Daniel Radosh (born 23 March 1969) is an American journalist and

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ger. Radosh is a senior writer for '' The Daily Show with Trevor Noah''. Previously, he was a

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for ''

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and'' a contributing editor at ''

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''. His writing has also appeared in ''

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'', and other publications. From 2000 to 2001, he was a senior editor for '' Modern Humorist''. In the 1990s he was a writer and editor at '' Spy''. Radosh began his writing career at Youth Communication in 1985, where as a high school student he published more than a dozen stories in ''New Youth Connections'' (now ''YCteen''), a magazine by and for New York City teenagers. His blog, Radosh.net, was named one of the "top 25 blogs" by Time.com in 2008.Time.com's First Annual Blog Index
", ''Time.com'', 2007 As a blogger, he is probably best known for his public dispute with journalist Peter Landesman, who wrote an article about

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in the January 25, 2004, issue of ''

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'' titled "The Girls Next Door". When Radosh challenged the facts of the article, Landesman threatened legal action against Radosh. A series of articles about the dispute by

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in ''

'' turned the issue of the article's accuracy — and of the legal rights and responsibilities of blogs — into one of the most controversial topics in journalism during the first half of 2004. Much of Radosh's journalism is on lighter topics, however: the description for his blog is "Pop. Politics. Sex. So On." In pop-culture circles, Radosh is known for his obsession with tracing Huckapoo's attempts to infiltrate popular consciousness. He also runs on his blog the New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest, a spoof of ''The New Yorker''s weekly cartoon caption contest. His first book, '' Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture'', was published by Scribner in 2008.

Personal life

Radosh is the son of historian Ronald Radosh. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1987 and from

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in 1991, and currently resides in

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, New York. He has three children. Radosh identifies as a Humanistic Jew.

References

External links

Radosh blog

Details on battle between Landesman and Radosh by Jack Shafer in Slate

Rapture Ready! site

Galleycat blog post about the sale of Rapture Ready!

Video (and audio) of debate/discussion on religious issues with Radosh
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