Seth Porges is an American director, producer,

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, and television commentator. He produced, wrote, and co-directed the feature documentary '' Class Action Park'', which premiered as the number one movie on HBO Max in August 2020. In 2014, he additionally wrote and produced a documentary short about Action Park. He also appears on numerous television shows on the

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, and

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channels; including more than 40 episodes of Mysteries at the Museum. Previously, he worked as a senior editor at ''

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'' magazine, as an editor at '' Popular Mechanics'' magazine, as the technology columnist at ''

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'' and as a writer for ''

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''. He is a graduate of

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’s Medill School of Journalism''.'' Porges has appeared as a guest commentator on television networks such as

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, Fox Business, CNN, and

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; as well as The Today Show. His writing has appeared in publications such as ''

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'', '' Men’s Health'', '' Men’s Journal'' and '' Editor & Publisher''. He is the son of the neuroscientists Stephen Porges and C. Sue Carter, and is the subject of a song by the musician Wesley Willis. In 2009, he received attention as a test pilot on the maiden voyage of an experimental pulse jet-powered carousel. In 2006, he appeared as a contestant on '' Cash Cab'' and in 2017 was on the Fox competition show ''Superhuman'', where he displayed his ability to spot art forgeries at a glance''.'' In 2011, he was named as one of "50 Media Power Bachelors" by ''The New York Observer''. and one of ''Stylecasters "Top 25 IT Kids of 2011".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Porges, Seth Living people American television personalities American technology writers American science writers American magazine editors Medill School of Journalism alumni Year of birth missing (living people)