Education
University of California, Los Los Angeles
University of California, Los Los Angeles
His show runs from 12 midnight to 6:00 a.m., Monday night/Tuesday mornings through Thursday night/Friday mornings. Monday is "environment/anything goes" night. Tuesday is "health/alternative medicine" night, mainly featuring Gary Null.
Tuckman was born in Los Angeles, and earned a master"s degree in social anthropology from University of California, Los Angeles in 1967.
He has been a KPFK staff member since 1972.
Wednesday is politics night. His awards include a Major Armstrong Award for the documentary "Upton Sinclair: The Reverent Radical", and an Associated Press Best Spot News Coverage award (shared with Elliot Mintz) for his live, on-air interview with Iranian hostage-takers inside the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979.