The West Wing Thing Creators & Guests

Josh Olson is an American podcaster and screenwriter.Josh Olson wrote and directed the low budget horror film Infested in 2002. He wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film A History of Violence.. He was nominated for the British Academy Award, the Writer's Guild Award and the Academy Award.In 2006, Olson collaborated with Harlan Ellison on an adaptation of the author's short story "The Discarded" for ABC's series, "Masters of Science Fiction." He worked on Peter Jackson's film based on the Halo video game series, but the project was later cancelled.Olson wrote the first draft of the movie Jack Reacher, for Paramount Pictures, part of the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Ultimately, the movie was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie Olson wrote two seasons of the audio drama, Bronzeville, which is produced by and stars Laurence Fishburne and Larenz Tate. He is one of the hosts of the podcast, "The Movies That Made Me".In 2020, Olson started Rainy Day Podcasts with Mick Jagger, Steve Bing, and Victoria Pearman. The company has a "first look deal" with Warner Brothers, and will produce original narrative podcasts.

Dave Anthony is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster.

Lisa Curry is a comedian and TV writer.

Katie Halper is a writer, film director, host of The Katie Halper Show, and co-host of the Rolling Stone Podcast.

Briahna Gray is a political commentator, lawyer, and political consultant.

Wil Anderson is a comedian, writer, presenter, and podcaster.

US-American journalist (Splinter).

Co-host of Citations Needed. Fire spitter. Epaulette liker. Tsundoku master. Clinomaniac. Caine-Hackman Theorist.

Jared Yates Sexton is an associate professor in the Department of Writing and Linguistics at Georgia Southern University, political commentator, and author of the book American Rule.

Canadian journalist. Staff Writer at Jacobin Mag. Contributor to Current Affairs, The Guardian, New Statesman, Globe & Mail, LRC, & others.

US-American politician (Trillbilly Workers Party)

Richard David Wolff is an American Marxian economist, host of the video show & podcast Economic Update, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Adam Johnson is co-host of @citationspod, writer, and podcasting at @theappeal

Blaire Erskine is a comedian and writer.

Faisal-Azam Qureshi is a writer, journalist, and producer.

Vida Starr is a trauma-informed care educator, public speaker, producer, and co-host of the Champagne Sharks.

Rob Rousseau is a writer and podcaster from Montreal, Quebec. He is the co-host of The InsurgentsPod with Jordan Uhl.He is also known for his Twitter trolls of conservatives.

John Rogers is an American screenwriter. He is known as the creator of the television series Jackie Chan Adventures (2000–2005), Leverage (2008–2012), The Librarians (2014–2018), and The Player (2015).Rogers co-wrote the films American Outlaws (2001), The Core (2003), and Catwoman (2004), and co-wrote the story for the film Transformers (2007).