Listen In Quarantine with Steve Bodow

Jessi Klein’s Xanax Is Kicking In

Season 1 Episode 5

May 4, 2020

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Steve Bodow

Reboot Board Chair

Steve Bodow is a 14-time Emmy-winning writer and producer, having served as EP and showrunner of Netflix’s Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, following 13 years at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as an EP, head writer and staff writer. Bodow also co-edited and co-wrote the Daily Show’s three best-selling books, America: The Book; Earth: The Book; and The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library. The Trump Twitter Library also became a live installation event, touring the US and winning a Cannes Lions Grand Prix. 

In 2021, Bodow created and coordinated “Climate Night,” a one-night event where seven major American late-night shows devoted their airtime to climate issues, reaching more than 20 million viewers.

Bodow is a founding member and a past artistic director of Elevator Repair Service,[1] the New York theater group best known for Gatz, its full-text adaptation of The Great Gatsby, which played sold-out runs at NYC’s Public Theater, London’s Old Vic, and in more than 25 other cities globally.

In addition to Reboot, he sits on the boards of ERS and The Onion‘s parent company, Global Tetrahedron.



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Jessi Klein

Comedian

Jessi Klein began her career in development at Comedy Central, where was she was an executive overseeing “Chappelle’s Show” and “Insomniac with Dave Attell.” Since becoming a writer and stand up, she has written for “Saturday Night Live,” “Michael and Michael Have Issues,” and has appeared in her own own half hour stand up special.