Dean Olsher has been a radio broadcaster for 30 years.
Much of the last 20 he spent in public radio, serving as arts and culture correspondent for NPR News and, most recently, as the creator and host of The Next Big Thing. Currently a visiting professor in the journalism department at NYU, Dean also recorded the audio version of Steven Pinker's new book The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature and is finishing his own book about crossword puzzles (Scribner).
He occasionally fills in as host of The Leonard Lopate Show.
Dean Olsher appears in the following:
Ned Rorem, major American composer and diarist, has died at age 99
Friday, November 18, 2022
From Square One
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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The Next Big Thing Puts the 'Fun' Back in Fundraising!
Saturday, March 01, 2003
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Revisiting the People We Met
Sunday, March 10, 2002
In the weeks immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center, we tried to capture the city's conflicted state of mind - fearful, defiant, optimistic and grief-stricken - checking in with people we knew and people we'd never met before. Their voices have stayed with us. Six months later, ...
A special LIVE SHOW, as part of the Museum of Television and Radio’s Annual Radio Festival.
Saturday, October 27, 2001
A special LIVE SHOW, as part of the Museum of Television and Radio’s Annual Radio Festival.
Five Sounds in Search of an Author
Jesse Green joins Dean for The Next Big Thing's monthly contest. This week, listeners have a special challenge: they have to finish their ...
