abandoned Creators & Guests

​Blake Pfeil is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist. He is:* full-time Operations & Programs Manager at TMI Project* producer of The TMI Project Story Hour (winner, International Women's Podcast Award) * host of the intergenerational community dialogue program "The Pfeil File" on Radio Kingston/WKNY (107.9 FM/1490 AM in the Hudson Valley, NY) * coordinator of the Radio Kingston Community Podcast Program* associate producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways, a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities​His current passion project is All-American Ruins, a multimedia travelogue that recounts his experiences exploring abandoned spaces across the world through fantastical multimodal storytelling. The podcast arm of the project, 'abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast,' was an Official Select at On Air Fest 2023, winner of the Top of the Rockies – Best of Podcasts (2023), and recently nominated for Best Indie Podcast at the Ambies (2024). All-American Ruins was also shortlisted for the Elevate Creatives Fund in 2023 and at the UK International Radio Drama Festival in 2024.Prior to his work in audio storytelling, Blake co-founded Macabre Americana, wrote and performed the solo folk music piece The BBC: 1970, and worked as theatre and music maker in performance projects worldwide, with stints in The Netherlands, Mexico, South Korea, as well as professional stage credits at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Huntington Theatre Company, New Rep, Company One, and more. MA, Purchase CollegeBFA, Emerson CollegeAlumni, SUNY Stony Brook's Audio Podcast FellowshipMember, Actor's Equity + BMI