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Rachel Maddow
Rachel Anne Maddow ( ; born April 1, 1973) is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. She hosts '' The Rachel Maddow Show'', a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special event co-anchor. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010. Maddow has received multiple Emmy Awards for her broadcasting work; in 2021, she also received a Grammy Award for the audiobook version of '' Blowout'' (2019). Maddow holds a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University and a doctorate in political science from the University of Oxford and is the first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States. Early life and education Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California. Her father, Robert B. Maddow, is a former United States Air Force captain who resigned his commission the year before her birth and then worked as a lawyer for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Vietor
Thomas Frederick Vietor IV (born August 31, 1980) is an American political commentator and podcaster. He was a spokesman for President Barack Obama and the United States National Security Council from 2011 to 2012. He is a co-founder of Crooked Media with fellow former Obama staffers Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett, and co-hosts the podcasts ''Pod Save America'' and '' Pod Save the World''. Early life Vietor was raised in Dedham, Massachusetts and attended Milton Academy. He graduated from Kenyon College in 2002 with a BA in philosophy. While at Kenyon, he played on the men's lacrosse team and was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Career Political campaigns (2004–2008) In 2004, Vietor turned down an offer from the John Kerry presidential campaign in favor of joining Illinois State Senator Barack Obama for his first statewide run. His first job for Obama was driving the candidate's press van across rural Illinois. During this period, Vietor worked with and learned from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Sparks
Hal Harry Magee Sparks III (born September 25, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television and radio host and television personality. He made contributions to VH1, hosting E!'s ''Talk Soup'', and played the roles of Michael Novotny on the American television series ''Queer as Folk (American TV series), Queer as Folk'', Donald Davenport in ''Lab Rats (American TV series), Lab Rats'' and the voice of Tak in ''Tak and the Power of Juju (TV series), Tak and the Power of Juju'' television series and video games. Early life Sparks was born on September 25, 1969, in Cincinnati, Ohio, but grew up in Peaks Mill, Kentucky, outside of Frankfort, Kentucky, Frankfort. Sparks played Dungeons & Dragons every Sunday with a group of friends at the local library in Frankfort, Kentucky, Frankfort. At the age of 11, he became a "de facto dungeon master" because none of his friends wanted to do the reading required to be a dungeon master. When he was 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Majority Report With Sam Seder
''The Majority Report with Sam Seder'' is an American progressive internet talk radio program and podcast hosted by Sam Seder. The program focuses on the discussion of current events and political affairs; to this end, comedy and satire are used from time to time to make key points. Originally airing on the Air America radio network, from March 2004 until July 2006 the show was hosted by Janeane Garofalo; Garofalo was reportedly originally asked by Air America to host the program and suggested Seder as a co-host. ''The Majority Report'' was associated with the TYT Network, with which the show partnered, from the 2010 relaunch until 2020, which generally followed its original format but was rebooted as a viewer-funded production. Following those structural affiliation and funding-production changes, the show has won a string of international People's Choice Podcast Awards, in five of the next seven annual competitions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017), for the "News and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Seder
Samuel Lincoln Seder (; born November 28, 1966) is an American actor, progressive political commentator, and media host. His works include the film '' Who's the Caboose?'' (1997) as well as the television shows ''Beat Cops'' (2001) and '' Pilot Season'' (2004). He also appeared in '' Next Stop Wonderland'' (1998) and made guest appearances on ''Spin City'' (1997), ''Sex and the City'' (2000), '' America Undercover'' (2005), and ''Maron'' (2015). Since 2010, he has hosted a daily political talk show, ''The Majority Report with Sam Seder''. He also voices Harold Cranwinkle and Hugo, recurring characters on the animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers''. Personal life Early life and education Seder was born to a Jewish family in New York City, and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, and is the oldest of three children. His father, J. Robert Seder, is a well-known lawyer in Worcester. Seder earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Connecticut College and enrolled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Schultz
Edward Andrew Schultz (January 27, 1954 – July 5, 2018) was an American television and radio host, Pundit, political commentator, news anchor and sports broadcaster. He was the host of ''The Ed Show'', a weekday news talk program on MSNBC from 2009 to 2015, and ''The Ed Schultz Show'', a talk radio show, nationally Broadcast syndication#Radio syndication, syndicated by Westwood One, Dial Global from 2004 to 2014. The radio show ended on May 23, 2014, and was replaced by a one-hour podcast, ''Ed Schultz News and Commentary'', which ran from 2015 until his death. Schultz also hosted a daily primetime weekday show, ''News with Ed Schultz'', on RT America TV channel based in Washington, D.C., that is part of the RT (TV network), RT network. Early life Schultz was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and grew up in the Larchmont area near Old Dominion University, the son of George Schultz, an aeronautical engineer, and Mary Schultz, an English teacher. He attended Larchmont Elementary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Rhodes
Randi Joyce Robertson (née Bueten; born January 28, 1958), better known by her Stage name#Reasons for use, air name Randi Rhodes, is an American progressivism, progressive political commentator, activist and talk radio host. ''The Randi Rhodes Show'' is live streamed having been previously broadcast nationally on Air America (radio network), Air America Radio, Nova M Radio, and Premiere Networks, Premiere Radio Networks. Early life Rhodes was born Randi Joyce Bueten in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, to a Jews, Jewish family. Randi grew up in the Brooklyn and Queens boroughs of New York City, her father was a mechanical engineer and World War II veteran and her mother was a dress shop worker; they divorced by the time Rhodes was 15 years old. Rhodes has described her adolescence as mischievous and cites it as why she enlisted in the United States Air Force. Her married name is Randi Robertson. Rhodes is a radio name chosen to honor Ozzy Osbourne's guitar player Randy Rhoads, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Press
William H. Press (born April 8, 1940) is an American talk radio host, podcaster, liberal pundit and author. He was chairman of the California Democratic Party from 1993 to 1996, and is a senior political contributor on CNN. He hosts ''The Bill Press Pod'' podcast, and his weekly column is syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. Education Born in Wilmington, Delaware, and raised in Delaware City, Delaware, Press was educated at Salesianum School, a private Roman Catholic secondary school in Wilmington, in 1958, followed by Niagara University from which he gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, and the University of Fribourg in which he gained a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree. Life and career Press is a longtime resident of Inverness, California, having moved there in 1970. He resides in Washington, D.C. Press started his broadcasting career in Los Angeles for TV stations KABC-TV and KCOP-TV. He has worked as a political commentator for CNN and MSNBC. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Pfeiffer
Howard Daniel Pfeiffer (born December 24, 1975) is an American political advisor, author, and podcast host. He was senior advisor to President Barack Obama for strategy and communications from 2013 to 2015. Pfeiffer was a long-time aide to Obama, serving in various press and communications roles on the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign, on the presidential transition of Barack Obama, and in the White House Office. He co-hosts ''Pod Save America'', a political podcast, with Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor. In 2015, Pfeiffer joined CNN as a political contributor. Pfeiffer has also authored three books. Early life and education Pfeiffer was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Vivian Lear (née Strange), a Learning, learning specialist, and Gary Malick Pfeiffer, a Finance, financial officer for DuPont (1802–2017), DuPont. He graduated from Wilmington Friends School and earned a bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University. Career Pfeiffer began his ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Papantonio
James Michael Papantonio (born October 24, 1953) is an American torts lawyer, television presenter, radio talk show host and writer. He has been inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame. As a trial lawyer, Papantonio co-hosts ''Ring of Fire (radio program), Ring of Fire'', a nationally syndicated progressive weekly radio program, with Farron Cousins, where he is referenced as America's Lawyer. In December 2016, Papantonio began hosting a program on YouTube called ''America's Lawyer''. Education Papantonio graduated from DeSoto County High School, Arcadia, Florida. He subsequently graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in advertising, and received his Juris Doctor, J.D. from Cumberland School of Law. He was Admission to the bar, admitted to The Florida Bar in 1982 and the bar of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1983. Law career Papantonio is a senior partner in the Pensacola, Florida-based Levin Papantonio Law Firm, a mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pakman
David Pakman (born 2 February 1984) is an American left wing talk show host and progressive political commentator. He is the host of the talk radio program '' The David Pakman Show''. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Early life and education David Pakman was born to a Jewish family of Ashkenazi descent in Buenos Aires in February 1984 and immigrated to the United States at the age of five. At the age of 16, he became a US citizen. He grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Northampton High School. Pakman attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he majored in economics and communications. He earned an MBA degree from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Career Pakman hosts '' The David Pakman Show'', a television, radio, and internet political program. In 2005, Pakman began hosting a show on local radio as a "hobby", and by 2011 the show aired on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
