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'''Justin Robert Young''' (born March 5, 1983)<ref>[http://itricks.com/news/2008/03/justin-robert-young-day/ Justin Robert Young Day!]</ref> is the editor-in-chief of iTricks.com,<ref>[http://itricks.com/news/about-2/ iTricks.com: About]</ref> the foremost magic news site on the web, editor of WeirdThings.com,<ref>[http://weirdthings.com/about/ WeirdThings.com: About]</ref> and is a podcaster for the [[TWiT.tv]] network, co-hosting the weekly show [[NSFW Show|NSFW]].<ref>[http://nsfwshow.com/ NSFW Show Homepage]</ref>
'''Justin Robert Young''' (born March 5, 1983)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Justin Robert Young day!|url=http://itricks.com/news/2008/03/justin-robert-young-day/|access-date=2023-01-22}}</ref> is a [[podcaster]], journalist, comedian and writer. Young writes and publishes the ''Politics, Politics, Politics!'' podcast, and co-hosts the weekly comedy podcast ''Great Night'' with magician [[Brian Brushwood]].


Young has recorded four comedy albums with Brushwood, two of which (''Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden'' and ''Night Attack: Live'') debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url = http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2013/comedy-albums|title = Comedy Albums - 2013 Archive|date = |accessdate = August 14, 2014|website = Billboard.com|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
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==Early career==
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Justin Robert Young is a graduate of the [[Syracuse University]] journalism program where he also worked at [[The Daily Orange]], the independent student newspaper of [[Syracuse, New York]].<ref>[http://justinrobertyoung.tumblr.com/ Justin Robert Young is Thrown Down a Tarp]</ref> He has also worked as a newspaper journalist for “The South Florida Sun-Sentinel” of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and “The Morning Call” of Allentown, Pennsylvania.<ref>[http://weirdthings.com/about/ WeirdThings.com Justin Robert Young Bio]</ref> He decided to include his middle name in his professional moniker, as several persons were already utilizing the name “Justin Young” in a professional capacity.<ref>[http://mysocalled8bitlife.com/podcast/episode07 My So Called 8bit Life Episode 07: Creepy Santa]</ref> In his early career, Young practiced and performed stand-up comedy and improv in addition to attempting a comedy podcast.<ref>[http://mysocalled8bitlife.com/podcast/episode07 My So Called 8bit Life Episode 07: Creepy Santa]</ref>


==Biography==
== Journalism and Podcasting==
Young was born in [[Fort Worth, Texas]] but considers [[Davie, Florida]] his hometown. He graduated from [[South Plantation High School]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Where Are They Now?|url=https://www.culpepperjournalismfoundation.com/where-are-they-now.html|access-date=2023-01-22|website=Culpepper Journalism Foundation|language=en}}</ref>
Following his brief tenure in newspaper journalism, Young was recruited by longtime friend and magic inventor [[Andrew Mayne]] to serve as the [[editor-in-chief]] of iTricks.com, published by Mayne. Young later went on to serve as editor of WeirdThings.com, also published by Mayne.<ref>[http://weirdthings.com/about/ WeirdThings.com]</ref> Young first met podcasting collaborator and magician [[Brian Brushwood]] in Florida while interviewing him for iTricks.com and soon after became a regular guest on Brushwood’s BBLiveShow podcast following a swarm of call-in appearances.<ref>[http://mysocalled8bitlife.com/podcast/episode07 My So Called 8bit Life Episode 07: Creepy Santa]</ref> Young and Brushwood were picked up by [[Leo Laporte]]’s [[TWiT.tv]] network to co-host a show that went on to be named [[NSFW Show|NSFW]] and premiered on November 24, 2009.<ref>[http://nsfwshow.com/ NSFW Show Homepage]</ref> Only one month prior in October 2009, Young, with co-hosts Andrew Mayne and Brian Brushwood, began the WeirdThings.com podcast, which has appeared as one of iTunes top science podcasts.<ref>[http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/page/2/ Weird Things Podcast]</ref> In 2009 he also served as an Associate Producer on the first season of [[G4 Underground]].<ref>[http://weirdthings.com/about/ WeirdThings.com Justin Robert Young Bio]</ref> Through the NSFW podcast, Young has interviewed [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC network]]’s [[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]] star [[Michael Rooker]] who has affectionately proclaimed to be Young’s “stepfather”.<ref>[http://twit.tv/nsfw56 NSFW Show Episode 56: A Rooker Looks Back]</ref> Young has also co-hosted a podcast film festival with film director and producer [[Christopher Coppola]],<ref>[http://twit.tv/nsfw53 NSFW Show Episode 53: Christopher Coppola and the Infinite Sadness]</ref> and has written advertisements for [[Greg Grunberg]]’s website [http://www.talkaboutit.org Talk About It], which promotes epilepsy awareness.<ref>[http://twit.tv/nsfw21 NSFW Show Episode 21: New Show Fails Weekly]</ref>


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Young is a graduate of the [[Syracuse University]] journalism program where he also worked at [[The Daily Orange]], the independent student newspaper of [[Syracuse, New York]], as its editor-in-chief.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Throw Down a Tarp|url=http://justinrobertyoung.tumblr.com/page/21|url-status=dead|website=Tumblr|language=en-US|access-date=September 27, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224032809/http://justinrobertyoung.tumblr.com/page/21}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2013}} He has also worked as a newspaper journalist for [[Sun-Sentinel|The South Florida Sun-Sentinel]] and [[The Morning Call]].<ref name="WTbio">{{Cite web|title=About|url=http://weirdthings.com/about/|access-date=2023-01-22|language=en-US}}|website=weirdthings.com</ref> Young decided to include his middle name in his professional moniker, as several persons were already utilizing the name "Justin Young" in a professional capacity.<ref name="8-bit">[http://mysocalled8bitlife.com/podcast/episode07 "Episode 07: Creepy Santa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714144154/http://mysocalled8bitlife.com/podcast/episode07 |date=July 14, 2011 }} (audio:MP3). ''My So Called 8bit Life'' podcast. Cosmicradio.tv<!-- http://cosmicradio.tv/8bitlife/episode07/ --></ref>
==Live Events and Hoaxes==
On March 10, 2010 at [[Digg]]'s [[South by Southwest]] Interactive (SXSWi) festival party, Young, along with NSFW co-host [[Brian Brushwood]], initiated one of the largest [[Twitter]] hoaxes ever when they prompted a packed audience to tweet and re-tweet with the hashtag #omgconan that [[Conan O’Brien]], recently departed from [[NBC]], was going to join [[Revision3]], an internet television network co-founded by [[Digg]] founder [[Kevin Rose]]. Word even spread that Conan walked out live on stage to make the announcement<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20000410-52.html #OMGConan: The big Digg party Twitter hoax]</ref> The stunt was originally orchestrated to set the record for the “Most Tweeted Hoax”, and now Justin Robert Young currently holds the record at 525 tweets with the [[Universal Record Database]].<ref>[http://urdb.org/world-record/tweeted-hoax/2795 “Most Tweeted Hoax” world record at Universal Record Database]</ref> During Magic Month at Seminole Casino, Coconut Creek, Florida (January 30 - February 25, 2011) Young was featured in “Stars of Magic” alongside performer [[Andrew Mayne]]. This marked Young’s first performance in magic.<ref>[http://itricks.com/news/2011/02/a-view-from-the-box-my-first-magic-performance/ View From the Box: My First Magic Performance]</ref>


==Internet Podcasting and Television==
== Journalism and podcasting career==
Following his brief tenure in newspaper journalism, Young was recruited by longtime friend and magic inventor Andrew Mayne to serve as the editor-in-chief of iTricks.com, published by Mayne.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb524855.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307214334/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb524855.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |title=iTricks.TV The 24-Hour Internet Magic Channel |publisher=PR Web |date=May 9, 2007|accessdate=September 27, 2013}} (press release)</ref> Young later went on to serve as editor of WeirdThings.com, also published by Mayne.<ref name="WTbio" /> In 2009 Young began the Weird Things podcast with co-hosts Mayne and Brushwood,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/page/2/|title=Weird Things » Podcasts}}</ref> and served as an Associate Producer on the first season of [[G4 Underground]].<ref name="WTbio" />
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;[http://bbliveshow.com/ BBLiveShow]: Initially started by magician and podcaster [[Brian Brushwood]], Young became a regular guest on the show after several call-ins to the show following a chance meet-up with host Brian Brushwood in Florida for an interview for iTricks.com.


Young has also worked as a correspondent for [[BitTorrent (company)|BitTorrent News]] as it launched at the Republican National Convention, as well as covering other political news, until BitTorrent News eventually shut down.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|date=2016-07-13|title=BitTorrent News to Launch at Republican Convention|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/bittorrent-news-launching-republican-convention-1201813105/|access-date=2023-01-22|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
;[http://itricks.com/news/category/podcast-listings/ iTricks Magic Week in Review]: The iTricks Magic Week in Review Podcast is an extension of the iTrick.com magic news website, for which Young is editor-in-chief, and reviews the latest magic news of the week in addition to interviewing guests from the magic industry.


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== Comedy career ==
;[[NSFW Show|NSFW]]: The NSFW podcast is part of the [[TWiT.tv]] network, hosted by Justin Robert Young and [[Brian Brushwood]]. The show premiered on November 24, 2009. It had its origins in the style and format of the BBLiveShow, hosted by Brushwood.
During and after college, Young performed stand-up comedy and improv in addition to attempting a comedy podcast.<ref name="8-bit" />


Young hosted a short-lived YouTube series called ''TalkingHead TV'' in which he interviewed guests from around the world on the topics of tech and pop culture,<ref>{{Cite web|title=TalkingHeadTV|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/TalkingHeadTV|access-date=2023-01-22|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> including an early interview with magician and future podcast collaborator Brian Brushwood.<ref>{{Citation|title=Brian Brushwood of Revision3 explains how to scam iTunes| date=June 11, 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2TNvwPFVWI&list=UUs5t_UWEXoan37cT2YxaE6Q&index=178|language=en|access-date=2023-01-22}}</ref> Young met Brushwood in Florida while interviewing him for iTricks.com. Soon after, Young became a regular guest on Brushwood's ''BBLiveShow'' podcast.<ref name="8-bit" /> Young and Brushwood were selected by [[Leo Laporte]]'s [[TWiT.tv|TWiT]] network to co-host a late-night comedy show, ''NSFW''. ''NSFW'' premiered on November 24, 2009.<ref name="NSFW">[http://nsfwshow.com/ "NSFW"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128191244/http://nsfwshow.com/ |date=January 28, 2011 }} NSFWshow.com.</ref>{{fv|date=September 2023}}
;[http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/ WeirdThings.com Podcast]: The WeirdThings.com podcast is co-hosted by [[Andrew Mayne]], Justin Robert Young, and [[Brian Brushwood]]. In it they discuss science, the impossible, and the fantastic.

As co-host of ''NSFW'' and later ''Night Attack'', Young has interviewed many notable people such as [[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]] star [[Michael Rooker]]<ref>[http://twit.tv/nsfw56 "NSFW 56: A Rooker Looks Back"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202144630/http://twit.tv/nsfw56|date=February 2, 2011}} (video). ''NSFW''. Twit.tv. December 29, 2010.</ref> and novelist/screenwriter [[C. Robert Cargill]], as well as musical guests such as [[Get Set Go]], [[Turquoise Jeep Records|Turquoise Jeep]], and [[Ali Spagnola]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Power Hour|url=http://dctvpedia.com/The_Power_Hour|accessdate=August 14, 2014|website=DCTVpedia|publisher=}}</ref> Young has also co-hosted a podcast film festival with film director and producer [[Christopher Coppola]],<ref>[http://twit.tv/nsfw53 "NSFW 53: Christopher Coppola and the Infinite Sadness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213170822/http://twit.tv/nsfw53|date=February 13, 2011}} (video). ''NSFW''. Twit.tv. December 8, 2010.</ref> and has written advertisements for [[Greg Grunberg]]'s website [http://www.talkaboutit.org Talk About It], which promotes epilepsy awareness.<ref>[http://twit.tv/nsfw21 "NSFW 21: New Show Fails Weekly"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630214928/http://twit.tv/nsfw21|date=June 30, 2010}} (video). ''NSFW''. Twit.tv. April 22, 2010</ref>

Young and Brushwood released a comedy album ''Night Attack'' in 2011, debuting at #38 on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s Launchpad.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jim-YANOn5AC&pg=RA4-PA49 |title=Heatseekers Albums| page=49| volume= 123 |issue=35 |date=Oct 19, 2011<!--date on page--> |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=Google Books}}</ref> The duo have since released three sequel albums, two of which (''Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden'' and ''Night Attack: Live'') debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart.<ref name="auto"/> They were also responsible for the crowd-sourced parody of ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' titled ''The Diamond Club: A Novel''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Falconer|first=Joel|date=2012-07-31|title=Here's how you can help the Internet troll 50 Shades of Grey|url=https://thenextweb.com/news/heres-how-you-can-help-the-internet-troll-50-shades-of-grey|access-date=2023-01-22|website=thenextweb.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Other works ==
Young is a co-creator of ''The Contender'',<ref>{{cite web |title=The Contender: The Game of Presidential Debate |url=https://www.thecontender.us/ |website=The Contender |accessdate=16 June 2020}}</ref> a card game on the theme of presidential debate. The project was [[Kickstarter|kickstarted]] with $142,551 in crowd-sourced funding.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Contender: The Game of Political Debate |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/contender/the-contender-the-game-of-political-debate |website=Kickstarter |accessdate=16 June 2020 |language=en |date=December 8, 2017}}</ref>

==Internet broadcasting and television==
[[File:Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood DragonCon 2013.jpg|thumb|Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood hosting a show at Dragon*Con 2013]]

=== Current ===
* After Things – A podcast discussing various aspects of being a creative professional.
* Daily Tech News Show – Young is a weekly correspondent of the technology news podcast hosted by Tom Merritt.
* Young is a weekly contributor to [[Scott Johnson (cartoonist)|Scott Johnson]]'s morning show on his Frogpants network.
* Great Night – A weekly program that is a re-tooling of the former Night Attack show.
* Politics Politics Politics! – Non-partisan political commentary.
* Weird Things Podcast – A podcast discussing science, the paranormal, the supernatural, and fringe, hosted by Young, Brushwood, and Andrew Mayne.
* We're Not Wrong –&nbsp;A discussion of politics, government, and media hosted by Young, [[Congressional Dish|Jennifer Briney]], and Andrew Heaton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About We're Not Wrong |url=https://werenotwrong.fireside.fm/about |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=We're Not Wrong}}</ref>

=== Former ===
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* BBLiveShow – Young became a regular guest on the show after several call-ins to the show following a chance meet-up with host Brian Brushwood in Florida for an interview for iTricks.
* Before You Buy – Occasional contributor of technology reviews on the TWiT network.
* Game On! – Young was the lead writer of TWiT's short-lived gaming news podcast.
* Hotline Monday – A live call-in drive time podcast where viewers can call-in to the show and discuss anything in the news, however it is heavily focused on geeky content. Young is the co-host with Johnson.
* iTricks Magic Week in Review – A review of the latest magic news of the week, as well as interviews with personalities in the magic industry.
* JuRY – A solo weekly podcast with an eclectic blend of humorous anecdotes, cultural musing and audience feedback.
* Night Attack – A weekly comedy podcast which Young co-hosts with Brian Brushwood. It was named after the Billboard #1 Comedy Album series and succeeded the NSFW Show.
* NSFW Show – Following the success of BBLiveShow, Young and Brushwood started a weekly comedy show for the technology-minded on the [[TWiT]] Network.
* Raise The Dead – In-depth looks at the presidential election campaigns from the 1960s with comparisons to modern campaigns.
* This Week in Tech – Young was an occasional contributor to [[Leo Laporte]]'s roundtable technology discussion show.
* Unfriend Me – A topical podcast where Young and Scott Johnson discuss controversial topics with call-in guests.


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|6370354}}
* [http://itricks.com/news/ iTricks]
* [http://weirdthings.com/ Weird Things]
* [http://nsfwshow.com NSFW Show]
* [http://bbliveshow.com BBLiveShow]
* [http://bbliveshow.info/Justin_Robert_Young Justin Robert Young BBPedia]
* [http://justinrobertyoung.tumblr.com/ Justin Robert Young's Blog]


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Latest revision as of 11:16, 3 November 2024

Justin Robert Young
Young, 2013
Born (1983-03-05) March 5, 1983 (age 41)
Fort Worth, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSyracuse University
Occupation(s)Journalist and podcaster
Notable workPolitics! Politics! Politics! Podcast
Daily Tech News Show
Great Night
Night Attack
WeirdThings.com
G4 Underground
Websitewww.politicspoliticspolitics.com

Justin Robert Young (born March 5, 1983)[1] is a podcaster, journalist, comedian and writer. Young writes and publishes the Politics, Politics, Politics! podcast, and co-hosts the weekly comedy podcast Great Night with magician Brian Brushwood.

Young has recorded four comedy albums with Brushwood, two of which (Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden and Night Attack: Live) debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart.[2]

Biography

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Young was born in Fort Worth, Texas but considers Davie, Florida his hometown. He graduated from South Plantation High School in 2001.[3]

Young is a graduate of the Syracuse University journalism program where he also worked at The Daily Orange, the independent student newspaper of Syracuse, New York, as its editor-in-chief.[4][failed verification] He has also worked as a newspaper journalist for The South Florida Sun-Sentinel and The Morning Call.[5] Young decided to include his middle name in his professional moniker, as several persons were already utilizing the name "Justin Young" in a professional capacity.[6]

Journalism and podcasting career

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Following his brief tenure in newspaper journalism, Young was recruited by longtime friend and magic inventor Andrew Mayne to serve as the editor-in-chief of iTricks.com, published by Mayne.[7] Young later went on to serve as editor of WeirdThings.com, also published by Mayne.[5] In 2009 Young began the Weird Things podcast with co-hosts Mayne and Brushwood,[8] and served as an Associate Producer on the first season of G4 Underground.[5]

Young has also worked as a correspondent for BitTorrent News as it launched at the Republican National Convention, as well as covering other political news, until BitTorrent News eventually shut down.[9]

Comedy career

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During and after college, Young performed stand-up comedy and improv in addition to attempting a comedy podcast.[6]

Young hosted a short-lived YouTube series called TalkingHead TV in which he interviewed guests from around the world on the topics of tech and pop culture,[10] including an early interview with magician and future podcast collaborator Brian Brushwood.[11] Young met Brushwood in Florida while interviewing him for iTricks.com. Soon after, Young became a regular guest on Brushwood's BBLiveShow podcast.[6] Young and Brushwood were selected by Leo Laporte's TWiT network to co-host a late-night comedy show, NSFW. NSFW premiered on November 24, 2009.[12][failed verification]

As co-host of NSFW and later Night Attack, Young has interviewed many notable people such as The Walking Dead star Michael Rooker[13] and novelist/screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, as well as musical guests such as Get Set Go, Turquoise Jeep, and Ali Spagnola.[14] Young has also co-hosted a podcast film festival with film director and producer Christopher Coppola,[15] and has written advertisements for Greg Grunberg's website Talk About It, which promotes epilepsy awareness.[16]

Young and Brushwood released a comedy album Night Attack in 2011, debuting at #38 on Billboard's Launchpad.[17] The duo have since released three sequel albums, two of which (Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden and Night Attack: Live) debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart.[2] They were also responsible for the crowd-sourced parody of Fifty Shades of Grey titled The Diamond Club: A Novel.[18]

Other works

[edit]

Young is a co-creator of The Contender,[19] a card game on the theme of presidential debate. The project was kickstarted with $142,551 in crowd-sourced funding.[20]

Internet broadcasting and television

[edit]
Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood hosting a show at Dragon*Con 2013

Current

[edit]
  • After Things – A podcast discussing various aspects of being a creative professional.
  • Daily Tech News Show – Young is a weekly correspondent of the technology news podcast hosted by Tom Merritt.
  • Young is a weekly contributor to Scott Johnson's morning show on his Frogpants network.
  • Great Night – A weekly program that is a re-tooling of the former Night Attack show.
  • Politics Politics Politics! – Non-partisan political commentary.
  • Weird Things Podcast – A podcast discussing science, the paranormal, the supernatural, and fringe, hosted by Young, Brushwood, and Andrew Mayne.
  • We're Not Wrong – A discussion of politics, government, and media hosted by Young, Jennifer Briney, and Andrew Heaton.[21]

Former

[edit]
  • BBLiveShow – Young became a regular guest on the show after several call-ins to the show following a chance meet-up with host Brian Brushwood in Florida for an interview for iTricks.
  • Before You Buy – Occasional contributor of technology reviews on the TWiT network.
  • Game On! – Young was the lead writer of TWiT's short-lived gaming news podcast.
  • Hotline Monday – A live call-in drive time podcast where viewers can call-in to the show and discuss anything in the news, however it is heavily focused on geeky content. Young is the co-host with Johnson.
  • iTricks Magic Week in Review – A review of the latest magic news of the week, as well as interviews with personalities in the magic industry.
  • JuRY – A solo weekly podcast with an eclectic blend of humorous anecdotes, cultural musing and audience feedback.
  • Night Attack – A weekly comedy podcast which Young co-hosts with Brian Brushwood. It was named after the Billboard #1 Comedy Album series and succeeded the NSFW Show.
  • NSFW Show – Following the success of BBLiveShow, Young and Brushwood started a weekly comedy show for the technology-minded on the TWiT Network.
  • Raise The Dead – In-depth looks at the presidential election campaigns from the 1960s with comparisons to modern campaigns.
  • This Week in Tech – Young was an occasional contributor to Leo Laporte's roundtable technology discussion show.
  • Unfriend Me – A topical podcast where Young and Scott Johnson discuss controversial topics with call-in guests.

References

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  1. ^ "Justin Robert Young day!". Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Comedy Albums - 2013 Archive". Billboard.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  3. ^ "Where Are They Now?". Culpepper Journalism Foundation. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "Throw Down a Tarp". Tumblr. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "About". Retrieved January 22, 2023.|website=weirdthings.com
  6. ^ a b c "Episode 07: Creepy Santa" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (audio:MP3). My So Called 8bit Life podcast. Cosmicradio.tv
  7. ^ "iTricks.TV The 24-Hour Internet Magic Channel". PR Web. May 9, 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2013. (press release)
  8. ^ "Weird Things » Podcasts".
  9. ^ McNary, Dave (July 13, 2016). "BitTorrent News to Launch at Republican Convention". Variety. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  10. ^ "TalkingHeadTV". www.youtube.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  11. ^ Brian Brushwood of Revision3 explains how to scam iTunes, June 11, 2008, retrieved January 22, 2023
  12. ^ "NSFW". Archived January 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine NSFWshow.com.
  13. ^ "NSFW 56: A Rooker Looks Back" Archived February 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. December 29, 2010.
  14. ^ "The Power Hour". DCTVpedia. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  15. ^ "NSFW 53: Christopher Coppola and the Infinite Sadness" Archived February 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. December 8, 2010.
  16. ^ "NSFW 21: New Show Fails Weekly" Archived June 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. April 22, 2010
  17. ^ "Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 35. October 19, 2011. p. 49 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ Falconer, Joel (July 31, 2012). "Here's how you can help the Internet troll 50 Shades of Grey". thenextweb.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  19. ^ "The Contender: The Game of Presidential Debate". The Contender. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  20. ^ "The Contender: The Game of Political Debate". Kickstarter. December 8, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  21. ^ "About We're Not Wrong". We're Not Wrong. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
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