Jad Abumrad

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Jad Abumrad is an American radio host and producer. He has reported and produced documentaries for a number of local and National Public Radio programs, including On the Media, PRI's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and WNYC's "24 Hours at the Edge of Ground Zero". [1] He currently hosts and produces Radio Lab on WNYC.

Abumrad was raised in Tennessee, where his father, Dr. Naji Abumrad, is a doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. (Dr. Abumrad is featured on the Radio Lab episode entitled "Placebo."[2]) He attended Oberlin College, where he studied creative writing and music composition. Before entering radio, he wrote music for films.[3] He has said that his background in music has influenced the way he experiments with sound in Radio Lab.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Abumrad, Jad. "About the Staff". Retrieved on 2007-05-31. 
  2. ^ Radio Lab, "Placebo," Show 301, Friday, May 18, 2007.[1]
  3. ^ Abumrad, Jad. "About the Staff". Retrieved on 2007-05-31. 
  4. ^ The Sound of Young America: Podcast: RadioLab's Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich