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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How can you make big life choices — like moving or taking a new job — without money being the primary factor?
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Here & Now host Robin Young speaks with NPR's Elena Moore about how passage of President Trump's tax cut and spending bill unfolded in the House today.
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Grammarian and author Ellen Jovin has gained fame with her grammar table, answering hard questions about split infinitives and the Oxford comma.
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The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, which runs the tournament, announced they were doing away with line judges starting this year.
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After a falling tree branch paralyzed him, Google software engineer Sasha Blair-Goldensohn began helping people with disabilities navigate their cities and neighborhoods.
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Elly Gotz is a 97-year-old survivor of Germany's Dachau.
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President Trump put an end to a policy that restricted federal agents from making immigration arrests at certain locations, including schools. It's already affecting school staff, kids and parents. -
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." -
13 children have died after being left in hot cars this year. USA Today offers busy parents a trick to prevent a tragic memory lapse. -
We first met Matt Victoriano in 2012. He was struggling with PTSD and also struggling to open his own business. The day before his coffee shop/bar opens, we pay him a visit.
