Ben Yagoda is a writer and educator. He is the host of the podcast "The Lives They're Living."In 2018, Yagoda retired from his position as a professor of journalism and English at the University of Delaware. Before becoming a teacher, he was a film critic for the Philadelphia Daily News and an editor for Philadelphia and other magazines.Yagoda's work has appeared in Slate, the New York Times Book Review and Magazine, The American Scholar, Rolling Stone, and Esquire. He has authored, coauthored, or edited fourteen books.