Experts
Josh Lieb
Executive Producer, "The Daily Show"
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A Successful TV Writer On Why Not To Go Into TV Writing
Josh Lieb had worked in the writer's rooms of comedy successes from the Simpsons to the Daily Show, but he warns those who want to follow in his footsteps that the job is full of more frustrations than glory. If there's anything else you can do, he says, do that. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Media & Internet
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Big Think Interview with Josh Lieb
A conversation with the author of "I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President." Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Media & Internet
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Is "Fahrenheit 451" Our Most Overrated Required Reading?
Is Ray Bradbury's most famous work nothing more than an "authorial circle jerk"? Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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The Problem With Living Forever
October 14, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Who Wants to be E.L. Doctorow?
We may all want to be the next drug and booze fueled literary outlaw like Hunter Thompson, but Josh Lieb explains that alcohol leads to early flameouts and difficult lives. E.L. Doctorow, on the other hand, is a model of a long-lived, productive writer. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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How Comedy Writing is Like “North Dallas Forty”
When asked about how he overcomes writer's block, TV writer Josh Lieb thinks about the glory of football. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Portrait of a Comedy Writer as a Young Prankster
Josh Lieb describes the childhood that doomed him to become a TV writer. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In History
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Are New Yorker Cartoons Too Easy To Write?
Josh Lieb is a bit underwhelmed by Bob Mankoff's prolific New Yorker cartooning. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Media & Internet
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TV writer Josh Lieb's biggest mistake was burning out when his star was on the rise; he never knew how quickly he would lose Hollywood momentum. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Media & Internet
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Daily Show writer Josh Lieb's literary heroes include Charles Dickens and Danny Pinkwater. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Inspiration & Wisdom
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The usually cynical comedy writer Josh Lieb gets sentimental about love. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Josh Lieb is very excited about his children, but he worries about education in the United States. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Media & Internet
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When Getting a Book Published is “Much Too Easy”
Josh Lieb's process of finding a publisher for and writing his book was criminally easy. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Life in "The Daily Show" Writers’ Room
Josh Lieb describes the struggles and joys of keeping daily political comedy fresh, making Obama funny, and working with the creative minds in the writer's room. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Media & Internet
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Writing for Today’s Young Adult Audience: Adults
It says something about our world that the largest audiences these days are reading books for kids. Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Josh Lieb Wants to Be Your Class President
Josh Lieb describes the traits he shares with the protagonist of his new book, "I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your Class President." Read More
October 14, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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If you had $100 billion to give away, how would you spend it?
Schools, schools, schools. Read More
December 11, 2007 | In Business & Economics, Politics & Policy
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How will this age be remembered?
We are the indulged grandchildren of the Founding Fathers. Read More
December 11, 2007 | In Future
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The war is the most obvious issue, says Lieb. Read More
December 11, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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What is the world's biggest challenge in the coming decade?
Fitting cranky, old ideas into sleek new packaging. Read More
December 11, 2007 | In Future
Josh Lieb is an Emmy-winning producer for The Simpsons and The Daily Show and author of I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President. He has also been a writer for the popular 1990s television series "NewsRadio" and for The Jon Stewart Show.
