Award-winning broadcaster, writer, singer, and producer Jian Ghomeshi is also a producer was  the host and co-creator of the daily national talk show Q. Since its debut in 2007, Q has attracted the largest audience of any culture-related program in Canada and has risen to the top of the morning ratings in CBC history. Additionally, PRI currently broadcasts Q all throughout the United States. He has conducted interviews with a wide range of notable worldwide individuals, including prime ministers, athletes, and cultural icons. Woody Allen, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Barbara Walters, Tom Waits, William Shatner, Jay-Z, Al Gore, Margaret Atwood, and — in a television world-exclusive — Leonard Cohen have all been the focus of his feature interviews on Q. Jian has contributed to or appeared as a guest on a variety of shows, including CNN Today, The National, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Jian has written for and conducted interviews for The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The National Post, El Mundo, and The International Herald Tribune, among other publications. Jian received the esteemed "Best Talk Show Host" New York Festivals international radio broadcasting gold Award in 2012. His 2010 feature-length global exclusive with Leonard Cohen earned him the gold medal for "Talk Show Interview" of the year. In the fall of 2009, NOW Magazine named Jian "Best Media Personality" in television or radio. Jian's debut book, 1982, a literary memoir based on a 14-year-dream old's to be David Bowie, was published in September 2012. The book started at No. 1 on the Canadian bestseller list and held the top spot for five weeks straight on the MacLean's bestselling list. Jian, who is of Iranian origin and was born in London, England, resides in Toronto and likes to eat pistachios and cheer for a hockey club that isn't winning..

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