Krulwich Retiring After Half Century In Journalism

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After 15 years as the co-host of WNYC Studios’ Radiolab, and a five-decade career in print, television, and radio journalism, Robert Krulwich has announced in a statement that he will retire from the show in January 2020.

Krulwich joined forces with Radiolab creator Jad Abumrad in 2002, and it started as a five-episode seasonal program that aired locally in New York on WNYC. Today, it is a two-time Peabody Award-winning, nationally syndicated weekly show that airs on 589 public radio stations, and is consistently one of the top-downloaded podcasts globally.

“When we set up shop years ago, the idea was to create a space where hard, hard subjects that nobody would think of as entertainment could be — well, entertaining. And disturbing. And absorbing. Against the odds, and against our expectations, the thing took off,” said Robert Krulwich in his statement.

“Robert’s been my collaborator and co-host slash soulmate slash playmate slash studio-mate for 17 years,” said Abumrad. “We’ve shared so many late-night edits, three-hour tracking sessions, pre-live show jitters, and greasy diner meals that got a little too confessional and sometimes a little too argumentative. And in the process, we built a show together.”

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  1. Years ago, we opened our doors with the intention of providing a venue where serious, weighty topics that no one would consider amusing might really be that. as well as unsettling. Also fascinating. It took off against the odds and our low expectations,” Robert Krulwich stated.

  2. After 15 years as the co-host of WNYC Studios’ Radiolab, and a five-decade career in print, television, and radio journalism, Robert Krulwich has announced in a statement that he will retire from the show in January 2020.

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