Rob Sachs

Rob Sachs is an award-winning journalist and the Executive Producer for America Abroad , AAM’s monthly radio documentary series.

Rob 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.

He 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.