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Phoebe Judge is an American journalist, best known as the host and co-creator of the podcasts Criminal and This Is Love.

Judge was born to parents Valentine and Tony Judge, and named after her aunt, Phoebe Legere. She grew up in Chicago with her three siblings, and attended university at Bennington College, graduating in 2005. She eventually started interning at a public radio station in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, which led her to enroll at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

After graduating, Judge worked for several years as a journalist for public radio, beginning with a two-and-a-half-year stint working as a reporter for Mississippi Public Broadcasting. She left to go to India to report and produce for a documentary on the country.