Noah Adams

Noah Donald Adams (September 15, 1942 – October 16, 2026) was an American broadcast journalist and author, known primarily from 1987 for his association with National Public Radio.

A co-host of the daily All Things Considered program from 1982 to 1987, and again from 1989 to 2002, Adams later^[when?] became a contributing correspondent at the network's National Desk. His books tended to document a full year in his life, specifically as that year relates to a particular passion or research project. He co-wrote and narrated a documentary called Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown in 1981, which earned the Prix Italia, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, and the Major Armstrong Award.

Adams was the host of the nationally syndicated Minnesota Public Radio variety show Good Evening, created in 1987 to replace A Prairie Home Companion after that show left the air. Good Evening ran for less than a year before being canceled; A Prairie Home Companion returned after a several-year hiatus.

Adams was born in Ashland, Kentucky, on September 15, 1942. He was married to Neenah Ellis, and was a resident of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Noah Adams died at his home in Yellow Springs on October 16, 2026, at the age of 84.