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Senior journalist Indira Lakshmanan to co-host NPR's 'Here & Now'
With nearly 5 million listeners, Lakshmanan joins at a time of success and growth for 'Here & Now'.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Fri, 31, Oct 2025
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Indira Lakshmanan / Handout: NPR
Indira Lakshmanan has been appointed to co-host 'Here & Now' by NPR (National Public Radio) and WBUR (Boston University Radio). She will be debuting on the live midday news program heard on 500 NPR member stations across the country by late November this year.
Lakshmanan brings more than 30 years of journalism experience to WBUR. She currently serves as ideas and opinions editor at U.S. News & World Report, where she leads efforts to feature a broad spectrum of viewpoints.
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Throughout her career, she has held senior editorial positions and hosted radio and television programs for leading outlets, including The Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Boston Globe, National Geographic, and the Pulitzer Center. She has also contributed to and served as a fill-in host on NPR’s '1A', 'Weekend Edition', 'Here & Now', and 'On Point'.
Peter O'Dowd, the senior editor who has stepped in regularly as a host for several years on “Here & Now,” takes on a new role as correspondent and regular fill-in host. And international news industry veteran Allan Price joins to lead the team as the new executive producer after two decades with BBC News.
“We're building on this momentum with a team that's exceptionally talented and deeply committed to high-quality journalism,” said WBUR Chief Content Officer Victor Hernandez.
Hernandez added, “The ‘Here & Now’ team is already doing outstanding work. Indira, Allan and Peter will further our efforts to deliver distinctive and engaging coverage every day.”
These additions come at a time of success and growth for 'Here & Now'. The show's audience rose 13 percent over the last six months, and now reaches nearly 5 million listeners.
Highlighting the role of NPR in her life, Lakshmanan said “I grew up listening to ‘All Things Considered’ on family radios that were permanently tuned to public broadcasting, and joined NPR straight out of university as an editorial assistant to the foreign desk and an overseas stringer.”
She added, “Since then, I have reported and edited from six continents, plus Washington and Boston for national newspapers and magazines, two global wire services, radio, TV and podcasts. I've come to realize that my first love and my greatest strength is in audio storytelling. Joining ‘Here & Now’ as a co-host is the opportunity of a lifetime.”
Renowned broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is among Lakshmanan's many admirers. “Indira Lakshmanan and WBUR are a perfect match of journalistic excellence and integrity,” says Woodruff.
Woodruff further said, “Indira has excelled as a foreign correspondent, Washington political reporter, diplomatic correspondent, columnist and editor. She brings exceptional quality to an exceptional station. The big winners: the listeners.”
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