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Brad Martin

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Brad Martin served as the KPBS host of All Things Considered. He was also the evening TV announcer where his voice was heard on the TV nightly line-ups and announcements. Before joining KPBS, Brad had a distinguished career in commercial radio and voice over artistry. Aside from news, his passions are cooking, growing succulents, and 1960s television shows.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
  • President Roosevelt's inaugural address filled the American people with confidence in their new leader. "They hear coming through their loudspeakers this voice so filled with courage, with self confidence, with a sense of leadership," says historian William Leuchtenburg.
  • Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2. Kelly sits down with University of Pennsylvania Professor Angela Duckworth, Fulbright Scholar JerDrema Virginia Flynt and Harvard student Will McQuiston to discuss the factors that affect human behavior and the challenges associated with them. Context is especially important to consider in this digital age, as is the need for self-awareness and self-compassion.
  • In the season finale, Kelly sits down with University of Pennsylvania Professor Angela Duckworth, Fulbright Scholar JerDrema Virginia Flynt and Harvard student Will McQuiston to discuss the factors that affect human behavior and the challenges associated with them. Context is especially important to consider in this digital age, as is the need for self-awareness and self-compassion.
  • Kirk's death has forced his legions of young conservative followers to confront the question of how to sustain the movement that he built.
  • Stream with KPBS+ / Watch Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Sept. 14 at 10:30 a.m. on KPBS TV. This special retrospective features clips and interviews with KPBS reporters past and present telling the story of KPBS News from its earliest broadcasts to today. As San Diego's public media station celebrates its 65th birthday, we look back on the moments that shaped our newsroom look and forward to the future of trusted local journalism.
  • A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.