Tom Crann
Host, All Things Considered
Minnesota Public Radio
tcrann@mpr.org
Tom Crann has been the host of All Things Considered for Minnesota Public Radio News (91.1 KNOW in the Twin Cities) since 2005. He has interviewed a wide range of public figures, including every member of Minnesota's congressional delegation, as well as politicans, experts, writers, and artists. He anchored Minnesota Public Radio's award-winning live coverage of the 35W bridge collapse. He has hosted other special coverage for MPR News, from election night webcasts and live events, to the live coverage when the Republican National Convention was held in Saint Paul. He has been a host, producer, and interviewer for Minnesota Public Radio since 1995. His work on MPR News has been recognized with an Eric Severeid award, a regional Edward R. Murrow award, and a National Headliner award.
He has also hosted the international cultural broadcasts "Sounds Irish" and "The Last Night of the Proms," a co-production with the BBC. In addition to his work in news, Crann has spent over 20 years hosting and producing classical music and cultural programs at public radio stations around the U.S, and for RTE/Lyric FM in Ireland, where he is still a contributor.
Tom Crann Feature Archive
Minnesota has dropped from the third healthiest state last year, down to a sixth-place overall rank in this year's report. To find out more All Things Considered talked with Dr. Reed Tuckson, the Chief of Medical Affairs at UnitedHealth Group.
(11/18/2009)
Guy Stern and Walter Schwarz are Jewish World War II veterans who served in a special and unusual Army unit, and the pair was reunited in St. Paul last night for the first time since their wartime service.
(11/13/2009)
After wrapping up the Stress-testing the recovery series, All Things Considered followed up with a couple of the people most affected by the recession.
(11/06/2009)
They Might be Giants might be the only band think who've appeared on Science Friday. That's not really a surprise to their many fans who love their smart and lately even scientific songs. The band talked with Tom Crann about their current and future projects.
(11/03/2009)
Credit card lenders have moved quickly to change the terms of their cards in advance of new federal regulations, and consumers are feeling the effects through higher interest rates and fees.
(11/03/2009)
Columnist and author Mitch Albom will be reading from his new book "Have a Little Faith" Sunday Night at Temple Israel in Minneapolis and he joined Tom Crann to talk about his book.
(10/15/2009)
Tom Crann talked with Congressman Oberstar about transportation funding on the day before Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood will be in town to make a speech and tour St. Paul's Union Depot.
(10/14/2009)
On Tuesday, lepidoptra researchers at the University of Florida learned they're about to get millions more specimens to study, and they're getting them from prominent Minnesotan Dr. William McGuire.
(10/13/2009)
The upper St. Croix River is protected from development by the National Park Service. It's unusual for a river so close to a major metropolitan area to have such a special designation.
(10/02/2009)
Osmo Vanska is going ot be on the podium of the Minnesota Orchestra until 2015 and he talked to Tom Crann about his renewed contract with the organization.
(09/24/2009)
There has never been a population explosion like the Baby Boom in American history. It's been an especially turbulent year for this "biggest generation" with retirement funds disappearing, and a health care system in flux. That means there's plenty to talk about on the Twin Cities-produced TV program "Life (Part 2)".
(09/24/2009)
The arrival of fall doesn't mean the end of outdoor activities in Minnesota. In fact, autumn can be one of the best times to enjoy nature.
(09/22/2009)
Pictures from along the Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area in Eden Prairie, Minn.
(09/22/2009)
It's a pretty good likelihood that every child will be offered alcohol or drugs by the time they graduate high school. But author Joseph Califano maintains that parents have a high degree of power and influence when it comes to the choices their children make about drugs.
(09/21/2009)
Former Vikings center Matt Birk is part of a study to examine the impact of football on the human brain, by donating his brain to science. Tom Crann talked with Birk and Dr. Bob Stern from the Boston University School of Medicine about the study.
(09/18/2009)