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.
Hey there Hubsters! As usual, it’s time to take a look at the guests that will be featured in the next week of shows. As always, let us know in the comments below about your favorite guests from the lineup and what you hope the shows cover in the upcoming week!
Monday, June 9 (2014)
Esther Perel (Author: “Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence”)
Esther Perel is a Belgian couples therapist and popular author of nonfiction psychology books. Her most popular book, Mating in Captivity, attempts to reconcile the tension between domesticity and sexual desire, and also discusses how to keep long-term relationships sexually exciting. The book has been praised as “An elegant sociological study, complete with erudite literary and anthropological references” by the Daily Telegraph. Salon praised Perel, saying “Her advice is refreshingly counterintuitive.”
Education: Lesley College | Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Follow: Website | @EstherPerel
Tuesday, June 10 (2014)
John Waters (Author: “Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America”)
John Waters is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, art collector, and author with a new book entitled, Carsick: The Obsessions of John Waters. The book recounts his time hitchhiking across the country (while toting along a sign reading “I’m Not Psycho”). He reflects on some of his worst fears and greatest expectations before detailing his journey, including a ride with an 80 year old farmer who believes Waters is a hobo, an indie band, and more. Publishers Weekly called it “A flavorful book, with the same cheeky sentimentality we experienced in Water’s memoir Role Models plus a Divine-sized does of kitsch. John Waters fans like me will be ecstatic.”
Born: 22 April 1946 (Baltimore, Maryland, United States)
Education: Boy’s Latin School of Maryland
Books: Shock Value | Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters | Trash Trio: Three Screenplays: Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, Flamingos Forever | Art: A Sex Book | Hairspray, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs: Three More Screenplays | Role Models
Filmography: Hag in a Black Leather Jacket | Roman Candles | Eat Your Makeup | Mondo Trasho | The Diane Linkletter Story | Multiple Maniacs | Pink Flamingos | Female Trouble | Desperate Living | Polyester | Reckless Eyeballs | Hairspray | Serial Mom | Pecker | Cecil B. Demented | A Dirty Shame
Previous “Colbert Report” Appearance(s): Interview – 28 June 2010
Wednesday, June 11 (2014)
Rob Rhinehart (Creator: Soylent)
Rob Rhinehart is an American engineer and the creator of Soylent. Soylent is a new food product made from maltodextrin, rice protein, oat flour, canola oil, fish oil, and raw chemical powders that can serve as a staple meal for adults, and is designed to provide maximum nutrition with less effort than cooking a day’s worth of meals. Rhinehart was inspired to create the product by the need for a simpler food source and the time and money required to prepare healthy meals and get all the required nutrition. Soylent has been heralded by the press as “the end of food,” but as Rhinehart says in The New Yorker, “we’ll see a separation between our meals for utility and function, and our meals for experience and socialization.”
Follow: Website | @RobRhinehart | @Soylent
Thursday, June 12 (2014)
James Webb (Author: “I Heard My Country Calling: A Memoir”)
James Webb is a former American senator from Virginia, former Secretary of the Navy, and a member of the Democratic Party. His memoir, I Heard My Country Calling details the events of his earlier life, including his childhood as the son of an military man and a loving mother, and a strong grandmother who kept the family together; relocating frequently due to his father’s career, and the beginning of this own military career as he left his family to serve in Vietnam. The Wall Street Journal calls is “a brilliant personal recollection that also brings alive a forgotten period of American history.”
Born: 9 February 1946 (St. Joseph, Missouri, United States)
Education: University of Southern California | United States Naval Academy | Georgetown University
Committee Assignments: Committee on Armed Services | Committee on Foreign Relations | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Joint Economic Committee
Awards: Navy Cross | Silver Star | Bronze Star | Purple Heart
Previous “Colbert Report” Appearance(s): Interview – 8 March 2006
Follow: Website
And now, to check in with our good friend Jon Stewart over at The Daily Show!
Monday, June 9 (2014)
Philip K. Howard (Author: “The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government”)
Philip K. Howard is an American lawyer, writer, and founder of the legal reform nonprofit Common Good. His book, The Rule of Nobody, details his belief that legal philosophy must be reformed in order to achieve the goals society wants. His concern with the current legal system is that it’s concerned with following the letter of the law rather than passing common-sense justice; sticking to concrete law will not work. The answer to this issue is to simplify the legal system and allow the use of common sense and returning to what he believes was the original intent of American public law – to reach certain goals and keep people within certain agreeable boundaries. Stuart Taylor, Jr. of The Wall Street Journal notes that”Amid the liberal-conservative ideological clash that paralyzes our government, it’s always refreshing to encounter the views of Philip K. Howard, whose ideology is common sense spiked with a sense of urgency … [This] book drives home some large truths.”
Born: 1948 (Kentucky, United States)
Education: Taft School, Yale College | University of Virginia Law School
Awards: Presidential Citation | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Award for Civic Leadership
Previous “Colbert Report” Appearance(s): Interview – 3 May 2011 | 19 November 2010
Follow: Website
Tuesday, June 10 (2014)
Sebastian Junger (Director: “Korengal”)
Sebastian Junger is an American journalist and filmmaker, famous for his best-selling book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea. His latest film project is Korengal, which examines the lives of soldiers and their differing experiences of war, and consists largely of interviews with men in a platoon that fought in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan, where 42 Americans died before the United States military pulled out of the area in April 2010. The film is a sequel to Restrepo, Junger’s first foray into the lives of soldiers in the Korengal Valley. Some soldiers show remorse for what they’ve done on the battlefield, others celebrate their victories, others don’t know what to think about their situation. In Korengal, Junger creates a portrait of uncertainty that plagues newly-returned soldiers.
Born: 17 January 1962 (Belmont, Massachusetts, United States)
Education: Concord Academy | Wesleyan University
Books: The Perfect Storm | A Death in Belmont | Fire | War
Filmography: Restrepo | Which Way is the Front Line From Here?
Previous “Daily Show” Appearance(s): Interview – 12 May 2010 | 25 January 2002
Follow: Website
Wednesday, June 11 (2014)
Charles Schumer (Senator: New York [D])
Charles “Chuck” Schumer is the senior U.S. senator from New York and the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate.. It is unclear what he is coming to the show to discuss.
Born: 23 November 1950 (Brooklyn, New York, United States)
Education: James Madison High School | Harvard College | Harvard Law School
Books: Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time
Congressional Committees: Committee on Finance | Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Committee on the Judiciary | Committee on Rules and Administration | Joint Committee on the Library | Joint Committee on Printing | Joint Economic Committee | International Narcotics Control Caucus | Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
Follow: Website | @Chuckschumer
Thursday, June 12 (2014)
Christopher Walken (Actor: “Jersey Boys”)
Christopher Walken is an American actor, screenwriter, and director with many, many acting credits to his name. He stars in the upcoming movie musical Jersey Boys, based on the Broadway musical of the same name. The film tells the story of the The Four Seasons, a musical group that rose to fame during the 1960s, and stars John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and Walken as Gyp DeCarlo, and is directed by Clint Eastwood. The film chronicles the evolution of the band in four different sections or “seasons,” each told from the perspective of a different band member.
Born: 31 March 1943 (Queens, New York, United States)
Filmography:The Three Musketeers | Valley Forge | The Sentinel | Annie Hall | The Dogs of War | The Dead Zone | Deadline | Puss in Boots | King of New York | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Batman Returns | Pulp Fiction | The Prophecy | MouseHunt | Antz | Vendetta | Joe Dirt | Catch Me If You Can | Julius Caesar | The Stepford Wives | Wedding Crashers | Hairspray | Balls of Fury | Seven Psychopaths
Television: The Guiding Light | Naked City | Hawaii Five-O | Kojak
Awards: Academy Award | BAFTA Award | Screen Actors Guild Award | American Comedy Award | Hollywood Film Festival | MTV Video Music Award
Previous “Daily Show” Appearance(s): Interview – 25 January 2013 | 18 July 2007
Please remember to vote in our weekly favourite guests polls, and don’t forget to let us know which guests you’re looking forward to! Also please try to comment with any tips or suggestions that you have for this post. Thanks! Here’s to a great week of shows! That’s all for this week Hubsters! See you next time!
Better Know a Guest: June 9 – 12, 2014
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.
Hey there Hubsters! As usual, it’s time to take a look at the guests that will be featured in the next week of shows. As always, let us know in the comments below about your favorite guests from the lineup and what you hope the shows cover in the upcoming week!
Monday, June 9 (2014)
Esther Perel (Author: “Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence”)
Esther Perel is a Belgian couples therapist and popular author of nonfiction psychology books. Her most popular book, Mating in Captivity, attempts to reconcile the tension between domesticity and sexual desire, and also discusses how to keep long-term relationships sexually exciting. The book has been praised as “An elegant sociological study, complete with erudite literary and anthropological references” by the Daily Telegraph. Salon praised Perel, saying “Her advice is refreshingly counterintuitive.”
Education: Lesley College | Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Follow: Website | @EstherPerel
Tuesday, June 10 (2014)
John Waters (Author: “Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America”)
John Waters is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, art collector, and author with a new book entitled, Carsick: The Obsessions of John Waters. The book recounts his time hitchhiking across the country (while toting along a sign reading “I’m Not Psycho”). He reflects on some of his worst fears and greatest expectations before detailing his journey, including a ride with an 80 year old farmer who believes Waters is a hobo, an indie band, and more. Publishers Weekly called it “A flavorful book, with the same cheeky sentimentality we experienced in Water’s memoir Role Models plus a Divine-sized does of kitsch. John Waters fans like me will be ecstatic.”
Born: 22 April 1946 (Baltimore, Maryland, United States)
Education: Boy’s Latin School of Maryland
Books: Shock Value | Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters | Trash Trio: Three Screenplays: Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, Flamingos Forever | Art: A Sex Book | Hairspray, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs: Three More Screenplays | Role Models
Filmography: Hag in a Black Leather Jacket | Roman Candles | Eat Your Makeup | Mondo Trasho | The Diane Linkletter Story | Multiple Maniacs | Pink Flamingos | Female Trouble | Desperate Living | Polyester | Reckless Eyeballs | Hairspray | Serial Mom | Pecker | Cecil B. Demented | A Dirty Shame
Previous “Colbert Report” Appearance(s): Interview – 28 June 2010
Wednesday, June 11 (2014)
Rob Rhinehart (Creator: Soylent)
Rob Rhinehart is an American engineer and the creator of Soylent. Soylent is a new food product made from maltodextrin, rice protein, oat flour, canola oil, fish oil, and raw chemical powders that can serve as a staple meal for adults, and is designed to provide maximum nutrition with less effort than cooking a day’s worth of meals. Rhinehart was inspired to create the product by the need for a simpler food source and the time and money required to prepare healthy meals and get all the required nutrition. Soylent has been heralded by the press as “the end of food,” but as Rhinehart says in The New Yorker, “we’ll see a separation between our meals for utility and function, and our meals for experience and socialization.”
Follow: Website | @RobRhinehart | @Soylent
Thursday, June 12 (2014)
James Webb (Author: “I Heard My Country Calling: A Memoir”)
James Webb is a former American senator from Virginia, former Secretary of the Navy, and a member of the Democratic Party. His memoir, I Heard My Country Calling details the events of his earlier life, including his childhood as the son of an military man and a loving mother, and a strong grandmother who kept the family together; relocating frequently due to his father’s career, and the beginning of this own military career as he left his family to serve in Vietnam. The Wall Street Journal calls is “a brilliant personal recollection that also brings alive a forgotten period of American history.”
Born: 9 February 1946 (St. Joseph, Missouri, United States)
Education: University of Southern California | United States Naval Academy | Georgetown University
Committee Assignments: Committee on Armed Services | Committee on Foreign Relations | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs | Joint Economic Committee
Awards: Navy Cross | Silver Star | Bronze Star | Purple Heart
Previous “Colbert Report” Appearance(s): Interview – 8 March 2006
Follow: Website
And now, to check in with our good friend Jon Stewart over at The Daily Show!
Monday, June 9 (2014)
Philip K. Howard (Author: “The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government”)
Philip K. Howard is an American lawyer, writer, and founder of the legal reform nonprofit Common Good. His book, The Rule of Nobody, details his belief that legal philosophy must be reformed in order to achieve the goals society wants. His concern with the current legal system is that it’s concerned with following the letter of the law rather than passing common-sense justice; sticking to concrete law will not work. The answer to this issue is to simplify the legal system and allow the use of common sense and returning to what he believes was the original intent of American public law – to reach certain goals and keep people within certain agreeable boundaries. Stuart Taylor, Jr. of The Wall Street Journal notes that”Amid the liberal-conservative ideological clash that paralyzes our government, it’s always refreshing to encounter the views of Philip K. Howard, whose ideology is common sense spiked with a sense of urgency … [This] book drives home some large truths.”
Born: 1948 (Kentucky, United States)
Education: Taft School, Yale College | University of Virginia Law School
Awards: Presidential Citation | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Award for Civic Leadership
Previous “Colbert Report” Appearance(s): Interview – 3 May 2011 | 19 November 2010
Follow: Website
Tuesday, June 10 (2014)
Sebastian Junger (Director: “Korengal”)
Sebastian Junger is an American journalist and filmmaker, famous for his best-selling book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea. His latest film project is Korengal, which examines the lives of soldiers and their differing experiences of war, and consists largely of interviews with men in a platoon that fought in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan, where 42 Americans died before the United States military pulled out of the area in April 2010. The film is a sequel to Restrepo, Junger’s first foray into the lives of soldiers in the Korengal Valley. Some soldiers show remorse for what they’ve done on the battlefield, others celebrate their victories, others don’t know what to think about their situation. In Korengal, Junger creates a portrait of uncertainty that plagues newly-returned soldiers.
Born: 17 January 1962 (Belmont, Massachusetts, United States)
Education: Concord Academy | Wesleyan University
Books: The Perfect Storm | A Death in Belmont | Fire | War
Filmography: Restrepo | Which Way is the Front Line From Here?
Previous “Daily Show” Appearance(s): Interview – 12 May 2010 | 25 January 2002
Follow: Website
Wednesday, June 11 (2014)
Charles Schumer (Senator: New York [D])
Charles “Chuck” Schumer is the senior U.S. senator from New York and the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate.. It is unclear what he is coming to the show to discuss.
Born: 23 November 1950 (Brooklyn, New York, United States)
Education: James Madison High School | Harvard College | Harvard Law School
Books: Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time
Congressional Committees: Committee on Finance | Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Committee on the Judiciary | Committee on Rules and Administration | Joint Committee on the Library | Joint Committee on Printing | Joint Economic Committee | International Narcotics Control Caucus | Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
Follow: Website | @Chuckschumer
Thursday, June 12 (2014)
Christopher Walken (Actor: “Jersey Boys”)
Christopher Walken is an American actor, screenwriter, and director with many, many acting credits to his name. He stars in the upcoming movie musical Jersey Boys, based on the Broadway musical of the same name. The film tells the story of the The Four Seasons, a musical group that rose to fame during the 1960s, and stars John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and Walken as Gyp DeCarlo, and is directed by Clint Eastwood. The film chronicles the evolution of the band in four different sections or “seasons,” each told from the perspective of a different band member.
Born: 31 March 1943 (Queens, New York, United States)
Filmography:The Three Musketeers | Valley Forge | The Sentinel | Annie Hall | The Dogs of War | The Dead Zone | Deadline | Puss in Boots | King of New York | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Batman Returns | Pulp Fiction | The Prophecy | MouseHunt | Antz | Vendetta | Joe Dirt | Catch Me If You Can | Julius Caesar | The Stepford Wives | Wedding Crashers | Hairspray | Balls of Fury | Seven Psychopaths
Television: The Guiding Light | Naked City | Hawaii Five-O | Kojak
Awards: Academy Award | BAFTA Award | Screen Actors Guild Award | American Comedy Award | Hollywood Film Festival | MTV Video Music Award
Previous “Daily Show” Appearance(s): Interview – 25 January 2013 | 18 July 2007
Please remember to vote in our weekly favourite guests polls, and don’t forget to let us know which guests you’re looking forward to! Also please try to comment with any tips or suggestions that you have for this post. Thanks! Here’s to a great week of shows! That’s all for this week Hubsters! See you next time!