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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Avihai Brodutch's wife and three young children were kidnapped and taken into Gaza after the Oct. 7 attacks. After their release, Brodutch became a fierce advocate for the remaining hostages and their families.
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When police came to Norma Nazario's home in 2023 to tell her that her 15-year-old son Zackery had died in a subway surfing accident, she was stunned to find social media videos of him riding atop NYC subway cars.
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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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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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John Hersh plays taps at the end of every day at his home on New Jersey's Long Beach Island.
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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."