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Rob Sachs

Executive ProducerAmerica Abroad
Rob Sachs is an award-winning journalist and the Executive Producer for America Abroad, AAM’s monthly radio documentary series.He has worked in the national radio industry since 2000. He’s been a producer at NPR on programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Tell Me More.In 2006 he launched his own NPR podcast titled “What Would Rob Do?: An Irreverent Guide to Life’s Daily Indignities.” The audience for the podcast grew to over 15,000 listeners per episode and became the basis of a book published in 2010 by John Wiley and Sons.Rob has also reported for NPR, WAMU, KUOW, KCRW, and other radio outlets. Additionally he was a lecturer at the University of Maryland where he taught broadcast radio journalism.Rob received his bachelors degree from the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Maryland with his wife and three children.
iraq town hall
After ISIS, will Iraq’s elections be the next step to stability?
aleppo
Conflict
Foreign policy and fragile states: A town hall discussion
Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings in the FX show "The Americans."
Global Politics
At the center of most spy scandals, you can usually find one of these four factors
Tibetan Freedom Concert at RFK Stadium in June, 1998
Music
Remember when the Beastie Boys played for Tibet? Here’s how it happened.
License plate reader
Technology
How police license plate readers can invade your privacy
A Man Uses A Computer in Cuba
How underground technology is revolutionizing Cuba
President Obama meets with King Abdullah of Jordan
Conflict
Why Jordan is at the epicenter of nearly all Middle Eastern issues
Dean Obeidallah
Culture
Middle East comedians are using ISIS to make jokes
5th Grade Girls Attending Driscoll Elementary School in Brookline, Massachusetts
Education
How American fifth graders react when introduced to the concept of child marriages
The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota.
Environment
A decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is almost here
How new technologies are bringing water to the developing world
Environment
California’s drought is big business for drillers
Lifestyle & Belief
Lebanese Singer Uses Music to Document Change in Middle East