Bobby Finger

Bobby Finger (April 22, 1986) is an American journalist, podcaster,[2] pop culture critic, businessman,[3] and house music producer.[4][5] He hosts the popular Who? Weekly podcast[6] with his friend and fellow writer Lindsey Weber. Finger's bylines have appeared in New York Magazine, New York Times, Vanity Fair, and he is a regular contributing writer to the website Jezebel.

Bobby Finger
BornApril 1986 (age 34)
Texas
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
OccupationPodcaster
Journalist
Music Producer[1]
Years active2015–present

Career

Finger, originally from Texas, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008.[7] He worked as a copywriter in new York City until transitioning to becoming a full time pop culture writer and podcaster in 2015.

Who? Weekly initially started in 2016 in as a newsletter that lovingly poked fun at the tabloid, Us Weekly.[2][8] The podcast's fans are collectively called Wholigans.[9] The Wholigan Facebook group has over 15,000 members and includes not only listeners but industry insiders who discuss celebrity sightings, news, rumors and deep dives.[2] Notably, the search for "who-y" behavior has led the group to discover in 2017 that then-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had an open account on mobile payment service Venmo.[2]

Celebrity callers to Who's There have included Lena Dunham, Lea DeLaria, and Richard Curtis.

In 2019, Vuture named Who? Weekly one of the ten conversation podcasts that shaped the genre.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Josh Lucas, Sofia Pernas & Ma? – Who? Weekly". Spotify. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. Harnish, Amelia. "Wholigans Are The Real Thems Of The "Who? Weekly" Universe". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  3. Harmon, Steph (September 1, 2019). "From Rita Ora to Lena Dunham: how a podcast about celebrity became a 'recipe for joy'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  4. <ref>Relman, Eliza. "Megyn Kelly invited her harshest critic onto her show and the meeting was hilariously awkward". Business Insider. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  5. Finger, Bobby (April 2, 2012). "April 22 Birthday Post". bobby finger. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  6. "About". Who? Weekly. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  7. "Alumni US | The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  8. Times, The New York (July 2, 2018). "When Superfans Attack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  9. Keiles, Jamie Lauren (November 1, 2019). "Even Nobodies Have Fans Now. (For Better or Worse.)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  10. Quah, Nicholas (October 4, 2019). "10 Essential Conversation Podcasts That Shaped the Genre". Vulture. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
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