Diane Rehm

Diane Rehm (2010)

Diane Rehm (born September 21, 1936 in Washington, DC ) is an American radio host . She became known with her Diane Rehm show on NPR, which was broadcast throughout the US ; produced by WAMU . There she spoke to personalities of contemporary history on current political issues.

Life

Diane Rehm was born as Diane Aed to a Kurdish Orthodox immigrant family. Rehm attended William B. Powell Elementary and Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. She got a job as a traffic announcer at the Traffic Department. She later joined the public broadcaster WAMU as an intern.

In 1979 Rehm started her first show. In 1984 she started the Diane Rehm Show and soon became known throughout the US for her direct speeches and questions to politicians. In 2016 she retired from day-to-day business, but continues to produce a weekly podcast at WAMU.

Publications

Finding My Voice. Autobiography. Capital Books, Herndon 2002, ISBN 1-892123-90-8 .
On my own. 2014, in German: Love never dies. The long goodbye to my husband . Translated by Barbara Steckhan and Sonja Schuhmacher. Kösel, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-466-37201-0 .

Web links

Literature by and about Diane Rehm in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Literature by and about Diane Rehm in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

^ Diane Rehm - One of her guests is always you. Retrieved February 17, 2018 (American English).
↑ Diane Rehm: On My Mind . In: NPR.org . ( npr.org [accessed February 17, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Rehm, Diane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aed, Diane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American presenter and author
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Washington, DC

[1] Diane Rehm - One of her guests is always you. Retrieved February 17, 2018 (American English).

[2] Diane Rehm: On My Mind . In: NPR.org . ( npr.org [accessed February 17, 2018]).