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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Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling gives his perspective on the objectives of the U.S. military and how long the war may last. -
Althea Gibson was a pioneer in women's sports, known for breaking the color barrier in tennis and the Ladies Professional Golf Association, as well as her victories at the U.S. Open, French Open and Wimbledon in the late 1950s. -
Her childhood, the girls who bullied her and the politics of the last several decades have influenced her career and writing. -
Senate Democrats are vowing to block funding to ICE unless Republicans agree to put in place some restraints. If a deal isn't reached by the end of the week, there will be a partial government shutdown. -
The film, based on Helen Macdonald's memoir of the same name, is about channeling grief into the training of a goshawk. -
Author Jeff Kinney and his wife Julie opened a bookstore called An Unlikely Story. Now, a beer garden is scheduled to open this spring, with other projects planned. -
Cafeteria manager Jason Smith didn't have any formal culinary training, but he did have a dream: to be a star. And now he's "happier than possum eating a sweet tater pie."
