Joined PRX: September 8, 2003

Host: Christopher Lydon

Christopher has been a distinctive voice in print, television and radio journalism for more than 30 years. In the 70s he covered the McGovern/Humphrey, Reagan/Carter presidential campaigns for the New York Times Washington Bureau. In the 80s he anchored public television news on WGBH Boston. In the 90s he founded "The Connection" on WBUR Boston and brought it to 75 public stations around the country. In Jamaica, West Africa and Southeast Asia in the past year he collected sounds, voices and ideas for the "The Whole Wide World with Christopher Lydon".

Executive Producer: Mary McGrath Mary has worked in radio and television for almost 20 years. From 1984 to 1990 she worked as a producer for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour in New York City. She coordinated international news coverage for the Christian Science Monitor's start-up international news program "World Monitor" during the revolutions in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. She then co-founded "The Connection" on WBUR in Boston with host Christopher Lydon.

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