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American journalist, author, podcaster and pop culture critic

Bobby Finger
BornApril 1986 (age 38)
Texas
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Occupation(s)Podcaster
Journalist
Music Producer
Author
Years active2015–present

Robert "Bobby" Finger (born April 22, 1986) is an American journalist, author, podcaster, and pop culture critic, best known as the co-creator and host of the Who? Weekly podcast alongside friend and fellow writer Lindsey Weber. He previously was a regular contributing writer for the US culture website Jezebel from 2015 until 2018.

Career

Finger graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. After moving to New York City, he worked as a copywriter at an advertising agency before transitioning into becoming a full-time pop culture writer and podcaster in 2015.

Finger's bylines have appeared in outlets including New York, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair. Finger has also appeared as a guest on podcasts including Blank Check with Griffin and David, It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders, and Little Gold Men.

In 2016, Finger, alongside Lindsey Weber, started the podcast Who? Weekly, based on a newsletter and focused on B-list celebrities. The podcast quickly became popular, amassing a large group of fans known affectionately as 'Wholigans'. The podcast has received a positive critical response with celebrity fans including Lena Dunham and Lea DeLaria. In 2019, Vulture named the show as one of the top ten conversational podcasts that shaped the genre. The show also received national attention in 2017 after fans identified that then-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had an open account on mobile payment service Venmo, leading to it being doxxed.

In 2017, Finger published a series of articles on Jezebel critically reviewing episodes of Megyn Kelly Today, entitled "Megyn Kelly Today, Today", which led to show host Megyn Kelly inviting Finger to appear as a guest on the show. Business Insider called the segment "hilariously awkward".

In 2019, Finger began hosting I'm Obsessed With This, a podcast reviewing new Netflix programming.

In 2022, Finger's debut novel "The Old Place" was published by Penguin Random House. "A bighearted and moving debut about a wry retired schoolteacher whose decade-old secret threatens to come to light and send shockwaves through her small Texas town.". "The Old Place" was selected by Vanity Fair as one of the best books of the year in 2022.

Personal life

Finger is from Texas and lives in Brooklyn, New York City. He married Josh Fjelstad, Co-host of the Exp. Share podcast, in 2018.

References

  1. "Josh Lucas, Sofia Pernas & Ma? – Who? Weekly". Spotify. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Harnish, Amelia. "Wholigans Are The Real Thems Of The "Who? Weekly" Universe". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Hey, I Just Wanted to Take Another Look At You". Jezebel. September 28, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  4. "Alumni US | The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  5. Finger, Bobby. "Bobby Finger Author Archive". NYMag. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  6. Finger, Bobby (May 8, 2020). "Stop drinking bad coffee. Make your own expensive fancy cup at home". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger Latest Articles". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  8. Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger, retrieved April 10, 2021
  9. "The Year in Celebrity Culture with 'Who? Weekly' : It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders". NPR.org. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  10. "About". Who? Weekly. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  11. Keiles, Jamie Lauren (November 1, 2019). "Even Nobodies Have Fans Now. (For Better or Worse.)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  12. "From Rita Ora to Lena Dunham: how a podcast about celebrity became a 'recipe for joy'". the Guardian. September 13, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  13. Quah, Nicholas (October 4, 2019). "10 Essential Conversation Podcasts That Shaped the Genre". Vulture. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  14. "Megyn Kelly Today, Today: Things Get Unexpectedly Tense Between Megyn Kelly and Joe Biden". Jezebel. November 13, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  15. ^ Relman, Eliza. "Megyn Kelly invited her harshest critic onto her show and the meeting was hilariously awkward". Business Insider. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  16. "I'm Obsessed With This on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  17. ^ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703745/the-old-place-by-bobby-finger/
  18. "Bobby Finger". Slate Magazine. Retrieved April 10, 2021.


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