Todd Feinburg
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Todd Feinburg is a radio talk host. His [nationally syndicated talk program][1] airs on 100 stations across the United States Sundays from 1-4pm North American Eastern Time Zone. In addition to his weekend show, Feinburg worked at radio station WRKO in Boston as a talk host in various time slots starting in the spring of 2003. Feinburg left [WRKO][2] in December 2007 after failing to come to terms with management on co-hosting the station's morning show. Todd blogs on presidential politics at [Barack's White Lies.][3]
Feinburg has spent the past ten years in the talk radio field, working as a program director and talk show host at stations around New England. He has been named three times to Talkers Magazine's list of the Top 100 Most Important Talk Hosts in America.
After graduating from Tufts University with a degree in political science, Feinburg became an international chemical trader with Sobin Chemical in Boston, focusing on trade with China. Two years later, he left the business to pursue a career in radio, a field he had developed a passion for while working at his college radio station (as a newscaster, disc jockey, and General Manager).
Feinburg worked as a disc jockey, news director and beautiful music announcer before spending two years as a helicopter traffic reporter in Boston. Then came a career change... from 1985 through 1996, Todd was a restaurant entrepreneur. He co-owned and managed fine dining Italian restaurants in Marblehead and Sudbury, Massachusetts with wife/chef [Rosalie Harrington.]www.rosaliecooks.com
He has made a focus of the Middle East. His travels to the region began in May of 2002, when Todd joined seven other radio talk hosts from the United States on a diplomatic tour of Saudi Arabia organized by the embassy in Washington D.C. The visit included stops in Riyadh and Jeddah as well as a tour of Saudi Aramco headquarters, and private meetings with Saudi leaders. Since then, Feinburg has made two return trips to the region, adding Bahrain and Oman to his list of countries visited.
He also covers education a great deal on his talk show. To gain a better understanding of issues affecting public schools, Todd spent 6 weeks as a substitute teacher in an urban, Boston area middle school during the 2004-2005 school year.
Feinburg was born and raised in Lexington, MA, where he attended the public schools. He spent one year at the University of Denver before transferring to Tufts.
