From Intern to Producer of The Jerry Springer Show in One Season

and then I did this · Oct 7, 2026 · 46m

She drove to Chicago for a job she didn't get. One season later, she was a producer on The Jerry Springer Show.

Reena Friedman Watts was a small-town girl from Kentucky chasing a radio job. When it fell through, she spotted a flyer for Jerry Springer Show interns in the same courtyard, called her dad, and walked into NBC Tower two weeks later.

Then years later she started over again. More than once.

If you feel stuck in your career and wonder whether it's too late to pivot, this conversation with host LuRae Lumpkin is a permission slip with a plan attached.

You'll hear:

• What Reena watched…