Robert Krulwich Biography
Robert Krulwich is an American radio and television journalist who is presently a scientific correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the show Radiolab. He has worked for ABC, CBS, National Public Radio, and Pacifica as a full-time employee.
How old is Robert Krulwich?-Age
He is 75 years old as of August 2022. Rob was born Robert Louis Krulwich on August 5, 1947, in the United States of America.
Robert Krulwich Education
Krulwich graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor’s degree in US history in 1969 and from Columbia Law School with a Juris Doctorate in 1974.
Robert Krulwich Wife- Children
Krulwich is happily married to his wife, Tamar Lewin, a national reporter for The New York Times. They have two children: Jesse and Nora Ann. The family lives in New York City and Shelter Island, New York.
Robert Krulwich Career
He has worked for ABC, CBS, National Public Radio, and Pacifica as a full-time employee. He has contributed to ABC’s Nightline and World News Tonight, as well as PBS’ Frontline, NOVA, and NOW with Bill Moyers. He was dubbed “the most inventive network reporter in television” by TV Guide, and New York Magazine described him as “the man who simplifies without being simple.”He was NPR’s business and economics correspondent from 1978 to 1985. Among his other artistic endeavors was the recording of an opera titled “Rato Interesso” to explain interest rates. He then became the host of the PBS arts series Edge.
He joined CBS in 1984 and has since been on This Morning, 48 Hours, and Nightwatch with Charlie Rose. He co-anchored the CBS show America Tonight during the Gulf War. He joined ABC in 1994. Krulwich was a guest on the debut episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1992. Krulwich’s presence was lambasted by critic Tom Shales, who referred to him as “the Big Bird of economics.” Throughout the 1990s, he hosted a semi-fictional year-in-review program for NPR called Backfire. Krulwich and the rest of the “Backfire” team taped a live concert at the White House in 1995, at the invitation of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton.
In 1999, he hosted an eight-part prime-time series called Brave New World for ABC Nightline (which regularly featured his colleagues from They Might Be Giants as musical guests). Krulwich took over as host and managing editor of the pioneering PBS science show NOVA scienceNOW in 2004. The show frequently handled science issues that were thought to be too complicated for television, sometimes using cartoons and musical production pieces to illustrate esoteric concepts. Krulwich re-established a partnership with NPR in 2005, where he made regular contributions to many science-related programs while continuing to produce occasional parts for ABC News. With multiple projects on the go at the time, Krulwich chose to discontinue his involvement on NOVA scienceNOW after only five episodes.
Krulwich moderates scientific talks at New York City’s 92nd Street Y on a regular basis. His YMHA speeches have included such luminaries as Brian Greene and James D. Watson. He is a frequent contributor to the PBS investigative series Frontline. Krulwich fills in for the hosts of NPR’s magazine series, and he co-hosted the Radiolab program with Jad Abumrad from mid-2004 to January 2020. Krulwich appears as a proponent of understanding the worth of seemingly insignificant treasures for their history and personal meaning in the 2021 feature documentary film Objects.
Robert Krulwich Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 2 million dollars.
