{"id":139,"date":"2017-01-20T21:16:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T21:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theadclub.org\/womens2017\/?p=139"},"modified":"2017-03-30T19:48:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:48:20","slug":"winstead-lizz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/2017\/01\/20\/winstead-lizz\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizz Winstead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"stripe stripe-style-5\" style=\"background-position: top;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-size: auto;padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 40px;margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\"><div class=\"wpb_row wf-container full-width-wrap\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px\" >\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_custom_1484930445876 vc_align_center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-headshot-LARGE.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-headshot-LARGE.jpg 840w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-headshot-LARGE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-headshot-LARGE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-headshot-LARGE-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element hide-small vc_custom_1484931523861 vc_align_center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-1.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/01\/lizz_winstead-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 75px; height: 75px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1484934358541\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Lizz Winstead<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Comedian, Writer, and Co-Creator of The Daily Show<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 15px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_row wf-container\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\" >\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizzwinstead\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2016\/12\/twitter-social.png\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lizz-winstead-5b967113\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2016\/12\/linkedin-social.png\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 15px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hr-thin style-line\" style=\"width: 25%;border-color: #e5e5e5;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_custom_1490363326199\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U1H7OKFWZIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1485786340420\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\tAs co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and Air America Radio co-founder, Lizz Winstead has helped changed the very landscape of how people get their news.<\/p>\n<p>But she wasn\u2019t just behind the scenes. As a performer, Winstead brought her political wit to The Daily Show as a correspondent and later to the radio waves co-hosting Unfiltered, Air America Radio\u2019s mid-morning show, where she brought on board Hip Hop legend, Chuck D and political big brain Rachel Maddow.<\/p>\n<p>Known as one of the top political satirists in America, Winstead is currently touring the country, bringing her razor sharp insights to the stage selling out shows from LA to NYC.<\/p>\n<p>Lizz also gives back. Her ongoing national comedy tour to benefit Planned Parenthood and NARAL has raised over 2 million dollars and was made into a documentary film, Smear Campaign just won \u201cBest Documentary Comedy Short\u201d at the Atlanta Documentary Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Winstead\u2019s first book, Lizz Free Or Die, Essays, was released in 2012 to incredible reviews and the paperback was released in May of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>To quote Sarah Silverman: \u201cReading Lizz Winstead\u2019s hilarious collection of very personal essays somehow leaves you changed. You laugh, and yet there are nutrients in her words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lizz\u2019s talents as a comedian and media visionary have been recognized by all the major media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly\u2019s 100 most Creative People issue. Winstead continues to make numerous television appearances, including Comedy Central Presents, HBO, CNN as well as her regular commentary on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Winstead also writes satirical commentary for The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post.\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 800 !important; font-size: 18px !important;\">Comedian, Writer, &#038; Co-Creator of The Daily Show<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 100 !important; font-size: 12px !important;\">Believing that humor is the best weapon when it comes to drawing attention to subjects close to her heart, Lizz tackles provocative topics from abortion to politics on her own terms.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/03\/lizz-play.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2017\/03\/lizz-play.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"The Ad Club","author_link":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/author\/theadclub\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/womens2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}