Shankar Vedantam Profile
Shankar Vedantam is an American journalist, writer, and science correspondent working for NPR as a Reporter. He joined NPR in 2011 and was previously working at Washington Post before joining the station.
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Vedantam participated in the 2002–2003 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship. In 2003–2004, he was awarded the World Health Organization Journalism Fellowship. In 2005, he was awarded the Templeton-Cambridge Fellowship on Science and Religion. From 2009 to 2010, he was a Nieman Fellow. While working at The Washington Post from 2001 to 2011, he wrote a blog called “Department of Human Behavior” from 2007 to 2009. He then wrote a piece for Slate called “Hidden Brain” every once in a while. In addition, The Ghosts of Kashmir, a collection of short stories by Vedantam, was published in 2005. It was about the split between Indians and Pakistanis.
The Hidden Brain, Vedantam’s book, was published in 2010. The winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award is a book about how people’s unconscious beliefs can affect them. Moreover, his work as a writer at the Washington Post is included in the book. There are nine parts in this nonfiction book that talk about situations that affect unconscious biases. In addition, the book uses real-life examples to show how biases can affect someone’s mental health.
The social sciences podcast that Vedantam runs is also called Hidden Brain. On it, he “reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, the biases that shape our choices, and the triggers that set the course of our relationships.” Every week, more than two million people download the podcast, and it has been played on 250 radio stations across the US. In 2011, he started the show at NPR, where it stayed until October 2020, when it moved on its own. At the moment, Hidden Brain Media makes it. NPR still airs the same-named radio show that began in 2017 and hasn’t stopped.
Moreover, he has worked as a lecturer at Harvard and Columbia Universities, been a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, and been on the advisory board of the Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships in Science and Religion.
Vedantam has written news stories, plays, and fiction. The Brick Playhouse in Philadelphia put on his play Tom, Dick, and Harriet in 2004, and in 2005, his collection of short stories called The Ghosts of Kashmir came out. In 2010, The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Choose Presidents, Run Markets, Start Wars, and Save Our Lives, his first nonfiction book, came out. Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, his second nonfiction book that he wrote with Bill Mesler, was published in 2021.
Shankar Vedantam Age
Vedantam was born in 1969 in Bengaluru, India and he is 55 years old. He has never disclosed his date and month of birth. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is made available to the public.
Shankar Vedantam Height
Vedantam stands at an average height of 5 feet 10 inches.
Shankar Vedantam Family
Vedantam was born and raised in in Bengaluru, India by two caring parents. He has not yet revealed any information concerning his family at this time. However, details concerning his family, including his parents and siblings, will be brought up to date as soon as possible.
Shankar Vedantam Wife and Children
Vedantam is married to Ashwini Tambe, an author. Tambe works at the University of Toronto in Canada as an assistant professor of women’s studies. Moreover, gender and sexuality in South Asia, colonial history, and globalization are some of the things she likes to research. They have not revealed whether they have any children or not. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is made available to the public.
Shankar Vedantam Books
- The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives Dec 22, 2009
- The Ghosts of Kashmir Apr 28, 2006
- Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain. New York: Norton. 2021. ISBN 978-1-324-02028-8.
Shankar Vedantam Salary
Vedantam’s annual salary at NPR, where he works as a journalist falls somewhere in the range of $70,000 and $100,000 on average.
Shankar Vedantam Net Worth
It is estimated that Vedantam’s net worth falls somewhere in the range of $700,000 to $5 million. Moreover, his primary source of financial support comes from his work as a television personality.
Shankar Vedantam Social Media
Vedantam is active on his social media accounts. He has over 138.5K followers on Twitter, over36.9K followers on Instagram, and over 1.5K followers on Facebook.