Perri Peltz
Documentary Filmmaker; Journalist
Perri Peltz is a documentary filmmaker, journalist and public health advocate. She most recently co-directed and co-produced the HBO documentary news series, “Axios.” Peltz also directed or produced “Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America,” “Warning: This Drug May Kill You” about the opioid epidemic, “Risky Drinking,” “Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.” and “Prison Dogs,” all on HBO. She was co-director of “A Conversation About Growing Up Black” for The New York Times OpDocs “Conversation on Race” series. Prior to documentaries, Peltz was a journalist and anchor with NBC, ABC, and CNN and worked at the Robin Hood Foundation. She earned a doctorate in public health at Columbia University in 2023 and hosts “The Perri Peltz Show” on SiriusXM.
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The decline in trust of scientific institutions over the course of the pandemic is manifested in the number of Americans worried about the truth of scientific progress and the...
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham shares a view of Abraham Lincoln, who managed to hold the country together despite threats to democracy and the devastations of t...
It’s no secret that money in the hands of women is money well taken care of — with copious evidence to prove it. The question is how to get more money into those hands, especi...
The Biden administration’s vow to “trust the science” is admirable — but what does it truly mean? Trust in science and medical experts has been on the decline since the COVID-...
Although death is every bit as much a part of life as birth, we pretend it isn’t there. Perhaps it’s time that changed. The soon-to-be released HBO documentary Alternate Endin...
Get a behind the scenes look at the HBO documentary-news program, “Axios on HBO”, with its Executive Editor and the creative team behind the headline-making series. How did Ax...
In 2016, filmmaker/photographer Pete McBride and writer Kevin Fedarko set out on a 750-mile journey on foot through the entire length of the Grand Canyon. But their quest was...
While the politics of gun reform remain divisive, many Americans are convinced that when it comes to gun violence, something has to change. Whether it’s getting more data abou...
An opportunity to hear Axios Founder and Executive Editor Mike Allen discuss journalism and politics of the day with documentary filmmaker and journalist Perri Peltz.
As educators, parents, policymakers, and psychologists wrestle with the question of what we gain and what we give up as our reliance on technology grows by the day, digital na...
Today’s structural problems — globalization, displacement, automation — are compounded by social strains — extremism, protectionism, disinformation. New leaders must defend et...
Opioids are responsible for the worst drug epidemic ever to hit the United States. Shockingly, it is also the first one to have been “generated in the health care system,” say...
Instances of wrongful convictions, misconduct by some prosecutors, public concern over mass incarceration, and evidence of racial bias in our justice system have appropriately...
Meet and talk with two women helping to lead the charge and empower parents, schools, and communities against gun violence — often without even using the word “gun.”
Published studies have documented the many physical and mental health benefits of meditation, including decreased pain, better immune function, less anxiety and depression, a...