Michael Krasny (talk show host)

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Michael Krasny

Show	Forum
Station(s)	KQED-FM, Sirius
Time slot	09:00 - 11:00 Monday-Thursday
Style	Presenter
Country	United States
Previous show(s)	KGO (AM) - Nightfocus KRON-TV - Take Issue NPR - Talk of the Nation

Michael Krasny is the host and senior editor of KQED-FM radio's award-winning Forum, a news and public affairs program that covers politics, culture, the arts, health, business and technology. Krasny has served as the host of Forum since 1993.

Since 1970, Krasny has been a professor of English at San Francisco State University. He is a widely published scholar and critic as well as a former regular contributor to Mother Jones magazine and a fiction writer. He has also worked widely as a facilitator and host in the corporate sector and as a moderator for nonprofit events.

Krasny received his B.A. cum laude in 1966 and M.A. in 1967 from Ohio University, where he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He holds a Ph.D. in twentieth century American literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.