Station(s) KQED-FM, Sirius Role Broadcaster Style Presenter Show Forum | Country USA Books Off Mike, Sound Ideas Name Michael Krasny | |
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Time slot Monday–Friday, 9:00-11:00 Pacific Time Zone Previous show(s) KTIM (FM) - Beyond the Hot Tub - KGO (AM) - Nightfocus
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NPR - Talk of the Nation Education University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio University | ||
Spiritual envy michael krasny on losing faith
Michael Jay Krasny (born September 22, 1944) is an American radio host and professor who is currently the host of Forum, a news and public affairs program on San Francisco public radio station KQED-FM covering current events, politics, and culture. Krasny has served as the host of Forum since 1993. Additionally, Krasny is currently a professor of English literature at San Francisco State University.
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- Spiritual envy michael krasny on losing faith
- Michael krasny educator author forum host
- Career
- Personal life
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Michael krasny educator author forum host
Career
In the late 1970s, Krasny hosted a weekly Marin County talk show called "Beyond the Hot Tub" on low-power rock radio station KTIM-FM. He went on to host a popular radio program on KGO (AM) from 1984 to December 1992. He became the host of Forum in 1993, expanding the focus of the program to more national themes.
Krasny is a professor of English at San Francisco State University where he has taught primarily American literature since 1970. He received his B.A. cum laude in 1966 and M.A. in 1967 from Ohio University, where he attended the Honors College and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He holds a Ph.D. in 20th century American literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Krasny is a widely published scholar, critic and fiction writer. He has also worked widely as a facilitator and host in the corporate sector and as a moderator for nonprofit events.
Personal life
Krasny is a long-time resident of Greenbrae, California. SFSU Online Magazine reports that Krasny's wife is an attorney and an alumna of San Francisco State University, and that Krasny has two daughters.
Born in Cleveland and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Krasny is a second-generation American whose grandparents immigrated from Russia and Lithuania and grew up in a Jewish household. In his 2010 book Spiritual Envy, Krasny revealed that he became agnostic later in life.
Michael is among the outstanding graduates of Cleveland Heights High School (class of 1962) featured in the book Every Tiger Has a Tale. Despite his intellectual reputation today, Krasny admits to having had a "bad boy" reputation while growing up in Cleveland Heights.