10 Facts About Christopher Lydon

Christopher Lydon was the original host of The Connection, produced by WBUR and syndicated to other NPR stations, and created Open Source, a weekly radio program on WBUR.

Christopher Lydon is a former journalist with The New York Times, and anchored The Ten-O'Clock News on WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts.

McGrath's and Christopher Lydon's claim, rejected by the station, was that they, not WBUR, were the true creators of The Connection - moving it far beyond the initial WBUR template to become the successful, widely syndicated program.

Christopher Lydon is credited with creating the first podcast ever recorded in July 2003.

Christopher Lydon launched the political site Bopnews during the 2004 US presidential campaign.

On May 30,2005, Christopher Lydon returned to the air on University of Massachusetts Lowell's radio station WUML and Boston's WGBH with a new show called Open Source, syndicated through Public Radio International.

In November 2007, Christopher Lydon partnered with Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies to continue producing Radio Open Source.

In 2013, Christopher Lydon was often a guest commentator on Thursdays on WGBH Radio's "Boston Public Radio" show.

In 2014, Christopher Lydon returned to WBUR with a weekly radio program, Open Source.

Christopher Lydon finished sixth out of eight candidates in the nonpartisan primary.