Justin Robert Young

Young was born in Fort Worth, Texas but considers Davie, Florida his hometown. He graduated from South Plantation High School in 2001.{{Cite web|title=Where Are They Now?|url=https://www.culpepperjournalismfoundation.com/where-are-they-now.html|access-date=2023-01-22|website=Culpepper Journalism Foundation|language=en}}

Young is a graduate of the Syracuse University journalism program where he also worked at The Daily Orange, the independent student newspaper of Syracuse, New York, as its editor-in-chief.{{Cite web|title=Throw Down a Tarp|url=http://justinrobertyoung.tumblr.com/page/21|url-status=dead|website=Tumblr|language=en-US|access-date=September 27, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224032809/http://justinrobertyoung.tumblr.com/page/21}}{{failed verification|date=September 2013}} He has also worked as a newspaper journalist for The South Florida Sun-Sentinel and The Morning Call.{{Cite web|title=About|url=http://weirdthings.com/about/|access-date=2023-01-22|language=en-US}}|website=weirdthings.com Young decided to include his middle name in his professional moniker, as several persons were already utilizing the name "Justin Young" in a professional capacity.[http://mysocalled8bitlife.com/podcast/episode07 "Episode 07: Creepy Santa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714144154/http://mysocalled8bitlife.com/podcast/episode07 |date=July 14, 2011 }} (audio:MP3). My So Called 8bit Life podcast. Cosmicradio.tv

Following his brief tenure in newspaper journalism, Young was recruited by longtime friend and magic inventor Andrew Mayne to serve as the editor-in-chief of iTricks.com, published by Mayne.{{cite web |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb524855.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307214334/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb524855.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |title=iTricks.TV The 24-Hour Internet Magic Channel |publisher=PR Web |date=May 9, 2007|accessdate=September 27, 2013}} (press release) Young later went on to serve as editor of WeirdThings.com, also published by Mayne. In 2009 Young began the Weird Things podcast with co-hosts Mayne and Brushwood,{{Cite web|url=http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/page/2/|title=Weird Things » Podcasts}} and served as an Associate Producer on the first season of G4 Underground.

Young has also worked as a correspondent for BitTorrent News as it launched at the Republican National Convention, as well as covering other political news, until BitTorrent News eventually shut down.{{Cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|date=2016-07-13|title=BitTorrent News to Launch at Republican Convention|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/bittorrent-news-launching-republican-convention-1201813105/|access-date=2023-01-22|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

During and after college, Young performed stand-up comedy and improv in addition to attempting a comedy podcast.

Young hosted a short-lived YouTube series called TalkingHead TV in which he interviewed guests from around the world on the topics of tech and pop culture,{{Cite web|title=TalkingHeadTV|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/TalkingHeadTV|access-date=2023-01-22|website=www.youtube.com}} including an early interview with magician and future podcast collaborator Brian Brushwood.{{Citation|title=Brian Brushwood of Revision3 explains how to scam iTunes| date=June 11, 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2TNvwPFVWI&list=UUs5t_UWEXoan37cT2YxaE6Q&index=178|language=en|access-date=2023-01-22}} Young met Brushwood in Florida while interviewing him for iTricks.com. Soon after, Young became a regular guest on Brushwood's BBLiveShow podcast. Young and Brushwood were selected by Leo Laporte's TWiT network to co-host a late-night comedy show, NSFW. NSFW premiered on November 24, 2009.[http://nsfwshow.com/ "NSFW"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128191244/http://nsfwshow.com/ |date=January 28, 2011 }} NSFWshow.com.{{fv|date=September 2023}}

As co-host of NSFW and later Night Attack, Young has interviewed many notable people such as The Walking Dead star Michael Rooker[http://twit.tv/nsfw56 "NSFW 56: A Rooker Looks Back"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202144630/http://twit.tv/nsfw56|date=February 2, 2011}} (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. December 29, 2010. and novelist/screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, as well as musical guests such as Get Set Go, Turquoise Jeep, and Ali Spagnola.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Power Hour|url=http://dctvpedia.com/The_Power_Hour|accessdate=August 14, 2014|website=DCTVpedia|publisher=}} Young has also co-hosted a podcast film festival with film director and producer Christopher Coppola,[http://twit.tv/nsfw53 "NSFW 53: Christopher Coppola and the Infinite Sadness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213170822/http://twit.tv/nsfw53|date=February 13, 2011}} (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. December 8, 2010. and has written advertisements for Greg Grunberg's website [http://www.talkaboutit.org Talk About It], which promotes epilepsy awareness.[http://twit.tv/nsfw21 "NSFW 21: New Show Fails Weekly"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630214928/http://twit.tv/nsfw21|date=June 30, 2010}} (video). NSFW. Twit.tv. April 22, 2010

Young and Brushwood released a comedy album Night Attack in 2011, debuting at #38 on Billboard's Launchpad.{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jim-YANOn5AC&pg=RA4-PA49 |title=Heatseekers Albums| page=49| volume= 123 |issue=35 |date=Oct 19, 2011 |magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books}} The duo have since released three sequel albums, two of which (Night Attack 2: Enjoy the Garden and Night Attack: Live) debuted at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart. They were also responsible for the crowd-sourced parody of Fifty Shades of Grey titled The Diamond Club: A Novel.{{Cite web|last=Falconer|first=Joel|date=2012-07-31|title=Here's how you can help the Internet troll 50 Shades of Grey|url=https://thenextweb.com/news/heres-how-you-can-help-the-internet-troll-50-shades-of-grey|access-date=2023-01-22|website=thenextweb.com|language=en}}

Young is a co-creator of The Contender,{{cite web |title=The Contender: The Game of Presidential Debate |url=https://www.thecontender.us/ |website=The Contender |accessdate=16 June 2020}} a card game on the theme of presidential debate. The project was kickstarted with $142,551 in crowd-sourced funding.{{cite web |title=The Contender: The Game of Political Debate |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/contender/the-contender-the-game-of-political-debate |website=Kickstarter |accessdate=16 June 2020 |language=en |date=December 8, 2017}}

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• After Things – A podcast discussing various aspects of being a creative professional.
• Daily Tech News Show – Young is a weekly correspondent of the technology news podcast hosted by Tom Merritt.
• Young is a weekly contributor to Scott Johnson's morning show on his Frogpants network.
• Great Night – A weekly program that is a re-tooling of the former Night Attack show.
• Politics Politics Politics! – Non-partisan political commentary.
• Weird Things Podcast – A podcast discussing science, the paranormal, the supernatural, and fringe, hosted by Young, Brushwood, and Andrew Mayne.
• We're Not Wrong – A discussion of politics, government, and media hosted by Young, Jennifer Briney, and Andrew Heaton.{{Cite web |title=About We're Not Wrong |url=https://werenotwrong.fireside.fm/about |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=We're Not Wrong}}

• BBLiveShow – Young became a regular guest on the show after several call-ins to the show following a chance meet-up with host Brian Brushwood in Florida for an interview for iTricks.
• Before You Buy – Occasional contributor of technology reviews on the TWiT network.
• Game On! – Young was the lead writer of TWiT's short-lived gaming news podcast.
• Hotline Monday – A live call-in drive time podcast where viewers can call-in to the show and discuss anything in the news, however it is heavily focused on geeky content. Young is the co-host with Johnson.
• iTricks Magic Week in Review – A review of the latest magic news of the week, as well as interviews with personalities in the magic industry.
• JuRY – A solo weekly podcast with an eclectic blend of humorous anecdotes, cultural musing and audience feedback.
• Night Attack – A weekly comedy podcast which Young co-hosts with Brian Brushwood. It was named after the Billboard #1 Comedy Album series and succeeded the NSFW Show.
• NSFW Show – Following the success of BBLiveShow, Young and Brushwood started a weekly comedy show for the technology-minded on the TWiT Network.
• Raise The Dead – In-depth looks at the presidential election campaigns from the 1960s with comparisons to modern campaigns.
• This Week in Tech – Young was an occasional contributor to Leo Laporte's roundtable technology discussion show.
• Unfriend Me – A topical podcast where Young and Scott Johnson discuss controversial topics with call-in guests.

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