The Tavern Talks series with Arjun Singh, hosted at Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge, Mass., spotlights a wide array of guests, including journalists, authors, local politicians, artists, musicians and specialists of all sorts. In this talk, WGBH Reporter Cristina Quinn shares the backstory of her recent reporting on video game addiction and public health in Massachusetts. See Cristina's story, ["When A Gaming Hobby Becomes An Addiction, This Doctor May Have The Solution"](https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/01/14/gaming-when-a-hobby-becomes-an-addiction-this-local-doctor-may-have-the-solution) (Jan. 14, 2020, WGBH News)
**Cristina Quinn** got her onair start at WGBH as Weekend Edition anchor in 2010 and has done in-depth reporting on innovations in technology, health and social issues. She got bit by the radio beast when living in Japan and asked to host a local weekly radio show titled, “Let’s English!” After 3 years of teaching English to high school kids via Beatles songs, Cristina returned to the U.S. and entered the visual and media arts graduate program at Emerson College where she earned an M.A. in documentary and audio production. She holds a B.A. in journalism from UMass Amherst, where she also minored in Japanese. She grew up in Dorchester and knows what parish you’re from.
Arjun Singh joined the Washington Post in 2020, as an audio producer focused on politics. Before joining the Post, Singh worked at the NPR affiliate WGBH in Boston, where he produced the show "Boston Public Radio," and reported on politics. At WGBH, Singh reported on the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, produced the first debate between Senator Ed Markey and Representative Joe Kennedy during the 2020 Massachusetts Senate race, and has written articles about state and local politics in Massachusetts and Boston.