Episode 608: Robby Soave, Author of Panic Attack
Robby Soave is a senior editor at Reason. He enjoys writing about culture, politics, education policy, criminal justice reform, television, and video games. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, U.S. News & World Report, The Orange County Register, and The Detroit News. In 2016, Forbes named him to the “30 Under 30” list in the category of law and policy. In 2017, he became a Novak Fellow at The Fund for American Studies. He also serves on the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Soave won widespread recognition for setting the record straight in two infamous cases of media malpractice: the 2014 Rolling Stone hoax article about sexual assault at the University of Virginia, and the 2019 incident involving Catholic high school students at the Lincoln Memorial. He won a Southern California Journalism Award for discrediting the former; his writings about the latter prompted several mainstream media outlets to apologize for having wrongly smeared the boys.A Detroit native, and a graduate of the University of Michigan, Soave now lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Carrie, and their two Yorkies, Caesar and Oliver.
Robby Soave
Episode 608: Nicole Alexandra, The Singing Violinist
Nicole exuded a great passion for music early in life. At age four, she began playing on a miniature keyboard and her initial fascination instantly turned into a deep love. Nicole began formal piano lessons the following year, studying classical music. She also displayed an effortless interest in a variety of artistic outlets; including painting, writing poetry or lyrics and dancing. Studying at Berklee College of Music was an amazing time of her life from 2010-2012. She studied with renowned teachers and songwriters and received her BA in Songwriting in December of 2012. Nicole made a goal to listen to one new artist each day in all genres of music. She still doesn't go a day without doing this.Practicing diligently, Nicole’s efforts were rewarded when she won the Charlottesville, VA CMTA-YOCA piano concerto competition performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Major. The youngest to ever win this competition to date, at only age 12, she was rewarded by performing the concerto for an audience of more than 1,000 at Old Cabell Hall in the University of Virginia. This experience profoundly touched and motivated Nicole to embrace a commitment to share music with others and pursue a career in music.
As a teenager, Nicole devoted countless hours to writing, recording and performing live shows. Between the ages of fourteen to sixteen, she was in the studio daily, self-producing her original songs. Drawing from a diverse list of genres - soul, hip hop, funk, rock, pop and r&b music - Nicole crafts an authentic and sincere sound that appeals across stylistic boundaries. The majority of Nicole’s inspiration comes from personal experiences. Her songwriting has always been a “huge part of my healing process.” She hopes her lyrics offer solace to those who have also experienced and overcome struggles. Her rich, soulful vocal style radiates a warmth of spirit that mends the broken heart. Her newest released EP titled Dark Moon, is now on sale on iTunes, Amazon, on nicolealexandramusic.com and more.
In addition, Nicole coaches students and teaches private and group voice, violin, piano, and songwriting/composition lessons for all ages and levels. In 2014 alone, she performed over 200 weddings, functions and club gigs as lead vocalist of Good Will and Them Apples band of Sugarbabies Inc. Now she has committed more time to write and compose music daily before going into the studio to create her next album while still focusing on helping others achieve their dreams too.
Nicole Alexandra
