Bob Boilen is the director of the NPR show All Things Considered and the host of All Songs Considered. Bolien also composed the original theme music for Talk of the Nation[1]. From 1982 to 1986 Bolien filled a variety of roles at Baltimore's Impossible Theater. He has also worked as a producer for Channel 50, and produced Science Live for the Discovery Channel. Bolien was a member of a psychedelic band. NPR logo For other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation) National Public Radio (NPR) is a private, not-for-profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. ... All Things Considered (ATC), is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ... All Songs Considered is an online multimedia program featuring information about, and streaming audio of, the songs used as bumper music on the NPR radio program All Things Considered. ... Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcasted nationally on weekday afternoons (Eastern Standard Time). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel distributed by Discovery Communications that provides non-fiction variety programming focused primarily on the themes of popular science, history, and knowledge about the world. ... Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance, psychedelic techno, and others. ...
In 1988, a determined Boilen started showing up on NPR's doorstep every day, looking for a way to contribute his skills in music and broadcasting to the network.
In it, Boilen became one of the first composers to use audio sampling -- in this case, sounds from nature.
In 1985, the Washington City Paper voted Boilen 'Performance Artist of the Year.' An electronic musician, he received a grant from the Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities to work on electronic music and performance.
It's 3:40 on a Thursday afternoon, and BobBoilen is wheeling his chair like a bumper car around his office at National Public Radio.
BobBoilen, director of National Public Radio's All Things Considered, says choosing the music between news segments is one of the biggest parts of his job.
Boilen is about to start his own show based on his years of choosing the eclectic combinations of music buttons that make one story flow to another.
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