1. Bob Boilen was the host and creator of NPR's online music show All Songs Considered and the co-creator of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts, a series originally conceived of by NPR's Stephen Thompson.
13 Facts About Bob Boilen
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Bob Boilen retired from NPR in October 2023 after 35 years.
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Since 2021, Boilen has hosted the weekly show My Tiny Morning Show on WOWD-LP.
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Bob Boilen will become the station's program director in June 2024.
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In 1978, Bob Boilen played synthesizers in the Washington, DC band Tiny Desk Unit.
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From 1982 to 1986, Bob Boilen filled a variety of roles including composer with Baltimore's Impossible Theater.
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Bob Boilen worked as a producer for Channel 50, and produced Science Live for the Discovery Channel.
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Bob Boilen co-created and produced the Tiny Desk Concert series in April 2008 for NPR Music, hosting intimate performances at his desk.
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The series is named after the band Bob Boilen played in from 1979 to 1981, Tiny Desk Unit.
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Bob Boilen continues to play music with friend Michael Barron; both were founding members of the psychedelic dance band Tiny Desk Unit, for which Boilen played synthesizer.
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Bob Boilen continues to write music with Barron in a band called Danger Painters and writes and releases solo music.
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Bob Boilen composed the original theme music for Talk of the Nation.
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Bob Boilen voiced himself in "Gal of Constant Sorrow", a Season 27 episode of the animated television series The Simpsons.