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Justin Robert Young (born March 5, 1983)^[1] is a podcaster, journalist, comedian and writer. He is the host of the JuRY podcast, the Politics, Politics, Politics podcast, co-host of the Night Attack podcast with Brian Brushwood, co-host of the Weird Things and After Things podcasts with Brian Brushwood and Andrew Mayne, co-host of the Hotline Monday podcast with Scott Johnson, a correspondent for the Daily Tech News Show with Tom Merritt, and a weekly contributor of The Morning Stream with Scott Johnson and Brian Ibbott.

Young has recorded four comedy albums with Brian Brushwood, two of which (Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden and Night Attack: Live) debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart.^[2]

Early career

Young is a graduate of the Syracuse University journalism program where he also worked at The Daily Orange, the independent student newspaper of Syracuse, New York, as its editor-in-chief.^[3] He has also worked as a newspaper journalist for "The South Florida Sun-Sentinel" of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and "The Morning Call" of Allentown, Pennsylvania.^[4] He decided to include his middle name in his professional moniker, as several persons were already utilizing the name "Justin Young" in a professional capacity.^[5] In his early career, Young performed stand-up comedy and improv in addition to attempting a comedy podcast.^[5]

Journalism and podcasting

Following his brief tenure in newspaper journalism, Young was recruited by longtime friend and magic inventor Andrew Mayne to serve as the editor-in-chief of iTricks.com, published by Mayne.^[6] Young later went on to serve as editor of WeirdThings.com, also published by Mayne.^[4] Young first met podcasting collaborator and magician Brian Brushwood in Florida while interviewing him for iTricks.com and soon after became a regular guest on Brushwood's BBLiveShow podcast following a swarm of call-in appearances.^[5] Prior to this, Young hosted a short-lived YouTube series called TalkingHead TV in which he interviewed guests from around the world on the topics of tech and pop culture,^[7] including an early interview with future co-host Brian Brushwood.^[8] Young and Brushwood were picked up by Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv network to co-host a show that went on to be named NSFW and premiered on November 24, 2009.^[9] In the same year, Young began the Weird Things podcast with co-hosts Mayne and Brushwood,^[10] and served as an Associate Producer on the first season of G4 Underground.^[4]

As co-host of NSFW and Night Attack, Young has interviewed many notable people such as The Walking Dead star Michael Rooker^[11] and novelist/screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, as well as musical guests such as Get Set Go, Turquoise Jeep, and Ali Spagnola.^[12] Young has also co-hosted a podcast film festival with film director and producer Christopher Coppola,^[13] and has written advertisements for Greg Grunberg's website Talk About It, which promotes epilepsy awareness.^[14]

Young worked as a correspondent for BitTorrent News as it launched at the Republican National Convention, as well as covering other political news, until BitTorrent News eventually shut down.^[15]

Comedy

Young, with Brian Brushwood, released a comedy album Night Attack in 2011, debuting at #38 on Billboard's Launchpad.^[16] The duo have since released three sequel albums, two of which (Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden and Night Attack: Live) debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart.^[17] They were also responsible for the crowd-sourced parody of Fifty Shades of Grey titled The Diamond Club: A Novel.^[18]

Other works

Young is the co-creator of The Contender,^[19] a card game on the theme of political debate. The project was kickstarted with $142,551 in crowd-sourced funding.^[20]

Internet broadcasting and television

Current

Former

References

1. ^"Justin Robert Young Day!". Itricks.com. March 5, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
2. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2013/comedy-albums|title = Comedy Albums - 2013 Archive|date = |accessdate = August 14, 2014|website = Billboard.com|publisher = |last = |first = }}
3. ^"Throw Down a Tarp". Justin Robert Young Tumblr blog. justinrobertyoung.tumblr.com.{{failed verification|date=September 2013}}
4. ^¹²"About". WeirdThings.com.
5. ^¹²"Episode 07: Creepy Santa" (audio:MP3). My So Called 8bit Life podcast. Cosmicradio.tv
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb524855.htm |title=iTricks.TV The 24-Hour Internet Magic Channel |publisher=PR Web |date=May 9, 2007|accessdate=September 27, 2013}} (press release)
7. ^[https://www.youtube.com/user/TalkingHeadTV TalkingHead TV] Official YouTube channel.
8. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2TNvwPFVWI&list=UUs5t_UWEXoan37cT2YxaE6Q&index=178&feature=plcp "Brian Brushwood"] interviews (video). YouTube.com. TalkingHeadTV official channel.
9. ^"NSFW". NSFWshow.com.
10. ^"Weird Things" Podcast{{failed verification|date=September 2013}}{{vague|date=September 2013}}
11. ^"NSFW 56: A Rooker Looks Back" (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. December 29, 2010.
12. ^{{Cite web|url = http://dctvpedia.com/The_Power_Hour|title = The Power Hour|date = |accessdate = August 14, 2014|website = DCTVpedia|publisher = |last = |first = }}
13. ^"NSFW 53: Christopher Coppola and the Infinite Sadness" (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. December 8, 2010.
14. ^"NSFW 21: New Show Fails Weekly" (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. April 22, 2010
15. ^McNary, Dave [https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/bittorrent-news-launching-republican-convention-1201813105/ "BitTorrent News to Launch at Republican Convention"] Variety. July 13, 2016
16. ^{{cite journal| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jim-YANOn5AC&pg=RA4-PA49#v=onepage&f=false |title=Heatseekers Albums| page=49| volume= 123 |issue=35 |date=Oct 19, 2011 |magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2013/comedy-albums|title = Comedy Albums - 2013 Archive|date = |accessdate = August 14, 2014|website = Billboard.com|publisher = |last = |first = }}
18. ^Falconer, Joel (July 31, 2012). [https://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/07/31/heres-how-you-can-help-the-internet-troll-50-shades-of-grey/ "Here’s how you can help the Internet troll 50 Shades of Grey"]. Thenextweb.com.
19. ^[https://www.thecontender.us] The Contender
20. ^[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/541979290/the-contender-the-game-of-political-debate] The Contender (Kickstarter)