Jonquilyn Hill
Host, The Weeds
Jonquilyn Hill is the host of The Weeds, Vox’s podcast for politics and policy discussions. Prior to joining Vox she was a senior producer for WAMU and NPR’s 1A, where she was a member of the team that helped launch the show and produced segments on everything from Cardi B to the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. While at WAMU she also created and hosted Through The Cracks, a podcast that examined the systems in place that led to the disappearance of 8-year-old Relisha Rudd from a DC homeless shelter. Prior to that, she worked on NPR’s 2016 Elections Desk, NY1, and NBC’s Washington bureau.
You can listen to The Weeds here or join The Weeds’ Facebook community for conversation around each episode.
Latest articles by Jonquilyn Hill
What if you were legally allowed to only ever have $2,000 in financial assets at one time?
“There’s nothing inherently wrong with Black people. There is something very, very wrong with the systems that we are forced to live under or within.”
How America has made it harder for Black people to marry.
Don’t let climate doom win.
Fani Willis wants a trial in six months. That could be an ambitious timeline.
The unprecedented ruling in Montana could signal a changing tide.
What Keke Palmer, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Jonah Hill tell us about how we talk about gender online.
How school reinforces inequalities between Black children and their peers.
Our roads are deadly. Here’s how the secretary of transportation says we can fix them.
The Ohio train derailment has put a spotlight on freight companies, rail safety, and how to prevent the next environmental disaster.