Coast to Coast AM weekend host Ian Punnett will host his final broadcast of the popular overnight talk show this weekend. Find out what Ian Punnett will be up to after he steps away from the Coast to Coast AM microphone.

Ian (@deaconpunnett), who first hosted 'Coast' in 1998, is moving into the world of academia. He has been accepted into the Doctoral program at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

From the ASU press release:

National media personality and noted author Ian Punnett will join the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University this fall as a doctoral student.

Punnett will conduct research in mass communication while working toward a Ph.D.

Punnett is best-known as host of the highly popular nighttime radio talk show “Coast to Coast AM,” which he has hosted with Art Bell and George Noory since 1998. Specializing in unconventional and often taboo subjects, the program reaches a worldwide audience of about 10 million people via 600 station affiliates.

Punnett is also on a book tour promoting  "How to Pray When You're Pissed at God."


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