Tony Kahn

Tony Kahn is an American award-winning broadcaster, published author, scholar and son of the blacklisted screenwriter Gordon Kahn.^[1]

Life

Kahn grew up in Los Angeles, the son of Hollywood screenwriter Gordon Kahn and Barbara Brodie Kahn. He joined his family in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where his father had fled in the 1950s during the Red Scare, when he was five years old.^[2] Ultimately, the family returned to the United States and Kahn graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University. Kahn also holds a masters degree in Slavic studies from Columbia University.^[2]

Work

Kahn has produced work in various media but is best known for his work in public radio, and is a regular panelist on the NPR quiz show Says You! He produced and directed the WGBH program Morning Stories and hosted its podcast version.,^[2] public radio's first. He was the original host of PRI's The World, and a contributor to Minnesota Public Radio's Savvy Traveler. He produced, wrote, and narrated "Blacklisted," a six-part public radio series about his childhood as the son of a blacklisted screenwriter, starring Ron Liebman and Carroll O'Connor and featuring Stockard Channing, Eli Wallach, Julie Harris, Jerry Stiller, Spalding Gray, Scott Simon, Susan Stamberg, and Daniel Schorr, Kahn has won numerous broadcasting awards including twelve New England Emmys, six Gold Medals of the New York International Festival, the Ace Award, three Gabriel Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award for Feature Reporting.

Translation

The Day is Born of Darkness by Mikhail Dyomin, ISBN 0-394-49166-1, 1976
Stolen Apples, by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
'From Desire to Desire, by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
'Legends from Invalid Street, by Efraim Sevela.

Audio

Blacklisted, six part public radio series], 1995

Video

Mother's Little Network", producer, writer, and performer, 1974
Media Probes. Soundaround, as writer and host, 1982
The Day the Cold War Came Home, as producer, writer and narrator, 1987
Here in My Arms, producer, writer and narrator, 1990
Learning to Drive, producer, writer and narrator, 1991
Fathers: A Family Album, 1992
Nova, 14 programs, narrator
Frontline, 2 programs, narrator
Chronicle, host of closing social commentary segment (1982–1985)

References

↑ Blown, Michael (October 27, 1988). "'ENDS AND MEANS': FROM RED MENACE TO BLACKLIST". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
1 2 3 "Tony Kahn Bio". Retrieved 2007-10-01.

External links

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