Robin Young
Robin Young is the award-winning host of Here & Now. Under her leadership, Here & Now has established itself as public radio's indispensable midday news magazine: hard-hitting, up-to-the-moment and always culturally relevant.
A Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Robin has been a correspondent for ABC, NBC, CBS, and the Discovery Channel. She is a former guest host of The Today Show on NBC, and one of the first hosts on Boston's ground-breaking television show, Evening Magazine.
Robin has received five Emmy Awards for her television work, as well as two CableACE Awards, the Religious Public Relations Council's Wilbur Award, the National Conference of Christians and Jews Gold Award, and numerous regional Edward R. Murrow awards.
A native of Long Island, Robin holds a bachelor's degree from Ithaca College. She has lived and worked in Manhattan, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, but considers Boston her hub. Follow Robin on Twitter, @hereandnowrobin and like the show, Here & Now on Facebook.
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Tuesday marks two years since Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage. In response, Israeli forces launched a war in Gaza and have killed more than 67,000 Palestinians.
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John Hersh plays taps at the end of every day at his home on New Jersey's Long Beach Island.
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Horror master Stephen King's adaptation uses images by the late illustrator Maurice Sendak.
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At the turn of the 20th century, society seemingly became obsessed with the idea of life on Mars.
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Host Robin Young spoke with Brian Wilson back in 2002.
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Two consecutive Israeli airstrikes killed 22 people, including five journalists, at Nasser Hospital.
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Bruce Morrow helped introduce The Beatles 60 years ago when the British band kicked off a new era in rock 'n' roll by headlining at Shea Stadium on Aug. 15, 1965, in New York City.
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The White House said it wants to ensure the museums show the "unity, progress and enduring values that define the American story."
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'Here One Moment' by Liane Moriarty highlights the inner lives — and deaths — of airplane passengers"Here One Moment" tells the story of plane passengers who are told by a mysterious woman when and how they will die.
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The book centers around three half-Japanese, half-British sisters who have returned to their childhood home in coastal Japan to deal with a family crisis.