Ramtin Arablouei Biography
Ramtin Arablouei is an Iranian-born American journalist, producer, and podcast host who serves as the co-host of the Throughline podcast for NPR along with Rund Abdelfatah. He is also a drummer for the Washington, DC-based Drop Electric band. He previously worked as a producer for NPR’s How I Built This.
Ramtin Arablouei Age
Arablouei likes to keep his personal life private hence he has not yet disclosed the date, month, or year he was born. However, he might be in his 30’s.
Ramtin Arablouei Height
Arablouei stands at a height of 1.7 meters.
Ramtin Arablouei Family
Arablouei was born in Iran and moved to the United States with his family when he was a child. Ramtin was also raised in a working-class family and didn’t believe he could pursue an artistic career despite finding inspiration in Malcolm X’s autobiography. He also expected to be able to find something that paid more than both of his parents’ jobs. He was also reared in an Iranian-American family.
Ramtin Arablouei Wife
Arablouei is happily married to the love of his life Bayonet since March 14, 2015. Together they are blessed with one son. However, Ramtin has not disclosed much information about his son. The family of three resides in Rockville, Maryland.
Ramtin Arablouei Net Worth
Arablouei has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a journalist.
Ramtin Arablouei Salary
Arablouei earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Ramtin Arablouei Education
He graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in history and psychology. Ramtin met the professor and poet Lucille Clifton at Maryland, who believed in his capacity to make a life by creating and performing music.
Ramtin Arablouei NPR
Arablouei is the co-host and co-producer of NPR’s program Throughline, which explores history through creative, immersive storytelling with the goal of reintroducing history to new audiences.
Arablouei began his career at NPR in 2015 with a three-week contract to produce a pilot for Guy Raz’s How I Built This, and now produces, reports, mixes, and writes music for TED Radio Hour, Hidden Brain, Embedded, Invisibilia, The Indicator, Code Switch, Radio Ambulante, and the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Reveal, among others.
Arablouei, a skilled audio engineer, spent most of his early twenties working at recording studios. He worked on sound design and music for movies and commercials, notably the 300: Rise of an Empire IMAX trailer. He’s composed music for a number of award-winning podcasts, including “Los Cassettes del Exilio” (Radio Ambulante) and Reveal’s “All Work. No Pay” episode, which won the Sigma Delta Chi award for investigative reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Arablouei is currently working at NPR where he works alongside other famous NPR anchors and reporters including;
- Erika Beras
- Eleanor Beardsley
- Adrian “Stretch” Bartos
- Amanda Aronczyk
- Deborah Amos
- Daniel Alarcon
- Bobby Allyn
- Greg Allen
- Rund Abdelfatah