Isabel Zacharias
Host of Takin' Off, the weekday afternoon show on KMHD Jazz Radio.
Isabel Zacharias is a radio DJ, writer and musician from Kansas. She hosts Takin' Off, the weekday afternoon show on KMHD Jazz Radio, and her arts journalism bylines have appeared at OPB, NPR Music, Willamette Week and Eugene Weekly. She writes and self-publishes poetry and fronts an indie folk-rock band called Babytooth.
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