Neal Conan
| Neal Conan | |
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Conan at the 2012 Collegiate Inventors Competition
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| Born | November 1949 (age 74) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | All Things Considered Talk of the Nation |
| Spouse(s) | Liane Hansen (1982–2011) |
Neal Conan (born November 1949 in Beirut, Lebanon)[1] is an American radio journalist, producer, editor, and correspondent who was the senior host of the National Public Radio talk show Talk of the Nation.[2] Conan hosted Talk of the Nation from 2001 to June 27, 2013, when the program was discontinued. NPR announced that Conan would depart the network at that time.[3]
During the 1991 Gulf War the Iraqi Republican Guard detained Conan for a week.[4] He and Chris Hedges of The New York Times were reporting on a Shia rebellion centered in Basra, Iraq.[5]
A friend of comics writer Chris Claremont, Conan was featured as a minor character in the 1988 Marvel Comics X-Men crossover series Fall of the Mutants,[6][non-primary source needed] and has been featured sporadically in Claremont scripted comic books at both Marvel and DC Comics as a sympathetic journalist over the years.
Conan was married to Liane Hansen, former host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday. They have a son and a daughter. Hansen briefly co-hosted Talk of the Nation with Conan.[7] Hansen revealed in April 2011 that she and Conan were divorcing.[8]
On March 29, 2013, NPR announced that it was ending the 21-year run of Talk of the Nation and stated that Conan would "step away from the rigors of daily journalism."[9]
On February 12, 2014, an interview aired on KUAZ 89.1, Tucson, Arizona's NPR affiliate, where Conan explained that ending Talk of the Nation was not a decision he was involved in or agreed with, citing its status as one of NPR's most popular shows.[10]
On June 8, 2014, Conan joined Hawaii Public Radio as a regular contributor. He currently resides in Hāwī on Hawaiʻi Island, where he farms macadamia nuts.[11]
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External links
- Neal Conan at the Internet Movie Database
- Biography from NPR
- Biography from Hawaiʻi Public Radio
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