Jon Lovett was born in Woodbury, Long Island, NY and is a screenwriter, speechwriter, television producer, and podcaster. He graduated from Williams College with a degree in math. After graduation, Jon spent time as a stand-up comic. Lovett became a speech writer for politicans including Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama. Lovett, Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor co-founded their own company, Crooked Media which produces the Pod Save America podcast.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
After Midnight (2024)
Guest starring as Jon Lovett
- Episode 1x46: Jon Lovett, Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson (Apr 18, 2024)
Pod Save America (2018)
Starring as Host
(47 episodes)
- Episode 2024-04-16: The People vs Donald Trump (Apr 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-09: Trump "Proudly" Supports Abortion Bans (Apr 9, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-03: Has Optimism Become Cringe? (with Chris Hayes) (Apr 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-26: Trump's Pump and Dump (feat. Sen. Raphael Warnock) (Mar 26, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-19: Trump's Bloodbath? (feat. Katie Porter) (Mar 19, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-12: Biden's in His Jacked-Up Era (Mar 12, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-06: The Biden-Trump Rematch Begins (Mar 6, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-05: Supreme Court Refuses to Exonerate Trump for Jan. 6th (Mar 5, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-27: Will Trump Win Back Haley Voters? (Feb 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-18: Huge Verdict Against Trump (with Elizabeth Warren!) (Feb 18, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-14: Will Chris Christie Back Biden? (Feb 14, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-13: How Biden Can Handle the Age Thing (Feb 13, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-07: Trump Loses Immunity, Johnson Loses Control (Feb 7, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-06: Trump Stokes Border Chaos (Feb 6, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-30: Biden and Haley Tag Team Trump (Jan 30, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-24: Trump Wins New Hampshire, Rages at Haley (Jan 24, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-23: More Like GONE DeSantis (w/Gavin Newsom!) (Jan 23, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-17: Did Trump's Iowa win change anything? (Jan 17, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-16: Trump Wins, DeSantis Whines, Haley Withstands (Jan 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-09: Biden vs. Trump on January 6th (Jan 9, 2024)
- Episode 2023-12-21: PSA Presents: The 2024 Pundies (Dec 21, 2023)
- Episode 2023-12-19: 2023 Holiday Mail Bag! (Dec 19, 2023)
- Episode 2023-12-14: No Evidence, No Problem: GOP Votes To Impeach (Live from San Jose!) (Dec 14, 2023)
- Episode 2023-12-12: Can Trump Be Stopped in Iowa? (Dec 12, 2023)
- Episode 2023-12-08: Chris Christie's Last Stand (Live from San Diego!) (Dec 8, 2023)
- Episode 2023-12-05: Is a Trump Dictatorship Inevitable? (Dec 5, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-28: Biden Secures Temporary Ceasefire, Trump Threatens Obamacare (Nov 28, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-21: More Democrats Call for a Ceasefire (Nov 21, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-14: Trump Vows to Root Out "Vermin" (Nov 14, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-13: BONUS: Could Trump Still Lose the Nomination? (Live from New Orleans!) (Nov 13, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-07: Barack Obama on Democracy, Gaza and 2024 (Nov 7, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-31: Ohio's Big Choice (Live from Cleveland!) (Oct 31, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-30: BONUS: Bourbon & Biden (Live from Louisville!) (Oct 30, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-24: Rachel Maddow Talks Trump, Biden, and the Speaker-less House (Oct 24, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-20: John Fetterman and Symone Sanders-Townsend on House Chaos (Live from DC!) (Oct 20, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-17: Speaker Jim Jordan? (Oct 17, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-10: Hamas Makes War, Republicans Play Politics (Oct 10, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-03: Should Democrats Save Kevin McCarthy? (Oct 3, 2023)
- Episode 2023-09-28: Trump Wins Another Debate (Sep 28, 2023)
- Episode 2023-09-19: Other Than That Ms. Boebert, How Was The Play? (Sep 19, 2023)
- Episode 2023-09-12: Is Trump Snoozing on Iowa? (Sep 12, 2023)
- Episode 2023-08-15: Indictment (Georgia's Version) (Aug 15, 2023)
- Episode 2023-08-08: Judge May Shush Trump….in America?? (Aug 8, 2023)
- Episode 2023-08-01: BONUS: The Jan.6 Indictment Drops (Aug 1, 2023)
- Episode 2023-08-01: Mar-a-Lago's Funniest Home Videos (Aug 1, 2023)
- Episode 2023-07-27: Indictment Excitement (with Chris Christie!) (Jul 27, 2023)
- Episode 2023-07-25: Trump's Legal Eras Tour (Jul 25, 2023)
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (2017)
Guest starring as Jon Lovett
- Episode 2017-11-08: Jon Lovett (Nov 8, 2017)
Lovett or Leave It (2017)
Starring as Host
(31 episodes)
- Episode 2024-04-23: Texas Hold Me (Live from Austin!) (Apr 23, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-20: Trump's Totally Impartial Jury (Apr 20, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-16: What a Weekday: No Sleep Till Manhattan (Apr 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-13: Ye Olde Abortion Ban (Apr 13, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-09: What a Weekday: 2 Canceled 2 Debt (Apr 9, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-06: They/Them is Risen (Apr 6, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-30: The Bible (Trump's Version) (Mar 30, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-26: What a Weekday: Trump on the Cross / Nasdaq (Mar 26, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-23: Tower to the People (Mar 23, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-19: What a Weekday: Kate Spotted, Trump Broke (Mar 19, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-16: The Unbearable Lightness of Boeing (Mar 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-12: What a Weekday: Biden Strikes Back (Mar 12, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-09: State of Deez Nuts (Mar 9, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-05: What a Weekday: Super Tuesday Edition (Mar 5, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-02: 2 Marianne 2 Williamson (Mar 2, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-27: What a Weekday: Biden's Big Scoop (Feb 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-24: Commander Biden's Secret Menu (Feb 24, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-20: Jon Lovett and Tim Miller on Losing Primaries (Inside 2024 - Extended Preview) (Feb 20, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-17: Grandpa Loves Us 2024 (Feb 17, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-13: What a Weekday: A rough weekend for Biden, NATO, and the Gaylors (Feb 13, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-10: GOP 2024: Nobody Wins (Feb 10, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-06: What a Weekday: Border Deal from Both Sides Now (Feb 6, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-03: Look What You Made the Deep State Do (Feb 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-30: What a Weekday: Trump Lost and Earhart Found (Jan 30, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-27: Lock Her Up (Haley's Version) (Jan 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-23: What a Weekday: Tim Scott Bends the Knee Twice (Jan 23, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-20: What Do You Know About Comedy, Rob Reiner? (Jan 20, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-16: What a Weekday: Iowa and the Emmys (Jan 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-13: New Year, New UTI (Jan 13, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-09: What a Weekday: Insurrection (at the Golden Globes) (Jan 9, 2024)
- Episode 2017-03-25: Trumpcare is dead, Lovett or Leave It is LIVE. Our first episode! (Mar 25, 2017)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Jon Lovett
- Episode 2017-05-01: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett & Tommy Vietor (May 1, 2017)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Jon Lovett
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2021-01-20: Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, Peter CottonTale, Chance The Rapper, Cynthia Erivo, Chicago Children's Choir, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Kofi Lost (Live Show) (Jan 20, 2021)
- Episode 2020-08-24: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Tim McGraw, Laura Benanti (Live Show) (Aug 24, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-09: Stephen Colbert from home, with Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Jon Meacham, Dave Matthews (Apr 9, 2020)
- Episode 2019-09-12: Jake Tapper, Jon Lovett (Live Show) (Sep 12, 2019)
- Episode 2019-05-15: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, BTS (May 15, 2019)
- Episode 2018-10-23: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Charlamagne Tha God (Oct 23, 2018)
- Episode 2018-08-16: Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Constance Wu (Aug 16, 2018)
- Episode 2018-01-30: Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Jessica Williams, Phoebe Robinson, Chris Stapleton (Jan 30, 2018)
- Episode 2017-04-05: Sigourney Weaver, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Steve Martin, Neal Schon (Apr 5, 2017)
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015)
Guest starring as Jon Lovett
- Episode 2015-01-21: Obama's State of the Union (Jan 21, 2015)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Jon Lovett
- Episode 17x169: Jon Favreau & Jon Lovett (Oct 20, 2020)
Crew Credits
1600 Penn (2012)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Marry Me, Baby (Mar 28, 2013)
- Episode 1x11: Dinner, Bath, Puzzle (Mar 21, 2013)
Episode crew as Story
- Episode 1x01: Putting Out Fires (Dec 17, 2012)
Episode crew as Teleplay
- Episode 1x01: Putting Out Fires (Dec 17, 2012)
The Newsroom (2012)
Show crew as Producer
(6 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: What Kind of Day Has It Been (Dec 14, 2014)
- Episode 3x05: Oh Shenandoah (Dec 7, 2014)
- Episode 3x04: Contempt (Nov 30, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: Main Justice (Nov 23, 2014)
- Episode 3x02: Run (Nov 16, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: Boston (Nov 9, 2014)
Episode crew as Story
- Episode 3x03: Main Justice (Nov 23, 2014)