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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
===Early life and education===
===Early life and education===
Seder was born to a Jewish family in [[New York City]], and raised in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], and is the oldest of three children.<ref name="D4Vxd" /><ref name="2sWNN" /> His father, J. Robert Seder, is a well-known lawyer in Worcester. Seder earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[Religious Studies]] from [[Connecticut College]] and enrolled at [[Boston University School of Law]]. Disillusioned by the school's commercialized culture, he dropped out of studying law to pursue a career in comedy.<ref name="2sWNN" /> Seder became involved in the Boston comedy scene, associating with [[Janeane Garofalo|Janeane Garofalo]], [[David Cross]], [[Marc Maron]] and [[Sarah Silverman]], whom he dated. These connections were used in his first film, ''Who's the Caboose?'', which then led to Seder's appearances on comedy TV shows.<ref name="2sWNN" />
Seder was born to a Jewish family in [[New York City]], and raised in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], and is the oldest of three children.<ref name="D4Vxd" /><ref name="2sWNN" /> His father, J. Robert Seder, is a well-known lawyer in Worcester. Seder earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[Religious Studies]] from [[Connecticut College]] and enrolled at [[Boston University School of Law]]. Disillusioned by the school's commercialized culture, he dropped out of studying law to pursue a career in comedy.<ref name="2sWNN" /> Seder became involved in the Boston comedy scene, associating with [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[David Cross]], [[Marc Maron]] and [[Sarah Silverman]], whom he dated. These connections were used in his first film, ''Who's the Caboose?'', which then led to Seder's appearances on comedy TV shows.<ref name="2sWNN" />


===Adult life and independence===
===Adult life and independence===
On August 9, 2005, Seder's wife Nicole Cattell gave birth to their first child, daughter Myla Rae.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiG76k6x48w|title=Sam's Daughter ROCKS Global Climate Change Strike|date=September 20, 2019|website=YouTube|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> On March 7, 2013, she gave birth to their second child, son Saul.<ref name="IyJ7l" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/samseder/status/442014403026644992|title=Happy First Birthday to my son, Saul. I wish him a happy healthy and "sleep more please" year.|first=Sam|last=Seder|date=March 7, 2014|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> On April 27, 2018, Seder announced that the couple were separated.<ref name="Dvm1r" /> He later announced they had divorced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seder |first=Sam |date=2022-06-21 |title=post |url=https://x.com/SamSeder/status/1539453747365027840 |archive-date= |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=X}}</ref> Seder is a [[Reform Judaism|Reform Jew]] and has no problem with religion in general, but is opposed to [[religious fundamentalism]] and [[theocracy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/culture/702952/sam-seder-debate-trump-christian-nationalism-nazi/|title=Debating a Jew, Trump supporters endorse America's 'European and Christian' identity|last=Fox|first=Mira|publisher=[[The Forward]]|quote=Seder is a Reform Jew, he told one of his first opponents; he has no beef with religion. “The problem I have with religious fundamentalists, and really I guess it’s theocrats, is that they want to impose their morality which comes from their religion,” he said. “I don’t think that you have the right to corner what God is telling us is right and wrong, and there’s differences between religions.”|date=March 11, 2025|accessdate=March 12, 2025}}</ref>
On August 9, 2005, Seder's wife Nicole Cattell gave birth to their first child, daughter Myla Rae.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiG76k6x48w|title=Sam's Daughter ROCKS Global Climate Change Strike|date=September 20, 2019|website=YouTube|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> On March 7, 2013, she gave birth to their second child, son Saul.<ref name="IyJ7l" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/samseder/status/442014403026644992|title=Happy First Birthday to my son, Saul. I wish him a happy healthy and "sleep more please" year.|first=Sam|last=Seder|date=March 7, 2014|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> On April 27, 2018, Seder announced that the couple were separated.<ref name="Dvm1r" /> He later announced they had divorced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seder |first=Sam |date=2022-06-21 |title=post |url=https://x.com/SamSeder/status/1539453747365027840 |archive-date= |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=X}}</ref> Seder is a [[Reform Judaism|Reform Jew]] and has no problem with religion in general, but is opposed to [[religious fundamentalism]] and [[theocracy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/culture/702952/sam-seder-debate-trump-christian-nationalism-nazi/|title=Debating a Jew, Trump supporters endorse America's 'European and Christian' identity|last=Fox|first=Mira|publisher=[[The Forward]]|quote=Seder is a Reform Jew, he told one of his first opponents; he has no beef with religion. "The problem I have with religious fundamentalists, and really I guess it's theocrats, is that they want to impose their morality which comes from their religion," he said. "I don't think that you have the right to corner what God is telling us is right and wrong, and there's differences between religions."|date=March 11, 2025|accessdate=March 12, 2025}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Sam Seder in August 2008.jpg|thumb|Seder in 2008]]
[[File:Sam Seder in August 2008.jpg|thumb|Seder in 2008]]
In March 2004, Seder became co-host of [[Air America Radio]]'s ''[[The Majority Report with Sam Seder|The Majority Report]]'', alongside [[Janeane Garofalo]] until July 2006.<ref name="ykk9G" />  
In March 2004, Seder became co-host of [[Air America Radio]]'s ''[[The Majority Report with Sam Seder|The Majority Report]]'', alongside [[Janeane Garofalo]] until July 2006.<ref name="ykk9G" />


During [[Mark Green (New York politician)|Mark Green]]'s restructuring plan to transform Air America into a profitable leader in progressive talk radio, called "Air America 2.0",<ref name="AirAmerica2.0" /> ''The Sam Seder Show'' was canceled on April 13, 2007, and replaced by [[WOR Radio Network]] late night radio show host [[Lionel (radio)|Lionel]].<ref name="B8yck" /> Seder was relegated to a Sunday show entitled ''Seder on Sunday''.<ref name="AirAmerica2.0" /> Lionel soon lost two-thirds of Seder's live affiliates and listenership.<ref name="oyuZ6" /> The final ''Seder on Sunday'' was broadcast on June 1, 2008.
During [[Mark Green (New York politician)|Mark Green]]'s restructuring plan to transform Air America into a profitable leader in progressive talk radio, called "Air America 2.0",<ref name="AirAmerica2.0" /> ''The Sam Seder Show'' was canceled on April 13, 2007, and replaced by [[WOR Radio Network]] late night radio show host [[Lionel (radio)|Lionel]].<ref name="B8yck" /> Seder was relegated to a Sunday show entitled ''Seder on Sunday''.<ref name="AirAmerica2.0" /> Lionel soon lost two-thirds of Seder's live affiliates and listenership.<ref name="oyuZ6" /> The final ''Seder on Sunday'' was broadcast on June 1, 2008.
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''The Majority Report'' was associated with the [[The Young Turks|TYT Network]], with which the show partnered, from the 2010 relaunch until 2020, which generally followed its original format but was rebooted as a viewer-funded production. Following those structural affiliation and funding-production changes, the show won a string of international [[Podcast Awards|People's Choice Podcast Awards]],<ref name="PodcastAwards">{{cite web |title=Past Winners, 2005–2017 |url=https://www.podcastawards.com/past-winners |website=Podcast Awards }}</ref> in five of the next seven annual competitions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017), for the "News and Politics" award.
''The Majority Report'' was associated with the [[The Young Turks|TYT Network]], with which the show partnered, from the 2010 relaunch until 2020, which generally followed its original format but was rebooted as a viewer-funded production. Following those structural affiliation and funding-production changes, the show won a string of international [[Podcast Awards|People's Choice Podcast Awards]],<ref name="PodcastAwards">{{cite web |title=Past Winners, 2005–2017 |url=https://www.podcastawards.com/past-winners |website=Podcast Awards }}</ref> in five of the next seven annual competitions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017), for the "News and Politics" award.


In March 2025, Seder appeared in an episode of the [[Jubilee Media]] web show ''[[Surrounded (web series)|Surrounded]]'', in which he challenged 20 [[Donald Trump]] supporters to a debate. The video, which had been filmed in January, quickly became [[viral video|viral]] and gained millions of views within days, with commentary focusing on fringe views espoused by his opponents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quah |first=Nicholas |date=2025-03-13 |title=Sam Seder Knows His Viral Debate Was 'a Little Bit Disturbing' |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/sam-seder-says-his-viral-debate-was-a-little-disturbing.html |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Black |first=Michael Ian |date=2025-03-12 |title=The Viral 'Debate' Video That Proves Most MAGA Voters Are a Lost Cause |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-viral-debate-video-that-proves-most-maga-voters-are-a-lost-cause/ |website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref>
In March 2025, Seder appeared in an episode of the [[Jubilee Media]] web show ''[[Surrounded (web series)|Surrounded]]'', in which he challenged 20 [[Donald Trump]] supporters to a debate. The video, which had been filmed in January, quickly became [[viral video|viral]] and gained millions of views within days, with commentary focusing on fringe views espoused by Seder's opponents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quah |first=Nicholas |date=2025-03-13 |title=Sam Seder Knows His Viral Debate Was 'a Little Bit Disturbing' |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/sam-seder-says-his-viral-debate-was-a-little-disturbing.html |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Black |first=Michael Ian |date=2025-03-12 |title=The Viral 'Debate' Video That Proves Most MAGA Voters Are a Lost Cause |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-viral-debate-video-that-proves-most-maga-voters-are-a-lost-cause/ |website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref>


=== 2017 tweet controversy ===
=== 2017 tweet controversy ===
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Samuel Lincoln Seder (Template:IPAc-en; born November 28, 1966) is an American actor, progressive[1] political commentator, and media host. His works include the film Who's the Caboose? (1997) as well as the television shows Beat Cops (2001) and Pilot Season (2004). He also appeared in Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and made guest appearances on Spin City (1997), Sex and the City (2000), America Undercover (2005), and Maron (2015). Since 2010, he has hosted a daily political talk show, The Majority Report with Sam Seder. He also voices Harold Cranwinkle and Hugo, recurring characters on the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers.

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Personal life

Early life and education

Seder was born to a Jewish family in New York City, and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, and is the oldest of three children.[2][3] His father, J. Robert Seder, is a well-known lawyer in Worcester. Seder earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Connecticut College and enrolled at Boston University School of Law. Disillusioned by the school's commercialized culture, he dropped out of studying law to pursue a career in comedy.[3] Seder became involved in the Boston comedy scene, associating with Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Marc Maron and Sarah Silverman, whom he dated. These connections were used in his first film, Who's the Caboose?, which then led to Seder's appearances on comedy TV shows.[3]

Adult life and independence

On August 9, 2005, Seder's wife Nicole Cattell gave birth to their first child, daughter Myla Rae.[4] On March 7, 2013, she gave birth to their second child, son Saul.[5][6] On April 27, 2018, Seder announced that the couple were separated.[7] He later announced they had divorced.[8] Seder is a Reform Jew and has no problem with religion in general, but is opposed to religious fundamentalism and theocracy.[9]

Career

File:Sam Seder in August 2008.jpg
Seder in 2008

In March 2004, Seder became co-host of Air America Radio's The Majority Report, alongside Janeane Garofalo until July 2006.[10]

During Mark Green's restructuring plan to transform Air America into a profitable leader in progressive talk radio, called "Air America 2.0",[11] The Sam Seder Show was canceled on April 13, 2007, and replaced by WOR Radio Network late night radio show host Lionel.[12] Seder was relegated to a Sunday show entitled Seder on Sunday.[11] Lionel soon lost two-thirds of Seder's live affiliates and listenership.[13] The final Seder on Sunday was broadcast on June 1, 2008.

Seder also occasionally substituted for Randi Rhodes when Rhodes was on Air America, as well as Mike Malloy on The Mike Malloy Show on the Nova M Radio network. In 2008 he also began a collaboration with Marc Maron on Maron v. Seder, an hour-long video webcast. In January 2009, Maron v. Seder was renamed Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder[14] and aired live from the kitchen in the Air America offices weekdays. Seder and Maron also hosted a post-show chat with viewers after each episode. Air America Media cancelled Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder in July 2009.[15] In 2010, Air America was shut down.[16]

In November 2009, Seder hosted a pilot for NBC of an American version of Have I Got News for You. Three years later, in November 2012, it was announced Seder would again be the host of an American version of the show, this time on TBS.[17][18]

In November 2010, Seder began an independent online podcast, called The Seder Channel (later renamed The Majority Report w/Sam Seder). The live talk-show format closely matches the previous Air America program, with politically oriented commentary by Seder and co-hosts, and interviews with various guests. Seder offers listeners different tiered levels of access to content around the show via crowdfunding platform Patreon.

In late 2010, Seder began occasionally serving as substitute host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann when Olbermann was on vacation. In December 2010, Seder also became co-host of the nationally syndicated progressive radio interview program Ring of Fire, co-hosted by Farron Cousins and Florida-based attorney Mike Papantonio.[19]

Seder also worked as a political contributor for MSNBC.[20][21]

The Majority Report was associated with the TYT Network, with which the show partnered, from the 2010 relaunch until 2020, which generally followed its original format but was rebooted as a viewer-funded production. Following those structural affiliation and funding-production changes, the show won a string of international People's Choice Podcast Awards,[22] in five of the next seven annual competitions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017), for the "News and Politics" award.

In March 2025, Seder appeared in an episode of the Jubilee Media web show Surrounded, in which he challenged 20 Donald Trump supporters to a debate. The video, which had been filmed in January, quickly became viral and gained millions of views within days, with commentary focusing on fringe views espoused by Seder's opponents.[23][24]

2017 tweet controversy

In 2009, to criticize petitions seeking Roman Polanski's release from rape charges, Seder tweeted "Dont care re Polanski, but i hope if my daughter is ever raped it is by an older truly talented man w/ a great sense of mise en scene".[25] In 2017, Mike Cernovich called attention to the tweet and contacted multiple journalists asking them to write about it.[20] As a result, MSNBC initially decided not to renew Seder's contract[26] despite Seder explaining that the tweet was satire.[25] Shortly afterward, MSNBC reversed its decision after getting pushback from journalists, and MSNBC's president said the initial decision to part ways had been wrong.[27][28][29]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Who's the Caboose? Max Also director and writer
1997 The Big Fall Gary Snider Direct-to-video[30]
1998 Next Stop Wonderland Kevin Monteiro
2000 Happy Accidents Ned
2000 Endsville Wood Salesman
2004 Beacon Hill Rafe Coulter
2008 The Bad Situationist Arthur Lieberman Also director and co-writer[31][32]
2017 Fits and Starts Dressler
2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Hugo Habercore

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 All-American Girl Phil Episode: "Young Americans"
1995 Party of Five Greg Episode: "Best Laid Plans"
1996 The Show Tom Delaney 8 episodes
1996 Boys & Girls David Waits Television film
1997 Spin City George / Bogus Temp 2 episodes
1997 The Magic School Bus Voice Episode: "In the City"
1998 Grown-Ups Phil Television film
1999 The Dick & Paula Celebrity Special William Clark Episode: "Merriweather Lewis and Curly Howard"
1999 Pulp Comics: Louis C.K.'s Filthy Stupid Talent Show Seth the Jew Television short
2000 Sex and the City Lew Episode: "Sex and Another City"
2002–2004 Home Movies Fenton Mulley / Cho / Paula's Father 12 episodes
2004 Pilot Season Max Rabin 2 episodes
2005 Wonder Showzen Bug Episode: "Patience"
2005–2007 Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil Special Father #2 / The Senator 11 episodes
2006 O'Grady Mr. Chip Hurley Episode: "A Stronger O'Grady"
2006 Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker Sir Aglovale Episode: "Unbelievable Sports 1"
2008 Assy McGee Principal Jenkins / Douche 2 episodes; voice role
2011–present Bob's Burgers Hugo Habercore / Harold Cranwinkle / Al Genarro 32 episodes
2015 Maron Sam Seder Episode: "Patent Troll"
2017 The Good Fight Vaughn Yenko Episode: "Stoppable: Requiem for an Airdate"

References

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