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Robert Louis Krulwich born August 5, is an American radio and television journalist who co-hosted the radio show Radiolab and served as a science correspondent for NPR. 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. Krulwich received his bachelor's degree in U.

Just two months later, he abandoned his pursuit of a law career to cover the Watergate hearings for Pacifica Radio.

Personal life Krulwich lives in New York City and Shelter Island, New York, with his wife, Tamar Lewin, a national reporter for The New York Times.

In , he became Washington bureau chief for Rolling Stone. From to , 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 Edge. In , he joined ABC. Annually through the s, he hosted a semi-fictional year-in-review program called Backfire for NPR.

The show often tackled science stories considered too complex for television, sometimes using cartoons and musical production numbers to illustrate abstract concepts. In , 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.

He is a regular correspondent on the PBS investigative series Frontline. Krulwich substitutes for the hosts of NPR's magazine shows, and from mid to January he co-hosted the Radiolab program with Jad Abumrad.

He lives in New York City with his wife, Tamar Lewin, a national reporter for the New York Times.

Krulwich has a prominent role in the feature documentary film Objects [ 6 ] [ 7 ] as a proponent of recognizing the importance of seemingly useless keepsakes for their history and personal meaning. On December 5, , Krulwich announced via the Radiolab email newsletter that he would be retiring from Radiolab , though specifying it would not be immediate.

In his Frontline role, he has won an Alfred I.