12 Facts About Robert Krulwich

Robert Louis Krulwich was born on August 5,1947 and is an American radio and television journalist who co-hosted the radio show Radiolab and served as a science correspondent for NPR.

Robert Krulwich has reported for ABC, CBS, and Pacifica, with assignment pieces for ABC's Nightline and World News Tonight, as well as PBS's Frontline, NOVA, and NOW with Bill Moyers.

Robert Krulwich went on to host the PBS arts series Edge.

In 1992, Robert Krulwich appeared as a guest on the first episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

In 2004, Robert Krulwich became the host and managing editor of the innovative PBS science program NOVA scienceNOW.

In 2005, Robert Krulwich re-established a relationship with NPR, where he made regular contributions to several programs on science topics, while continuing to produce occasional segments for ABC News.

Robert Krulwich is a regular correspondent on the PBS investigative series Frontline.

Robert Krulwich has a prominent role in the 2021 feature documentary film Objects as a proponent of recognizing the importance of seemingly useless keepsakes for their history and personal meaning.

On December 5,2019, Robert Krulwich announced via the Radiolab email newsletter that he would be retiring from Radiolab, though specifying it would not be immediate.

Robert Krulwich said he planned to use his retirement to work on collaborations including a documentary about Oliver Sacks with Ric Burns and a project about photographer Anand Varma's cultivation of jellyfish.

Robert Krulwich has received a multitude of other awards for his reporting, including the Extraordinary Communicator Award from the National Cancer Institute in 2000, four consecutive Gainsbrugh Awards from the Economics Broadcasting Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Excellence in Television Award in 2001 for a NOVA special on the human genome.

Robert Krulwich is an improvisational comedian who performed with his troupe at the White House in 1995.