Rob Nelson (talk show host)

In 2014, Nelson was the executive producer of the short film Wish Wizard featuring Morgan Freeman.[1] The film was made in conjunction with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to fulfill the wishes of 4 children with terminal diseases who wanted to be part of making a movie.[2]

In December 2015, Nelson completed directing and producing his first documentary feature film, Magnificent Burden,[3] which tells the story of former New York socialite Taylor Stein’s quest to save her son, whom she adopted after going undercover for the FBI to bring down an international baby trafficking ring, from a rare and deadly disease, Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).[4]

After graduating from Stanford Law School and holding an externship in the Clinton White House,[5] Nelson went on to become a television and radio show host.[6] Nelson has been the host of a number of television programs including The Full Nelson on Fox News,[7][8] which TV Guide called “a new breed of late night talk show,”[9] The Rob Nelson Show and ABC's The Scholar.[10][11][12] Nelson also hosted one of the first Internet political talk shows, In Bed with Rob Nelson, on now defunct Television.com, an early web based content network launched by E! Entertainment Television founder Larry Namer.[13]

Nelson is launching a new podcast called Lets Talk About It.The shows aim is to start having real conversations around the topics that divide us with the goal of bringing us more together