

Sylvia Fogel, reshaping U.S. autism research strategy

By Brady Huggett
17 September 2026 | 77 min watch
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When autistic kids grow up Microphone

When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 5: The war dial

By Brady Huggett
2 July 2026 | 42 min listen
Photo collage featuring a portrait of Tempest McDonald.
When autistic kids grow up Microphone

When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 4: How did things unfold?

By Brady Huggett
25 June 2026 | 27 min listen
Photo collage featuring Tempest McDonald.
When autistic kids grow up Microphone

When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 3: Would there be data?

By Brady Huggett
18 June 2026 | 27 min listen
Photo collage of Tempest McDonald.
When autistic kids grow up Microphone

When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 2: “You need to go to college”

By Brady Huggett
11 June 2026 | 28 min listen

Education

  • M.A. in creative writing, The New School
  • M.A. in journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • B.S. in biology from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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