Sam Seder

Samuel Lincoln Seder (; born November 28, 1966) is an American actor and progressive political commentator. His works include the film Who's the Caboose? 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.

Early life and education Seder was born on November 28, 1966, in New York City, to a Jewish family, and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, and is the oldest of three children. On April 27, 2018, Seder announced that the couple were separated. Seder is a Reform Jew and is opposed to religious fundamentalism and theocracy, but says he has no issue with religion otherwise.

Career

In March 2004, Seder became co-host of Air America Radio's The Majority Report. Seder cohosted with Janeane Garofalo until July 2006. and with Emma Vigeland since 2023. 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, 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.

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". 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. 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 2017 Fits and Starts Dressler 2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Hugo Habercore

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