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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Democrat Colin Allred is running in the primary for a Senate seat next year that's held by Republican Sen. John Cornyn.
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Rep. Seth Moulton has spoken publicly about death threats against him and his family.
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, some Americans have lost their jobs for their posts about the killing on social media.
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Robert Redford starred in "The Sting," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "Out of Africa," and dozens of other movies.
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Fifteen years since Downton Abbey first swept viewers away, the long-running and loved television and movie story of the Crawley family has come to an end with a new film, "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale."
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Liz Stein, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking, about what she and other survivors hope to accomplish after their high-profile news conference on the Capitol steps on Wednesday.
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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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The new film "A Little Prayer" tells the story of the bond between a North Carolina father and daughter-in-law.