 robert krulwich is an american radio and television journalist who currently serves as a science correspondent for npr and is a co-host of the program radiolab. he has worked as a full-time employee of abc, cbs, national public radio, and pacifica. he has done assignment pieces for abc's nightline and world news tonight, as well as pbs's frontline, nova, and now with bill moyers. tv guide called him "the most inventive network reporter in television", and new york magazine wrote that he's "the man who simplifies without being simple". ==background== krulwich received his bachelor's degree in u.s. history from oberlin college in 1969 and his juris doctor degree from columbia law school in 1974. just two months later, he abandoned his pursuit of a law career to cover the watergate hearings for pacifica radio. in 1976, he became washington bureau chief for rolling stone. from 1978 to 1985, he was the business and economics correspondent for npr. among other creative efforts, he recorded an opera called "rato interesso" to explain interest rates. he went on to host the pbs arts series the edge. in 1984, he joined cbs and appeared regularly on this morning, 48 hours, and nightwatch with charlie rose. during the first gulf war, he co-anchored the cbs program america tonight. in 1994, he joined abc. annually, he hosts a semi-fictional year-in-review program called backfire for npr. in 1995, at the invitation of president and mrs. clinton, the group who collaborates with krulwich to produce backfire performed at the white house. in 1999 he hosted an eight-part primetime series for abc nightline called brave new world (which frequently featured his friends, they might be giants, as musical guests). krulwich, in 2004, became the host and managing editor of the innovative pbs science program nova sciencenow. the show often tackled science stories cons
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