Devon Strolovitch
Senior Producer, Philosophy Talk; Host and Producer, Fog City BluesDevon Strolovitch studied medieval Judeo-Portuguese manuscripts and earned a PhD in Linguistics from Cornell University before coming to KALW. He is the Senior Producer of Philosophy Talk, and since 2007 has hosted Fog City Blues, the weekly digest of Blues in the Bay Area and beyond.
In addition to his work at KALW, Devon has served as audio editor for Climate One from the Commonwealth Club and Bite from Mother Jones. He has also co-produced national radio features including The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger, Woodstock 40 Years On, and in association with the Library of Congress, Inside the National Recording Registry, which won a Peabody Award in 2013.
A native of Montreal, Devon speaks seven languages, plays guitar, steel drum, and (a little) trumpet, and finds his bliss ensconced in traffic on a bicycle.
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Philosophy TalkCould other people know you better than you know yourself? -
Fog City BluesThirty years after the original retrospective, a fourth volume of alternates and outtakes has just been released. -
Philosophy TalkCould large language models show us how human babies learn to speak? -
Fog City BluesJust ahead of the national gorgefest, songs of turkey, 'taters, and tense table talk this Sunday 11/23 at 4 pm. -
Fog City BluesThe singer-songwriter was born November 12, 1945 in Toronto, Ontraio. -
Philosophy TalkWhat would it mean to believe in the radical equality of all things—humans, animals, trees, even rocks? -
Philosophy TalkCould you reliably narrate the story of your life? -
Fog City BluesAhead of the Tuesday holiday, songs in honor of the men and women who have served their country. -
Fog City BluesThe Bootleg Series Vol.18: Through the Open Window, 1956-1963 -
Philosophy TalkWhat’s the difference between the merely surprising, the highly improbable, and the truly impossible?
