Jeremy Hobson is the host and executive producer of “The Middle,” a live, call-in radio show that will begin airing on The Ideas Network on Sept. 28 on Thursdays at 8 p.m. The show is committed to elevating the voices of people in the geographic and political middle of America. Hobson previously hosted Marketplace Morning Report and Here & Now. He started his public radio career at age 9 working on the show Treehouse Radio in his hometown of Urbana, Illinois.