Neal Joseph Conan III was an American radio journalist, producer, editor, and correspondent.
20 Facts About Neal Conan
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Neal Conan worked for National Public Radio for more than 36 years and was the senior host of its talk show Talk of the Nation.
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Conan hosted Talk of the Nation from 2001 to June 27,2013, when the program was discontinued; with the discontinuation NPR announced that Conan would depart the network.
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Neal Conan was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 26,1949.
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Neal Conan's family relocated to Saudi Arabia when Conan was a child, before moving to New Jersey and Manhattan.
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Neal Conan studied at Loomis Chaffee School and Riverdale Country School.
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Neal Conan entered the world of radio broadcasting at the age of 17, volunteering at Pacifica Radio station WBAI-FM in New York.
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Neal Conan then worked at public radio station WRVR-FM, where he met Robert Siegel.
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At the age of 27 Neal Conan joined National Public Radio.
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In 2000, Neal Conan took a break from his work as a broadcaster to serve as the stadium play-by-play baseball announcer for the Aberdeen Arsenal.
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On September 10,2001, Neal Conan began his work as host of Talk of the Nation.
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In 2008, investigative reporter James Ridgeway covered the Democratic primary elections for Mother Jones, filmed interviewing Mike Gravel in New Hampshire, while Gravel is being interviewed on the phone by Neal Conan for Talk of the Nation.
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Neal Conan went on to join Hawaii Public Radio as a news analyst on June 8,2014.
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Neal Conan produced a thrice-weekly series called Pacific News Minute between November 30,2017 and October 31,2019.
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In January 2017, Neal Conan launched a new radio show and podcast, Truth, Politics, and Power, focused on the Trump administration.
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Each week, Neal Conan interviewed experts in depth about a different issue arising from the 2016 election and the President's administration.
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Neal Conan was a long-time host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday.
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Neal Conan was later in a domestic partnership with American travel writer, poet, and essayist Gretel Ehrlich, who survives him.
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Neal Conan farmed macadamia nuts on 5.5 acres of land.
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Neal Conan was 71, and had been diagnosed with a glioblastoma on his 70th birthday in November 2019.