Priyanka Tewari
Morning Edition HostPriyanka Tewari is a native of New Delhi, India. She moved to the United States with her family in the late 1990s, after living in Russia and the United Kingdom. She is a graduate of Cornell University with a master’s from Hunter College, CUNY.
She launched her media career in 2013 as host for the only English-language commercial radio network in India. She also worked as a TV news anchor for DD News, India’s national public television broadcaster.
After her return to the U.S., she helped launch a South Asian radio network in New Jersey, and is a former host for WHYY, Philadelphia's NPR member station. Priyanka is excited to explore Pittsburgh and is grateful to be able to continue her love affair with radio, It “had her at hello."
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90.5 WESA Morning Edition host Priyanka Tewari speaks with Sean Gibson, executive director of the Josh Gibson Foundation, about their initiative to place markers on the graves of Negro Leagues players.
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WESA's Priyanka Tewari spoke to Vir Das about his unique comedy style, and what audiences can expect to hear at the show.
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The eleven-day festival showcases specially curated, Jewish-themed, independent feature films that you can't see anywhere else.
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Joya Kazi, the creator of the show, calls it "A love letter to India."