Welcome to ‘Better Know a Guest’, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hi Everyone! In this last week of programming before the July 4th break week, we are seeing some great guests lined up, including an author, a historian, Bill Moyers coming in for a repeat visit, and a world famous architect who most recently created the New World Trade Center.
Let’s take a look at the week ahead and let us know whom you’re excited to see.
Monday, June 24th
Andrew Solomon (Author: “Far From the Free”)
Andrew Solomon is a writer who has been featured in many publications like The New York Times, Artform, Travel and Leisure and The New Yorker about topics such as politics, culture, psychology, depression and Soviet arts. He is also a novelist and has written two books, The Noonday Demon and most recently Far From the Tree. Far From the Free is the work he’ll be on the show to speak about, and it has been highly praised as it deals with the struggles the families of disabled children.
Born: October 30, 1963
Education: Yale University | Jesus College, Cambridge
Awards: National Book Award for Nonfiction | Prism Award | Erasing the Stigma Leadership Award | National Book Critics Circle Award
Follow: Website | @Andrew_Solomon
Tuesday, June 25th
Peniel Joseph (Author and Professor)
Peniel Joseph is an author and Professor of History at Tuffs University. As an author he has written two books, ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama. He is also the editor of The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era and Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local Level. He has written numerous essays that have appeared in many publications such as The Journal of American History, The New York Times, and The American Historical Review. He’ll be on the show to discuss the sociological and racial issues within America today.
Education: Temple University
Follow: Website | @PenielJoseph
Wednesday, June 26th
Bill Moyers (Journalist: “Two American Families”)
Bill Moyers has been active in the news business for decades. He also founded the Peace Corps and was the 13th Press Secretary, as he served in that position during the Lyndon Administration. After leaving that position, and after his involvement with the Peace Corps, he began a career in news first at Newsday before moving onto television. He has been on television fairly consistently since 1971. In early 2012, however, he began a new program after a year and a half ‘retirement’ from his old show Bill Moyers Journal. He’ll be on this show to reflects on his PBS documentary, “Two American Families,” a 20-year report on two families in the United States.
Born: June 5, 1934
Education: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | University of Texas at Austin | University of North Texas
Awards: Emmy Awards | Peabody Award | George Polk Career Award
Follow: Website | @BillMoyersHQ
Previous ‘Colbert Report’ Appearance: Interview – January 10, 2012
Thursday, June 27th
Daniel Libeskind (Architect: Ground Zero Master Plan)
Daniel Libeskind is a world famous and classical architect, winning world renowned fame for his design of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. He first began as a professor of architecture before moving onto trying to design buildings on his own in the 1980s in a few Milan contests. While these were never very successful, he was able to fund the Architecture Intermundium Institute for Architecture & Urbanism. The first building that he ever completed was the Felix Nussbaum Haus in 1998. Since then, his designs have been built all throughout the globe. He is also a successful artist, whose works have been featured in museums all over the world. He’ll be on the show to talk about his career, and his take on creating the design of the new World Trade Center in Manhattan.
Born: May 12, 1946
Education: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | School of Comparative Studies at the University of Essex
Awards: Gold medal for Architecture | RIBA International Award | Man of the Year Award | Hiroshima Art Prize | Goethe Medal | Venice Biennale First Prize Stone Lion Award | Leo Baeck Medal
Follow: Website | @DanielLibeskind
And now, to check in with our good friend John Oliver over at The Daily Show!
Monday, June 24th
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Actress: “Won’t Back Down”)
Maggie Gyllenhaal is an actress who got her first prominent role in the film Donnie Darko, where coincidentally she played the sister to the main character who was played by her brother Jake. After that she appeared in such movies as Secretary, Stranger Than Fiction, The Dark Knight and Crazy Heart. She’ll be on with John to discuss her new film Won’t Back Down, which tells the story of a mother who is frustrated by her dyslexic daughter’s struggles at the school she attends and how works together with a teacher to make the school a better place.
Born: November 16, 1977
Education: Columbia University | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Awards: People’s Choice Award | Prism Award
Previous ‘Daily Show’ Appearances: Interview – June 13, 2012 | January 7, 2010 | July 17, 2008 | September 11, 2006 Interview | July 28, 2005 | December 15, 2003
Tuesday, June 25th
Questlove (Author: “Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove”)
Questlove is a musician best known for being a part of the band The Roots. He is also an accomplished music producer, DJ, and as of 2013, a lecturer on classic albums at New York University. He is also an actor having made minor films appearances in various films. He’ll be on the show to talk about his music career, being a part of Jimmy Fallon’s house band, and his new book Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove.
Born: January 20, 1971
Education: Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Awards: Guldbagge Award
Follow: iTunes | @Questlove
Wednesday, June 26th
Josh Fox (Founder and Artistic director of the International WOW Company)
Josh Fox is a environmentalist and documentarian best know for the 2010 film Gasland, which covers the side effects that fracking for gas has had on not just the environment but how on the people who live near the areas where it has occurred. He’ll be on the show to discuss environmental issues and how it affects the people it’s near by and the environment.
Born: 1972
Education: Columbia University
Awards: Artistic Vision Award | Primetime Emmy | Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize
Previous ‘Daily Show’ Appearances: Interview – June 21, 2010
Thursday, June 27th
Tom Goldstein (Founder and Publisher of SCOTUSblog)
Tom Goldstein is a lawyer and blogger. He is best known for his blog Supreme Court of the United States Blog. In this blog he covers all areas of the hearing that the Supreme Court partake in. He blogs and podcasts about the various arguments and the (sometimes) various decisions that the Justices make during any cases.
Education: American University’s Washington College of Law | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards: Peabody Award | Silver Gavel Award | American Gavel Award
Previous ‘Daily Show’ Appearances: Interview – April 3, 2012 [Part 1] & [Part 2]
Follow: SCOTUSBlog | @SCOTUSblog
That’s it for this week Hubsters! Have a great week! See you next time.
Better Know A Guest: June 24 — 27, 2013
Welcome to ‘Better Know a Guest’, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hi Everyone! In this last week of programming before the July 4th break week, we are seeing some great guests lined up, including an author, a historian, Bill Moyers coming in for a repeat visit, and a world famous architect who most recently created the New World Trade Center.
Let’s take a look at the week ahead and let us know whom you’re excited to see.
Monday, June 24th
Andrew Solomon (Author: “Far From the Free”)
Andrew Solomon is a writer who has been featured in many publications like The New York Times, Artform, Travel and Leisure and The New Yorker about topics such as politics, culture, psychology, depression and Soviet arts. He is also a novelist and has written two books, The Noonday Demon and most recently Far From the Tree. Far From the Free is the work he’ll be on the show to speak about, and it has been highly praised as it deals with the struggles the families of disabled children.
Born: October 30, 1963
Education: Yale University | Jesus College, Cambridge
Awards: National Book Award for Nonfiction | Prism Award | Erasing the Stigma Leadership Award | National Book Critics Circle Award
Follow: Website | @Andrew_Solomon
Tuesday, June 25th
Peniel Joseph (Author and Professor)
Peniel Joseph is an author and Professor of History at Tuffs University. As an author he has written two books, ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama. He is also the editor of The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era and Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local Level. He has written numerous essays that have appeared in many publications such as The Journal of American History, The New York Times, and The American Historical Review. He’ll be on the show to discuss the sociological and racial issues within America today.
Education: Temple University
Follow: Website | @PenielJoseph
Wednesday, June 26th
Bill Moyers (Journalist: “Two American Families”)
Bill Moyers has been active in the news business for decades. He also founded the Peace Corps and was the 13th Press Secretary, as he served in that position during the Lyndon Administration. After leaving that position, and after his involvement with the Peace Corps, he began a career in news first at Newsday before moving onto television. He has been on television fairly consistently since 1971. In early 2012, however, he began a new program after a year and a half ‘retirement’ from his old show Bill Moyers Journal. He’ll be on this show to reflects on his PBS documentary, “Two American Families,” a 20-year report on two families in the United States.
Born: June 5, 1934
Education: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | University of Texas at Austin | University of North Texas
Awards: Emmy Awards | Peabody Award | George Polk Career Award
Follow: Website | @BillMoyersHQ
Previous ‘Colbert Report’ Appearance: Interview – January 10, 2012
Thursday, June 27th
Daniel Libeskind (Architect: Ground Zero Master Plan)
Daniel Libeskind is a world famous and classical architect, winning world renowned fame for his design of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. He first began as a professor of architecture before moving onto trying to design buildings on his own in the 1980s in a few Milan contests. While these were never very successful, he was able to fund the Architecture Intermundium Institute for Architecture & Urbanism. The first building that he ever completed was the Felix Nussbaum Haus in 1998. Since then, his designs have been built all throughout the globe. He is also a successful artist, whose works have been featured in museums all over the world. He’ll be on the show to talk about his career, and his take on creating the design of the new World Trade Center in Manhattan.
Born: May 12, 1946
Education: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | School of Comparative Studies at the University of Essex
Awards: Gold medal for Architecture | RIBA International Award | Man of the Year Award | Hiroshima Art Prize | Goethe Medal | Venice Biennale First Prize Stone Lion Award | Leo Baeck Medal
Follow: Website | @DanielLibeskind
And now, to check in with our good friend John Oliver over at The Daily Show!
Monday, June 24th
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Actress: “Won’t Back Down”)
Maggie Gyllenhaal is an actress who got her first prominent role in the film Donnie Darko, where coincidentally she played the sister to the main character who was played by her brother Jake. After that she appeared in such movies as Secretary, Stranger Than Fiction, The Dark Knight and Crazy Heart. She’ll be on with John to discuss her new film Won’t Back Down, which tells the story of a mother who is frustrated by her dyslexic daughter’s struggles at the school she attends and how works together with a teacher to make the school a better place.
Born: November 16, 1977
Education: Columbia University | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Awards: People’s Choice Award | Prism Award
Previous ‘Daily Show’ Appearances: Interview – June 13, 2012 | January 7, 2010 | July 17, 2008 | September 11, 2006 Interview | July 28, 2005 | December 15, 2003
Tuesday, June 25th
Questlove (Author: “Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove”)
Questlove is a musician best known for being a part of the band The Roots. He is also an accomplished music producer, DJ, and as of 2013, a lecturer on classic albums at New York University. He is also an actor having made minor films appearances in various films. He’ll be on the show to talk about his music career, being a part of Jimmy Fallon’s house band, and his new book Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove.
Born: January 20, 1971
Education: Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Awards: Guldbagge Award
Follow: iTunes | @Questlove
Wednesday, June 26th
Josh Fox (Founder and Artistic director of the International WOW Company)
Josh Fox is a environmentalist and documentarian best know for the 2010 film Gasland, which covers the side effects that fracking for gas has had on not just the environment but how on the people who live near the areas where it has occurred. He’ll be on the show to discuss environmental issues and how it affects the people it’s near by and the environment.
Born: 1972
Education: Columbia University
Awards: Artistic Vision Award | Primetime Emmy | Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize
Previous ‘Daily Show’ Appearances: Interview – June 21, 2010
Thursday, June 27th
Tom Goldstein (Founder and Publisher of SCOTUSblog)
Tom Goldstein is a lawyer and blogger. He is best known for his blog Supreme Court of the United States Blog. In this blog he covers all areas of the hearing that the Supreme Court partake in. He blogs and podcasts about the various arguments and the (sometimes) various decisions that the Justices make during any cases.
Education: American University’s Washington College of Law | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards: Peabody Award | Silver Gavel Award | American Gavel Award
Previous ‘Daily Show’ Appearances: Interview – April 3, 2012 [Part 1] & [Part 2]
Follow: SCOTUSBlog | @SCOTUSblog
That’s it for this week Hubsters! Have a great week! See you next time.