November 14, 2008, 4:56 p.m. - TMN Talks

Question 14: How did you and Robert meet?

We met randomly. I was between jobs and working odds and ends at the station. The station manager, Mikel Ellcessor, handed me a list of people to record for fundraising spots. Robert was on the list. We intially bonded on the fact that we both went to Oberlin, both worked at NPR, both worked at WBAI. And so we began to have breakfast a lot. About a year later, we decided to work together.

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The son of a scientist and a doctor, Radio Lab Co-Host Jad Abumrad did most of his growing up in Tennessee, before studying creative writing and music composition at Oberlin College in Ohio. Following graduation, Abumrad wrote music for films, and reported and produced documentaries for a variety 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”. The Ring & I, an insightful, funny, and lyrical look at the enduring power of Wagner’s Ring Cycle which he produced and hosted, aired nationally and internationally and earned ten awards, including the prestigious 2005 National Headliner Grand Award in Radio.

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