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Jim Freund is a radio personality and a prominent figure in thespeculative fiction community as host of the Pacifica Radio showHour of the Wolf and ascurator of theNew York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series.[1][2]
Freund lives inBrooklyn, New York with his partner, speculative fiction writer and tech editorBarbara Krasnoff and "lots of toy penguins."[3][4][5]
As host and producer ofHour of the Wolf (created byMargot Adler), which has aired onWBAI in New York City since 1974, Freund has presented the work of and interviewed many major figures inspeculative fiction. Ascurator of theNew York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series he has been responsible for the presentation of a long-running series of live readings by major figures ofspeculative fiction.[1][2][6]
He also has a deep interest in the stage and has produced three plays off-off-Broadway.