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Jad Abumrad

Jad Abumrad is a Lebanese-American radio host and producer.  The son of a scientist and a doctor, Jad Abumrad did most of his growing up in Tennessee, before studying creative writing and music composition at Oberlin College in Ohio. Following graduation, Abumrad wrote music for films, and reported and produced documentaries for a variety of local and national public radio programs, including On the Media, PRI's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and WNYC's "24 Hours at the Edge of Ground Zero". Jad is the founder and co-host of the syndicated public radio program Radiolab heard Thursday at 8:00 PM Saturdays at 1:00 PM on RADIO IQ and RADIO IQ With BBC News.