Erin Gloria Ryan is an American writer, political opinion columnist, and podcaster. She is the host of ''

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'' on the ''

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'' podcast network, and a contributor to ''

The Daily Beast ''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. Founded in 2008, the website is owned by IAC Inc. It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief ...

''.

Early life and education

Ryan was born in

Frederic, Wisconsin Frederic is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,154 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It was established as a village in 1901. Geography Frederic is located at (45.658797 ...

, a small town in western

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. She studied English at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame; ; ND) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Cathol ...

. After graduating from college in 2005, she moved to the South Side of

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, initially as an

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volunteer. In 2007, she began working for

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, where she remained until 2011.

Career

In 2011, Ryan moved to

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and began writing for the website ''

Jezebel Jezebel ()"Jezebel"
(US) and

'', also becoming a contributor to ''

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'' and ''

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''. She then became the managing editor at ''Jezebel'', until she moved to ''

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'' in 2015 to be the senior editor there. In 2016, she was hired as a senior editor by ''The Daily Beast'', where she continues to be a regular contributor of political and cultural opinion pieces. Ryan has described her focus at ''The Daily Beast'' as "the intersection of politics, gender, society", and areas where "politics, womanhood, and feminism" touch. Ryan was invited by

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to spend two months of 2018 writing for the television show ''

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''. She contributed writing to the thirteenth season of the series. During 2017 and 2018, Ryan appeared frequently as a regular panelist on S. E. Cupp's

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political panel show, ''S. E. Cupp Unfiltered''. She has also appeared on other CNN news programs, including ''

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''. Ryan began podcasting in 2017, when she created a podcast called ''Girl Friday''. Ryan later appeared as a guest on ''

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'' and the sixth episode of ''

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''. Throughout 2017 and 2018, Ryan became a recurring guest on the

podcasts ''Pod Save America'' and ''

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''. In June 2018, Ryan launched a podcast with

called ''Hysteria'' which is co-hosted with

Alyssa Mastromonaco Alyssa Mende Mastromonaco (born February 22, 1976) is an American author, podcaster, spokeswoman, and former government official. She served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for operations in the administration of President Barack Obama from ...

. ''Hysteria'' is a politics and comedy podcast that seeks to center the voices of women, and also covers developments in popular culture. The podcast premiered at the top of the iTunes records chart, and was downloaded more than a million times in its first two months.

References

External links

Erin Gloria Ryan on IMDb
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