Jamie Weinstein is an American political journalist, opinion commentator, and satirist. He currently hosts The Dispatch podcast on Mondays and formerly hosted The Jamie Weinstein Show podcast, which was at one time a National Review Online podcast.[1][2][3]
Jamie Weinstein | |
|---|---|
| Born | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Political journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University London School of Economics |
Early life and education
editWeinstein was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He attended Cornell University, where he graduated in 2006 with a BA in history and government. He later attended the London School of Economics, where he received a MS in the history of international relations.[2][3]
Career
editWeinstein's work has appeared in The Weekly Standard, The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, and The Daily Caller, where he served in the early years of the publication as senior editor.[4][5][6][7] Weinstein has appeared regularly on MSNBC, Fox News, Hannity, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Morning Joe, Your World with Neil Cavuto, America's Newsroom, Fox and Friends, and Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld'".[8][9]
In 2011, Weinstein won the Funniest Celebrity in Washington, D.C. stand-up comedy competition. [10]
In 2012, Weinstein co-wrote (with Will Rahn) a satirical novella called The Lizard King: The Shocking Inside Account of Obama's True Intergalactic Ambitions by an Anonymous White House Staffer, which was published by HarperCollins.[11] Reviewing the book, the Wall Street Journal concluded: "Funny, scurrilous and completely forgettable: This is political satire at its best. Or worst. I'm not sure which."[12]
In early 2016, Weinstein gave a speech in favor of Virginia governor Jim Gilmore's presidential candidacy at an Iowa caucus for a story. He was not a supporter of Gilmore's candidacy.[13]
The Churchill Tommy Gun Society
editIn 2013, Weinstein started The Churchill Tommy Gun Society, a dinner society that brings together some of Washington's more notable young reporters and commentators with prominent special guests from the world of media, politics and business for an off-the-record evening of dinner and drinks at his D.C. residence. He hosts the dinners with his wife, Michelle Fields.[14][15]
Special guests have included Democratic and Republican presidential contenders like Cory Booker, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Amy Klobuchar; former CIA directors like David Petraeus and Michael Hayden; presidential confidantes like Valerie Jarrett, Roger Stone, Rahm Emanuel and Karl Rove; cable news luminaries like Joe Scarborough and Tucker Carlson; presidential cabinet members like John Bolton and Ben Carson; and billionaire businessmen like Apple CEO Tim Cook, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Mark Cuban, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, tech investor Peter Thiel, Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and co-Chairman of News Corp Lachlan Murdoch, among many others.[14][16][17]
The Jamie Weinstein Show
editIn 2016, Weinstein launched The Jamie Weinstein Show, a podcast that featured in-depth interviews with Tucker Carlson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Sowell, Sen. Tom Cotton, Roger Stone, Bill Ayers, Thomas Ravenel, Mark Cuban, Andrew Sullivan, David Brooks, Ben Smith, Don Lemon, Ezra Klein, Brian Stelter, Bret Stephens, George Will, Sen. Ted Cruz, John Bolton, H.R. McMaster, and others.[18]
In March 2018, The New York Times praised the show as a rare political podcast that features "deep but respectful disagreement."[19] News broken on the show is regularly written up in publications like Politico, the Washington Post, FoxNews.com, Business Insider and CNBC.
The show was placed on hiatus since 2021.
The Dispatch
editWeinstein returned to podcasting in October 2023 as the host of the Monday edition of The Dispatch, a podcast.
JMW Productions
editDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Weinstein and his wife started a production company, JMW Productions. In January 2024, the first project, a podcast in collaboration with iHeartMedia called Finding Matt Drudge, was launched. The podcast broke into the top 10 of Apple's rankings of news podcasts and was included in Apple's "New and Noteworthy" section.
Personal life
editIn May 2016, Weinstein became engaged to former Huffington Post political journalist Michelle Fields.[20][21] The two were married on June 24, 2017.[22][23]
References
edit- ^ "The Jamie Weinstein Show | National Review". www.nationalreview.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ a b "The 25 Most Influential Cornell Undergraduates". The Cornell Daily Sun. 2005-11-30. Archived from the original on 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ a b "The FishbowlDC Interview With Daily Caller Senior Editor Jamie Weinstein". FishbowlDC. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
- ^ "Rand Paul's Bill Maher Problem". The Daily Beast. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
- ^ "Weekly Standard Archive". Weekly Standard. 2007-02-12. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
- ^ Weinstein, Jamie (2022-11-19). "Stop Wish Casting: Trump Is Going to Cruise to the 2024 GOP Nomination". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Article Archive". Jamie Weinstein. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Mediaite Archive". Mediaite. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
- ^ "Why Hillary Was An Unremarkable Senator". MSNBC.com. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
- ^ "Senator Scott Brown Is Funny, But 'The Daily Caller' Editor Jamie Weinstein Is Funnier". revamp.com. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
- ^ Weinstein, Jamie. "The Lizard King - Will Rahn - eBook". Harpercollins.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ Swaim, Barton (26 October 2012). "E-Book Review: The Lizard King". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Weinstein, Jamie (3 February 2016). "That Time I Went to Iowa to Cover the Caucuses — and Ended Up Campaigning for Jim Gilmore". National Review Online.
- ^ a b "A Swamp Divided: How Trump's Arrival Turned D.C. Nightlife Upside Down". Esquire. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Real Estate - Washingtonian". Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Michelle Fields Is Shopping a TV Show Based on Her Dinner Parties - Washingtonian". 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Everyone in Washington Is Having a Lovely Time". Splinter. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "The Jamie Weinstein Show on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Leonhardt, David; Philbrick, Ian Prasad (2018-03-30). "Opinion | How to Discuss American Racism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Gold, Hadas (March 9, 2016). "Trump campaign manager gets rough with Breitbart reporter". Politico. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ Nguyen, Tina (June 2, 2016). "Exclusive: Michelle Fields Is Not Done with Donald Trump Just Yet". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^ "Instagram post by Michelle Fields • Jun 25, 2017 at 3:41pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
- ^ "Michelle Fields & Jamie Weinstein Wedding Gift Registry". Crate&Barrel. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2017-07-31.