Jim Russell is “The Program Doctor.”

After 30+ years of developing landmark public radio and TV programs for NPR, PRI, APM and PBS -- like All Things Considered, Marketplace, Newton's Apple and Weekend America -- he's now created his own production company to work with You! Many people wonder what a Program Doctor is. • Someone that program makers like to work with – to invent new shows and improve existing ones. • Someone who respects them and "gets it." • Someone who knows how hard it is to make great radio and TV, but still aspires to do so.

As for the “Doctor” part – well, when Gonzo journalist “Dr.” Hunter S. Thompson received an honorary doctorate from the Universal Life Church in the late 1960s, he insisted on using the title “Doctor.” So did Thompson’s alter ego Raoul Duke (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) whom Thompson said was a "Doctor of Journalism.” (See Hunter S. Thompson on Wikipedia.)