American Afternoon with Ron Reagan


RON
REAGAN Biography

Ron Reagan is an insider on the outside, and an outsider who is on the
inside. He has successfully taken his unique perspective to television
and radio audiences and made people think out of the box. Most recently
he brought the Seattle KIRO AM radio audience to attention. He had his
own midday show and it was a mix of local, national and international issues
covering everything under the sun. This political season he has been busy
as a frequent guest on “Larry King Live” on CNN and for Air America
Radio. For MSNBC Ron co-hosted a daily show called “Connected: Coast to
Coast” where they debated the issues of the day along with nationally known
guests.

Also for MSNBC, Ron was a regular on “Hardball with Chris Matthews and a guest
on other shows at the network. Again for MSNBC, during the last political
season, Ron co-hosted “After Hours” with Joe Scarborough, and spent time as the
fill-in host for Bill Press on “Buchanan and Press” prior to that.

Ron’s range goes from hosting a few years of successful dog shows for
Discovery’s Animal Planet to serving as a special correspondent for ABC News
20/20. He wrote a couple of very popular articles for Esquire and
Salon.com. He was one of the last people to be photographed by Richard Avedon
for a photo essay called “Democracy” in The New Yorker which hit stands
November 1, 2004. Ron and his mother Nancy Reagan were featured in a
double issue of Time Magazine’s last issue of the year as ‘People Who Mattered
in 2004.’

Since his father’s death from Alzheimer’s in 2004, Reagan has been speaking
out on the subject of stem cell research, and advocates increased research and
federal funding. He spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention on
the issue. He has made a number of appearances on the lecture
circuit.

The new millennium brought Ron Reagan, a complete skeptic about the
Internet, to host a new webcast called “Publishers Weekly Minutes.”
It was a joint venture between AENTV and Publishers Weekly Magazine. The
daily five-minute online streaming video program brought a worldwide Internet
audience up-to-the-minute information about new book releases, reviews and
interviews with best selling authors.

Reagan is an active member of the Creative Coalition a first rights amendment
group. He wrote the forward and edited a book for them entitled, “If You Had
Five Minutes With The President.” He has moderated panels and participated in a
campaign finance reform symposium.

For three years, Reagan brought his inquisitive news mind to C/Net
Television’s TV.Com. There he served as host and senior
correspondent. Reagan traveled the globe in search of the most intriguing
news stories and celebrity interviews for the new age of the Internet. It
was his skepticism about the Internet that attracted Reagan to TV.Com, and it
was his insight which made the show work so well.

In 1991, Reagan won critical acclaim for his intelligent, syndicated
discussion show, The Ron Reagan Show. Each weeknight’s telecast
delved into a single topic, with host Reagan leading the discussion among a
panel of experts. Continuing his drive for topical discourse, he later
served as a co-host and correspondent for Fox’s prime-time news magazine Front
Page
.

As a special correspondent for Good Morning America, Reagan
interviewed entertainment icons Elizabeth Taylor and Mikhail Baryshnikov to
name a couple. He has also been on the other side of the probing
questions, opposite powerhouse interviewers Johnny Carson, David Letterman and
Barbara Walters.

Reagan hosted the documentary Hollywood Commandos for American Movie
Classics, and produced and hosted several documentary specials for E!
Entertainment Television. For years, he served as special correspondent
for the BBC’s quirky show, Record Breakers, which featured the new world
record holders.

Reagan also has been a contributor to Newsweek, The New Yorker, Playboy, The
Los Angeles Times, Esquire and Interview to name a few. He is currently working
on a book.