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 Lindsay 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 2020-06-03.
  2. Harnish, Amelia. "Wholigans Are The Real Thems Of The "Who? Weekly" Universe". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  3. Harmon, Steph (2019-09-13). "From Rita Ora to Lena Dunham: how a podcast about celebrity became a 'recipe for joy'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. <ref>Relman, Eliza. "Megyn Kelly invited her harshest critic onto her show and the meeting was hilariously awkward". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  5. Finger, Bobby (2012-04-22). "April 22 Birthday Post". bobby finger. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  6. "About". Who? Weekly. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  7. "Alumni US | The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  8. Times, The New York (2018-07-21). "When Superfans Attack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  9. Keiles, Jamie Lauren (2019-11-13). "Even Nobodies Have Fans Now. (For Better or Worse.)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  10. Quah, Nicholas (2019-10-04). "10 Essential Conversation Podcasts That Shaped the Genre". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
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