Kousha Navidar is a writer, host, and producer. He has hosted national shows at WNYC / NPR, has been on-air talent at PBS, a former speechwriter for a member of President Obama's cabinet, and a head of content for a division at Samsung.
He combines his insightful analysis of complex issues with deep empathy and compassion for his audience, along with levity and humor that make you feel like he’s an old friend.

Navidar moved from Iran to New York at a very young age. Today, he lives and works in New York City.

On WNYC, Navidar was the temporary host of All of It, and a regular guest host of the Brian Lehrer Show. Before that, he was a senior producer and fill-in host for Notes from America. He also helped oversee the launch of NfA, then a local program, to a national show reaching more than 100 stations.

Prior to scaling existing shows, Navidar launched them from scratch. At PBS and WGBH, he helped launch the national show Point Taken, where he developed a companion YouTube series to reach younger viewers typically outside PBS's viewership. While getting his Masters in Public Policy at Harvard, he launched Bad News, a YouTube series that examined pressing public policy issues for young audiences.

Navidar led content strategy and production in the private sector as the Head of Content at Samsung’s Strategy and Innovation Center. Among his projects, he was Executive Producer of the broadcast for the 2020 Extreme Tech Challenge, the world's largest competition for startups addressing the U.N.’s global sustainability goals and whose partner organizations include the U.N., Ford, and Microsoft.

As a comms professional, Navidar has crafted messaging in the climate space for organizations like Conservation International. In 2018, he oversaw all of the speeches during the plenary session of the U.N. Organization's Global Climate Action Summit.

As a speechwriter, Navidar has written for and advised politicians, celebrities, and executives around the country.

As a host, Navidar once wrote a sonnet for his guest and performed it on air. It was peak NPR.

Kousha Navidar headshot © Amy Pearl / WNYC