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Robin Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress best known for being the long-running co-host of The Howard Stern Show. A former nurse and officer in the United States Air Force, she has worked with radio personality Howard Stern since 1981 and was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2017.
In March 1981, radio personality Howard Stern started his new morning program at WWDC (FM) in Washington, DC. He wanted an on-air newscaster to riff with him in the studio on the news and current affairs. Station program director Denise Oliver played Quivers a tape of Stern interviewing a prostitute on the air and she accepted the job without meeting him. She assumed she "would come in and do the news ... but it wasn't that way". Quivers made her on-air debut with Stern on March 2, 1981.
Quivers and Stern quickly developed an on-air rapport that became central to the program. After Stern's show became highly rated in Washington, D.C., he moved to WNBC in New York City in 1982 with Quivers joining him. In 2006, the show moved to Sirius XM.
Quivers returned to The Howard Stern Show studio on October 2, 2013, following a 17-month absence while she underwent cancer treatment.
Her second book, The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life, was published by Avery in October 2013. The book combines memoir with recipes and nutritional advice; Penguin Random House described it as featuring more than 90 recipes. In a review for Library Journal, Barbara Jacobs described the book as "conversational and funny" and wrote that it could inspire readers interested in a vegan diet.
Quivers was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2017.
In 1990, she underwent breast reduction surgery. In June 2007, Quivers began a vegan diet, which she says helped to increase her energy and helped her to lose 60 pounds (27 kilograms) over a six-month period. Quivers was set to release a book about her experiences as a vegan in March 2013, but it was pushed back to October.
In August 2007, comedian Jim Florentine asked Quivers on the air to go on a date with him. Due to the attention this garnered, Quivers became tight-lipped about the topic. On July 28, 2008, Quivers announced on The Howard Stern Show she and Florentine had ended their relationship. She stated that the breakup was amicable, that Florentine was "genuine and honest", and that he was the one who initiated the breakup.
Quivers has had many different hobbies, including race car driving, painting, rock climbing and other physical activities. She claimed she would be a successful racer and challenged radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge, an experienced driver, to a future race. Quivers competed in the 2007 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, finishing in fourteenth place out of seventeen racers.
To promote his book The Mirror Effect, Drew Pinsky administered a test designed to measure narcissism of many celebrities, including the staff of The Howard Stern Show. At 34 out of 40, Quivers scored the highest of all celebrities polled; the average for Americans is 15.3. Quivers's voice is often joked about on the Howard Stern show as being condescending and "snooty."
Quivers works with The Girl Fund, a program organized by the United Nations that advocates for education of girls in countries where they are often exploited. Quivers also founded the 15 Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on academics, nutrition and arts education for Kâ12 students.
Quivers has learned the Transcendental Meditation technique, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
On September 9, 2013, Quivers announced that her cancer was in complete remission after successful surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. After seventeen months, Quivers returned to the studio on October 2, 2013. Quivers' official diagnosis was stage 3C endometrial cancer. In 2016, the cancer returned, and Quivers later said that she lost her hair during a second round of chemotherapy in 2017. In mid-2024, she noted that she was still "in and out of treatment".
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