December 16, 2005

On-Air Executive

By PAUL FAIN

University presidents can wear many hats: faculty member, fund raiser in chief — the list goes on. For Robert W. Kustra, president of Boise State University, the role includes a weekly appearance as a talk-radio host.

Mr. Kustra's half-hour show, broadcast on Boise's NPR News 91, is not the lightweight public-relations fare one might expect from a university president. His guests have included such luminaries as Gloria Steinem and E.O. Wilson, as well as journalists,