Jon Lovett

Jon Lovett is a comedian, podcaster and former speechwriter who grew up in Woodbury, Long Island. After graduating from Williams College with a math degree in 2004, he spent about a year working as a paralegal in New York and doing stand-up at open mics on the side.

He then wrote speeches for Senator Hillary Clinton through her 2008 campaign, and for President Barack Obama for about three years, including jokes for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. In 2011 he moved to Los Angeles to write comedy, co-created NBC’s “1600 Penn” (2012–13), and wrote and produced on the third season of HBO’s “The Newsroom.”

In 2017 he co-founded Crooked Media with Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor. He co-hosts “Pod Save America” and hosts “Lovett or Leave It,” a comedy-politics show taped with a live audience in Los Angeles that has had stand-ups do bits on stage. In 2024 he played on “Survivor 47.”