Michael Krasny, PhD, is a scholar and professor of English and American Literature, the host of KQED鈥檚 Forum with Michael Krasny, an award-winning broadcast journalist, and author of two acclaimed books, Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life and Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic鈥檚 Quest, as well as the recently published Let There Be Laughter: A Treasury of Great Jewish Humor and What It All Means. Since 1993 he has been the host of Forum with Michael Krasny, a news and public affairs interview program produced at KQED Radio, the National Public Radio affiliate in San Francisco, California.