Erin Gloria Ryan

Erin Gloria Ryan is an American writer, political opinion columnist, and podcaster. She is the host of Hysteria on the Crooked Media podcast network, and a contributor to The Daily Beast.

Early life and education Ryan was born in Frederic, Wisconsin, a small town in western Wisconsin. She studied English at the University of Notre Dame.

After graduating from college in 2005, she moved to the South Side of Chicago, initially as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer. In 2007, she began working for Merrill Lynch, where she remained until 2011. She then became the managing editor at Jezebel, until she moved to Vocativ 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. She has also appeared on other CNN news programs, including CNN Newsroom. Throughout 2017 and 2018, Ryan became a recurring guest on the Crooked Media podcasts Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It. In June 2018, Ryan launched a podcast with Crooked Media called Hysteria which is co-hosted with Alyssa Mastromonaco.