Jon Favreau (speechwriter)
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Jonathan Edward Favreau is an American political commentator who served as White House director of speechwriting under U.S. president Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. He co-founded the political podcas
Favreau in 2024
President Barack Obama meets with Favreau, in the Oval Office, to review a speech on April 14, 2009.
Obama works with Favreau on the President's Normandy speech aboard Air Force One en route to Paris on June 5, 2009.
Jon Lovett
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Jonathan Ira Lovett is an American podcaster, comedian, journalist, and former speechwriter. Lovett is a co-founder of Crooked Media, along with Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor. All three formerly worked
Jon Favreau (speechwriter)
…president Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. He co-founded the political podcast network Crooked Media with fellow former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett in 2017. Favreau co-hosts its flagship podcast, Pod Save America, with Vietor, Lovett, and Dan Pfeiffer. Favreau was born on June 2, 1981, in Winchester…
Lovett in 2024
Lovett (fourth from left) with President Obama and other speechwriters in 2011
Lovett in 2017
Lovett (left rear) with George Whitesides and Pilar Schiavo in a campaign rally for the two candidates' campaigns