Robert Krulwich
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Robert Krulwich | |
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Born | Robert Louis Krulwich August 5, 1947 |
Alma mater | Oberlin College (B.A.) Columbia University (J.D.) |
Spouse | Tamar Lewin |
Children | 2 |
Career | |
Show | Radiolab |
Station | WNYC |
Style | Host |
Country | United States |
Robert Louis Krulwich (born August 5, 1947) is an American radio and television
Background
Krulwich received his bachelor's degree in U.S. history from
From 1978 to 1985, he was the
In 1984, he joined CBS and appeared regularly on
In 1992, Krulwich appeared as a guest on the first episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[2][3] Critic Tom Shales panned Krulwich's appearance, describing him as "the Big Bird of economics."[3]
Annually through the 1990s, he hosted a semi-fictional year-in-review program called Backfire for NPR.[4] In 1995, at the invitation of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton, Krulwich recorded a live show at the White House with the rest of the “Backfire” team.[5]
In 1999, he hosted an eight-part prime-time series for ABC Nightline called Brave New World (which frequently featured his friends, They Might Be Giants, as musical guests).
In 2004, Krulwich became the host and managing editor of the innovative PBS science program
Krulwich regularly moderates discussions on scientific topics at the
He is a regular correspondent on the PBS investigative series
Krulwich has a prominent role in the 2021 feature documentary film Objects[6][7] as a proponent of recognizing the importance of seemingly useless keepsakes for their history and personal meaning.
Retirement
On December 5, 2019, Krulwich announced via the Radiolab email newsletter that he would be retiring from Radiolab, though specifying it would not be immediate.[8][9] His last episode aired on January 30, 2020.[10] Krulwich said he planned to use his retirement to work on collaborations including a documentary about Oliver Sacks with Ric Burns and a project about photographer Anand Varma's cultivation of jellyfish.[11]
Awards and honors
In his Frontline role, he has won an
also won an Emmy.He has received a multitude of other awards for his reporting, including the
TV Guide named Krulwich to its "all-star reporting team." He was included in Esquire's "Registry of Outstanding Men and Women" in 1989.
In 2010, WNYC received a
Personal life
Krulwich lives in
Krulwich is an
Controversies
Krulwich was criticized over a September 24, 2012, Radiolab segment on yellow rain and the Hmong people in which he interviewed Kao Kalia Yang and her uncle, Eng Yang, an official documenter of the Hmong experience for the Thai government. During the two-hour interview, of which less than five minutes was aired, Yang was brought to tears over "Robert's harsh dismissal of my uncle's experience." Amongst other statements regarding the controversy, Yang stated: "Everybody in the show had a name, a profession, institutional affiliation except Eng Yang, who was identified as “Hmong guy,” and me, “his niece.” The fact that I am an award-winning writer was ignored. The fact that my uncle was an official radio man and documenter of the Hmong experience to the Thai government during the war was absent." Krulwich issued an apology on September 30, 2012, writing, "I now can hear that my tone was oddly angry. That's not acceptable -- especially when talking to a man who has suffered through a nightmare in Southeast Asia that was beyond horrific."[12][13]
References
- ^ "Robert Krulwich, Co-Host of WNYC Studios' Radiolab, to Retire in January 2020". New York Public Radio. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ TV.com. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Robert Krulwich; Shanice". TV.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ a b Shales, Tom (27 May 1992). "Jay Leno, The Morning After". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1995-12-25. p. 182.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "OBJECTS". DOC NYC. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Objects Is a Documentary Beautifully Unstuck in Time - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "An Announcement from Robert Krulwich". us5.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "An Announcement from Radiolab | Radiolab". WNYC Studios. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "The Bobbys". WNYC. January 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Kalish, Jon (2020-02-06). "Post-'Radiolab,' Robert Krulwich plans many more experiments with storytelling". Current. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ The Science of Racism: Radiolab's Treatment of Hmong Experience at hyphenmagazine.com
- ^ From Robert Krulwich on Yellow Rain at Radiolab Blogland