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! I hope you guys had a fantastic weekend, and that you’re all ready for another week of shows! What are you guys looking forward to hearing about, or are any of the guests interesting to you? My birthday is this week, but alas, I haven’t heard of either of the guests that will be on that day. Oh well, an opportunity to learn!
Stephen’s guests this week include a journalist, an author, a producer, and a chairman for the Rebuild Foundation.
Jon’s guests this week include an actor, a former senator, a television host, and an author.
Monday, March 3 (2014)
Caitlin Flanagan (Writer, “The Dark Power of Fraternities”)
Caitlin Flanagan is an American writer and social critic, whose article “The Dark Power of Fraternities” was featured in The Atlantic. The article explores the darker side of Greek societies in American schools, especially that of fraternities. It stems from a yearlong investigation of Greek houses that sheds light on the subject and demonstrates the way that many fraternities shift the blame for problems on their property.
Born: 1961 (Berkeley, California, United States)
Education: University of Virginia
Books: To Hell with All That: Loving an Loathing Our Inner Housewife
Previous ‘Colbert Report‘ Appearance(s): Interview – April 19, 2006
Tuesday, March 4 (2014)
Jaron Lanier (Author: “Who Owns the Future?“)
Jaron Lanier is an American writer, computer scientist, and composer of classical music. His book, Who Owns the Future?, intends to predict the directions that technological developments will take us. Lanier particularly focuses on the effects of network technology on the world economy, and believes that the networks had some hand in the recession, and that industries will face more problems with employment. In contrast to this bleak prediction, he also presents a possible future in which people take back their destiny from technology.
Born: May 3, 1960 (New York City, New York, United States)
Education: New Mexico State University | California Institute of Technology
Books: Information Is an Alienated Experience | You Are Not a Gadget
Awards: Watson Award, Carnegie Mellon University | Honorary Doctorate from New Jersey Institute of Technology | IEEE Virtual Reality Career Award | TIME’s 100 Most Influential People, 2010
Follow: Website
Wednesday, March 5 (2014)
Beau Willimon (Writer and Producer: “House of Cards”)
Beau Willimon is an American playwright and screen writer, whose currently serves as the writer and producer of the hit Netflix original series House of Cards. The series follows Frank Underwood, a Democratic Senator from North Carolina. The show, which released its second season on February 14th, follows Underwood’s political (and often personal) dealings in Washington DC, along with those of his wife, Claire (Robin Wright), Washington reporter Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), and others who are fortunate enough to work with them or unfortunate enough to get in the way. The series has received critical acclaim since its debut, with the first season winning three Emmy Awards and earning nine nominations.
Born: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Education: John Burroughs School | Columbia University | Juilliard School
Plays: Farragut North | Spirit Control | Lower Ninth
Awards: Lila Acheson Wallace Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship | Le Compte du Nuoy Award
Follow: @BeauWillimon
Thursday, March 6 (2014)
Theaster Gates (Chairman: Rebuild Foundation)
Theaster Gates is an American installation artist, who is also chairman of the Rebuild Foundation. The Foundation helps neighborhoods through culture-driven development by revitalizing abandoned spaces in under-served communities with arts and culture. It currently oversees projects in Chicago, St. Louis, and Omaha. Through it, teams of artists, architects, developers, educators, community activists, and residents participate to develop training and entrepreneurship to transform neighborhoods. It aims to use art to bring communities closer together and help them thrive.
Born: August 28, 1973
Education: Iowa State University | University of Cape Town
Awards: Fellow, United States Artists | Vera List Center for Arts and Politics Award
Follow: Website | @rebuildfn
And now, let’s check in with our good friend Jon Stewart over at ‘The Daily Show’!
Monday, March 3 (2014)
Seth MacFarlane (Director / Actor: “A Million Ways to Die in the West”)
Seth MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and singer. He directs and stars in the upcoming movie A Million Ways to Die in the West. Set in Arizona, a sheep farmer named Albert (MacFarlane) who loses his girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) because he refused a duel. Another woman catches his eye (Charlize Theron) and helps him regain his confidence. He comes to lover her, but problems arise when her infamous criminal husband (Liam Neeson) comes back to town. The cast also includes Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Born: October 26, 1973 (Kent, Connecticut, United States)
Education: The Kent School | Rhode Island School of Design
Filmography: The Life of Larry | Inside the CIA | Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | Life is Short | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | The Negotiating Table | Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder | The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! | Tooth Fairy | Ted
Television: Family Guy | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Gilmore Girls | The Pitts | Crank Yankers | Robot Chicken | The Cleveland Show | Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Comedy
As Executive Producer or Writer: The Winner | Dads | Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey | Bordertown | Jungle Clubs | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Johnny Bravo | Dexter’s Laboratory | Cow and Chicken
Previous ‘Daily Show‘ Appearance(s): Interview – June 26, 2012
Follow: @SethMacFarlane
Tuesday, March 4 (2014)
Jim DeMint (Author: “Falling in Love With America Again”)
Jim DeMint is an American politician, former United States Senator from South Carolina, and member of the Tea Party faction of the Republican Party. His book Falling in Love With America Again gives examples of people coming together in their communities in “little platoons.” These include families, churches, and voluntary organizations within a community to prove that “smaller is better.” DeMint believes that these are the people that make America great. He thinks that many Americans despair over the future because they think it is too late to change it, but his book aims to prove otherwise.
Born: September 2, 1951 (Greenville, South Carolina, United States)
Education: University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Clemson University
Books: Why We Whisper: Restoring Our Right to Say It’s Wrong | Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America’s Slide Into Socialism | The Great American Awakening: Two Years that Changed America, Washington, and Me | Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse
Committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Environment and Public Works Committee | Joint Economic Committee | Special Committee on Aging | Committee on Foreign Relations | Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Previous ‘Daily Show’ Appearances: Interview – January 11, 2012
Follow: @JimDeMint
Wednesday, March 5 (2014)
Rachel Maddow (Host: “The Rachel Maddow Show”)
Rachel Maddow is an American television host, political commentator, and author. She is currently the host the MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, in which she examines popular and political news from her own perspective.
Born: April 1, 1973 (Castro Valley, California, United States)
Education: Castro Valley High School | Stanford University | Oxford University
Books: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Awards: Emmy Award | Gracie Allen Award | Proclamation of Honor, California State Senate | TCA Award | Honorary Doctor of Laws, Smith College | Maggie Award | Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award | John Steinbeck Award
Previous ‘Daily Show‘ Appearance(s): Interview – January 7, 2009 | April 13, 2010 | May 3, 2011 | March 29, 2012 | February 28, 2013
Follow: @Maddow
Thursday, March 6 (2014)
Paul Taylor (Author, “The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown“)
Paul Taylor is an American author and the executive vice president of special projects at the Pew Research Center. His book The Next America discusses the coming shift in American demographics. He is particularly concerned with generation gaps that have been present in a variety of political issues, and argues that today’s Millennial generation is in danger of having a lower standard of living than their parents, while a large group of Baby Boomers are retiring every year. He shares predictions about future demographic shifts in the US, while advocating more balanced spending to help overcome some of the projected imbalances. The information used to write the book was taken from surveys by the Pew Research Center. The book has received positive reviews from critics, with Kirkus Review calling it “An incisive survey of vast recent changes in American society and the ever-wider generation gap between baby boomers and millennials…. In this well-written, data-rich book, Taylor…examines the demographic, economic, social, cultural and technological changes that are reshaping the nation…”
Books: See How They Run | The Old News Versus the New News
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: March 3 – 6, 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! I hope you guys had a fantastic weekend, and that you’re all ready for another week of shows! What are you guys looking forward to hearing about, or are any of the guests interesting to you? My birthday is this week, but alas, I haven’t heard of either of the guests that will be on that day. Oh well, an opportunity to learn!
Stephen’s guests this week include a journalist, an author, a producer, and a chairman for the Rebuild Foundation.
Jon’s guests this week include an actor, a former senator, a television host, and an author.
Monday, March 3 (2014)
Caitlin Flanagan (Writer, “The Dark Power of Fraternities”)
Caitlin Flanagan is an American writer and social critic, whose article “The Dark Power of Fraternities” was featured in The Atlantic. The article explores the darker side of Greek societies in American schools, especially that of fraternities. It stems from a yearlong investigation of Greek houses that sheds light on the subject and demonstrates the way that many fraternities shift the blame for problems on their property.
Born: 1961 (Berkeley, California, United States)
Education: University of Virginia
Books: To Hell with All That: Loving an Loathing Our Inner Housewife
Previous ‘Colbert Report‘ Appearance(s): Interview – April 19, 2006
Tuesday, March 4 (2014)
Jaron Lanier (Author: “Who Owns the Future?“)
Jaron Lanier is an American writer, computer scientist, and composer of classical music. His book, Who Owns the Future?, intends to predict the directions that technological developments will take us. Lanier particularly focuses on the effects of network technology on the world economy, and believes that the networks had some hand in the recession, and that industries will face more problems with employment. In contrast to this bleak prediction, he also presents a possible future in which people take back their destiny from technology.
Born: May 3, 1960 (New York City, New York, United States)
Education: New Mexico State University | California Institute of Technology
Books: Information Is an Alienated Experience | You Are Not a Gadget
Awards: Watson Award, Carnegie Mellon University | Honorary Doctorate from New Jersey Institute of Technology | IEEE Virtual Reality Career Award | TIME’s 100 Most Influential People, 2010
Follow: Website
Wednesday, March 5 (2014)
Beau Willimon (Writer and Producer: “House of Cards”)
Beau Willimon is an American playwright and screen writer, whose currently serves as the writer and producer of the hit Netflix original series House of Cards. The series follows Frank Underwood, a Democratic Senator from North Carolina. The show, which released its second season on February 14th, follows Underwood’s political (and often personal) dealings in Washington DC, along with those of his wife, Claire (Robin Wright), Washington reporter Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), and others who are fortunate enough to work with them or unfortunate enough to get in the way. The series has received critical acclaim since its debut, with the first season winning three Emmy Awards and earning nine nominations.
Born: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Education: John Burroughs School | Columbia University | Juilliard School
Plays: Farragut North | Spirit Control | Lower Ninth
Awards: Lila Acheson Wallace Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship | Le Compte du Nuoy Award
Follow: @BeauWillimon
Thursday, March 6 (2014)
Theaster Gates (Chairman: Rebuild Foundation)
Theaster Gates is an American installation artist, who is also chairman of the Rebuild Foundation. The Foundation helps neighborhoods through culture-driven development by revitalizing abandoned spaces in under-served communities with arts and culture. It currently oversees projects in Chicago, St. Louis, and Omaha. Through it, teams of artists, architects, developers, educators, community activists, and residents participate to develop training and entrepreneurship to transform neighborhoods. It aims to use art to bring communities closer together and help them thrive.
Born: August 28, 1973
Education: Iowa State University | University of Cape Town
Awards: Fellow, United States Artists | Vera List Center for Arts and Politics Award
Follow: Website | @rebuildfn
And now, let’s check in with our good friend Jon Stewart over at ‘The Daily Show’!
Monday, March 3 (2014)
Seth MacFarlane (Director / Actor: “A Million Ways to Die in the West”)
Seth MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and singer. He directs and stars in the upcoming movie A Million Ways to Die in the West. Set in Arizona, a sheep farmer named Albert (MacFarlane) who loses his girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) because he refused a duel. Another woman catches his eye (Charlize Theron) and helps him regain his confidence. He comes to lover her, but problems arise when her infamous criminal husband (Liam Neeson) comes back to town. The cast also includes Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Born: October 26, 1973 (Kent, Connecticut, United States)
Education: The Kent School | Rhode Island School of Design
Filmography: The Life of Larry | Inside the CIA | Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | Life is Short | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | The Negotiating Table | Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder | The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! | Tooth Fairy | Ted
Television: Family Guy | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Gilmore Girls | The Pitts | Crank Yankers | Robot Chicken | The Cleveland Show | Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Comedy
As Executive Producer or Writer: The Winner | Dads | Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey | Bordertown | Jungle Clubs | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Johnny Bravo | Dexter’s Laboratory | Cow and Chicken
Previous ‘Daily Show‘ Appearance(s): Interview – June 26, 2012
Follow: @SethMacFarlane
Tuesday, March 4 (2014)
Jim DeMint (Author: “Falling in Love With America Again”)
Jim DeMint is an American politician, former United States Senator from South Carolina, and member of the Tea Party faction of the Republican Party. His book Falling in Love With America Again gives examples of people coming together in their communities in “little platoons.” These include families, churches, and voluntary organizations within a community to prove that “smaller is better.” DeMint believes that these are the people that make America great. He thinks that many Americans despair over the future because they think it is too late to change it, but his book aims to prove otherwise.
Born: September 2, 1951 (Greenville, South Carolina, United States)
Education: University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Clemson University
Books: Why We Whisper: Restoring Our Right to Say It’s Wrong | Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America’s Slide Into Socialism | The Great American Awakening: Two Years that Changed America, Washington, and Me | Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse
Committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Environment and Public Works Committee | Joint Economic Committee | Special Committee on Aging | Committee on Foreign Relations | Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Previous ‘Daily Show’ Appearances: Interview – January 11, 2012
Follow: @JimDeMint
Wednesday, March 5 (2014)
Rachel Maddow (Host: “The Rachel Maddow Show”)
Rachel Maddow is an American television host, political commentator, and author. She is currently the host the MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, in which she examines popular and political news from her own perspective.
Born: April 1, 1973 (Castro Valley, California, United States)
Education: Castro Valley High School | Stanford University | Oxford University
Books: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Awards: Emmy Award | Gracie Allen Award | Proclamation of Honor, California State Senate | TCA Award | Honorary Doctor of Laws, Smith College | Maggie Award | Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award | John Steinbeck Award
Previous ‘Daily Show‘ Appearance(s): Interview – January 7, 2009 | April 13, 2010 | May 3, 2011 | March 29, 2012 | February 28, 2013
Follow: @Maddow
Thursday, March 6 (2014)
Paul Taylor (Author, “The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown“)
Paul Taylor is an American author and the executive vice president of special projects at the Pew Research Center. His book The Next America discusses the coming shift in American demographics. He is particularly concerned with generation gaps that have been present in a variety of political issues, and argues that today’s Millennial generation is in danger of having a lower standard of living than their parents, while a large group of Baby Boomers are retiring every year. He shares predictions about future demographic shifts in the US, while advocating more balanced spending to help overcome some of the projected imbalances. The information used to write the book was taken from surveys by the Pew Research Center. The book has received positive reviews from critics, with Kirkus Review calling it “An incisive survey of vast recent changes in American society and the ever-wider generation gap between baby boomers and millennials…. In this well-written, data-rich book, Taylor…examines the demographic, economic, social, cultural and technological changes that are reshaping the nation…”
Books: See How They Run | The Old News Versus the New News
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!