Justin Robert Young (born March 5, 1983) is a

podcaster A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. ...

, journalist, comedian and writer. Young writes and publishes the ''Politics, Politics, Politics!'' podcast, and co-hosts the weekly comedy podcast ''Great Night'' with magician

Brian Brushwood Brian Allen Brushwood (born January 17, 1975) is an American magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, YouTuber and comedian. Brushwood is known for the series ''Scam Nation'' (previously ''Scam School''), a show where he teaches the audience enter ...

. Young has recorded four comedy albums with Brushwood, two of which (''Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden'' and ''Night Attack: Live'') debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart.

Biography

Young was born in

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but considers

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his hometown. He graduated from

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in 2001. Young is a graduate of the

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

journalism program where he also worked at

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, the independent student newspaper of

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, as its editor-in-chief. He has also worked as a newspaper journalist for The South Florida Sun-Sentinel and

The Morning Call ''The Morning Call'' is a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883, it is the second longest continuously published newspaper in the Lehigh Valley, after ''The Express-Times''. In 2020, the newspaper permanently closed its Al ...

."About"
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(audio:MP3). ''My So Called 8bit Life'' podcast. Cosmicradio.tv

Journalism and podcasting career

Following his brief tenure in newspaper journalism, Young was recruited by longtime friend and magic inventor Andrew Mayne to serve as the editor-in-chief of iTricks.com, published by Mayne. Young later went on to serve as editor of WeirdThings.com, also published by Mayne. In 2009 Young began the Weird Things podcast with co-hosts Mayne and Brushwood, and served as an Associate Producer on the first season of

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. Young has also worked as a correspondent for BitTorrent News as it launched at the Republican National Convention, as well as covering other political news, until BitTorrent News eventually shut down.

Comedy career

During and after college, Young performed stand-up comedy and improv in addition to attempting a comedy podcast. Young hosted a short-lived YouTube series called ''TalkingHead TV'' in which he interviewed guests from around the world on the topics of tech and pop culture, including an early interview with magician and future podcast collaborator Brian Brushwood. Young met Brushwood in Florida while interviewing him for iTricks.com. Soon after, Young became a regular guest on Brushwood's ''BBLiveShow'' podcast. Young and Brushwood were selected by

Leo Laporte Leo Laporte (; born November 29, 1956) is the host of ''The Tech Guy'' weekly radio show and a host on TWiT.tv, an Internet podcast network focusing on technology. He is also a former TechTV technology host (1998–2008) and a technology author. O ...

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network to co-host a late-night comedy show, ''NSFW''. ''NSFW'' premiered on November 24, 2009."NSFW"
NSFWshow.com. As co-host of ''NSFW'' and later ''Night Attack'', Young has interviewed many notable people such as The Walking Dead star

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and novelist/screenwriter

C. Robert Cargill Christopher Robert Cargill (born September 8, 1975) is an American screenwriter, novelist, podcast host, and former film critic known under the pseudonyms Massawyrm (on Ain't It Cool News) and Carlyle (on Spill.com). Cargill currently resides in ...

, as well as musical guests such as

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, Turquoise Jeep, and

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. Young has also co-hosted a podcast film festival with film director and producer

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, and has written advertisements for

Greg Grunberg Gregory Phillip Grunberg (born July 11, 1966) is an American film and television actor best known for starring as Eric Weiss in the ABC series ''Alias'', Matt Parkman in the NBC series ''Heroes'', Temmin "Snap" Wexley in '' Star Wars: The Forc ...

's websit
Talk About It
which promotes epilepsy awareness. Young and Brushwood released a comedy album ''Night Attack'' in 2011, debuting at #38 on ''Billboard'''s Launchpad. The duo have since released three sequel albums, two of which (''Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden'' and ''Night Attack: Live'') debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart. They were also responsible for the crowd-sourced parody of ''

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'' titled ''The Diamond Club: A Novel''.

Other works

Young is a co-creator of ''The Contender'', a card game on the theme of presidential debate. The project was kickstarted with $142,551 in crowd-sourced funding.

Internet broadcasting and television

Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood DragonCon 2013

Current

* After Things – A podcast discussing various aspects of being a creative professional. * Daily Tech News Show – Young is a weekly correspondent of the technology news podcast hosted by Tom Merritt. * Young is a weekly contributor to Scott Johnson's morning show on his Frogpants network. * Great Night – A weekly program that is a re-tooling of the former Night Attack show. * Politics Politics Politics! – Non-partisan political commentary. * Weird Things Podcast – A podcast discussing science, the paranormal, the supernatural, and fringe, hosted by Young, Brushwood, and Andrew Mayne. * We’re Not Wrong – A discussion of politics, government, and media hosted by Young, Jennifer Briney, and Andrew Heaton.

Former

* BBLiveShow – Young became a regular guest on the show after several call-ins to the show following a chance meet-up with host Brian Brushwood in Florida for an interview for iTricks. * Before You Buy – Occasional contributor of technology reviews on the TWiT network. * Game On! – Young was the lead writer of TWiT's short-lived gaming news podcast. * Hotline Monday – A live call-in drive time podcast where viewers can call-in to the show and discuss anything in the news, however it is heavily focused on geeky content. Young is the co-host with Johnson. * iTricks Magic Week in Review – A review of the latest magic news of the week, as well as interviews with personalities in the magic industry. * JuRY – A solo weekly podcast with an eclectic blend of humorous anecdotes, cultural musing and audience feedback. * Night Attack – A weekly comedy podcast which Young co-hosts with Brian Brushwood. It was named after the Billboard #1 Comedy Album series and succeeded the NSFW Show. * NSFW Show – Following the success of BBLiveShow, Young and Brushwood started a weekly comedy show for the technology-minded on the

Network. * Raise The Dead – In-depth looks at the Presidential election campaigns from the 1960s with comparisons to modern campaigns. * This Week in Tech – Young was an occasional contributor to

's roundtable technology discussion show. * Unfriend Me – A topical podcast where Young and Scott Johnson discuss controversial topics with call-in guests.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Justin Robert 1983 births Living people South Plantation High School alumni American male journalists American podcasters