Stephanie Miller

Miller was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Stephanie (Wagner) (1923-2023), and former U.S. Representative William E. Miller (1914-83), who was Barry Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 presidential election and a chairman of the Republican National Committee.McGill, Douglas - {{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/25/obituaries/ex-rep-william-miller-69-dies-goldwater-s-1964-running-mate.html |title=Ex-Rep William Miller,69, Dies; Goldwater's 1964 Running Mate |date=June 25, 1983 |work=The New York Times}}Hurley, Morgan - [http://sdgln.com/entertainment/2010/08/16/stephanie-miller-i-am-gay-woman Radio "Talk Show Host Stephanie Miller: 'I Am A Gay Woman'"]San Diego Gay & Lesbian News.Com, August 16, 2010. After her father left the United States Congress when Miller was three years old, her family moved to her father's hometown of Lockport, New York. She is the youngest of four children; her two elder sisters, Libby and Mary, are almost 20 years her senior.[https://www.c-span.org/video/?283830-1/qa-stephanie-miller Q&A With Stephanie Miller, Interview with Brian Lamb, C-SPAN, January 19, 2009] - sibling age difference mentioned She also has an older brother, William Jr.William E. Miller, Jr. birthdate - January 21, 1959; [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4971 Our Campaigns website] Her brother ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives from upstate New York, in 1992 and 1994.[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4971 Bill Miller election results]- Our Campaigns WebsiteZremski, Jerry - [http://buffalonews.com/1994/11/02/millers-campaign-filled-with-statements-that-always-seem-to-need-some-clarification/ "Miller's Campaign Filled With Statements That Always Seem to Need Some Clarification"], The Buffalo News, November 3, 1994

Miller's father died in 1983; her mother died in 2023. [https://twitter.com/StephMillerShow/status/1679775087312904192?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Stephanie Miller on Twitter]

Miller's first efforts at comedy were in high school, performing in a sketch, "Torn Between Two Lovers," requiring a specially-sewn dress with panels that boys ripped open every time a chorus of the song was heard. Recalling the performance, Miller says, "I got my first laugh, and that was it. It's like a drug. It's always been my only drug."Michaelson, Judith - "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-12-ca-2809-story.html Queen of Some Media]", Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1998 After completing her secondary education in private Catholic schools, graduating from DeSales High School in Lockport in 1979,Pergament, Alan - [http://buffalonews.com/1995/06/28/late-night-in-fall-holds-promise-as-miller-time/ "Late Night In Fall Holds Promise As Miller Time"] The Buffalo News, June 28, 1995 Miller attended the University of Southern California, earning a degree in theatre.Netsky, Ron - "[https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/left-laughing/Content?oid=2133714 Left Laughing: Stephanie Miller Moves from Sister Sleaze to Progressive Radio Queen]", Rochester City Newspaper, December 27, 2006 Her original plan after college "was to be Carol Burnett".{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?283830-1/qa-stephanie-miller|title=Q&A with Stephanie Miller|website=C-SPAN.org}} On September 29, 2015, Burnett called Miller on her radio show to wish her happy birthday. On the phone, Miller told Burnett she always wanted to be her, "but it didn't work out. She made me cry when she said I shouldn't be Carol Burnett because there's only one Stephanie Miller and nobody does what I do. I was bawling."McGaughy, Emily - [http://www.afterellen.com/people/473223-stephanie-miller-sexy-liberal-tour-advice-took-chely-wright/4 Stephanie Miller on her Sexy Liberal tour and the advice she took from Chely Wright], AfterEllen, February 9, 2016

Miller's first job after graduation from college was at the Laugh Factory, the legendary Hollywood comedy club, working for club owner Jamie Masada, answering phones, putting names on the marquee, cocktail waitressing,Smith, Bryan - [http://www.laweekly.com/news/the-stephanie-miller-show-is-rallying-millions-of-listeners-against-trump-8347794 "From Her Los Feliz Basement, Stephanie Miller Is Rallying Millions Against Trump"], LA Weekly, June 20, 2017 and other tasks, while also performing stand-up at the club. When Miller moved back to upstate New York a few years later, she worked at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club in Buffalo,Stephanie Miller's Happy Hour Podcast - 12-02-16 with Frasier Smith living in a $125 per month apartment over a pizza parlor near the club. While working in radio in the 1980s and 1990s, she also performed at many comedy clubs around New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224706/http://www.wydmedia.com/smiller.html Stephanie Miller's Popular Progressive Voice Returns to Radio With Nation's Fastest Growing Radio Format]. PR Newswire. September 7, 2004Johnson, Allan - "[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/11/18/disc-jockey-makes-time-for-a-second-career-in-comedy/ Disc Jockey Makes Time for a Second Career In Comedy]", Chicago Tribune, November 18, 1988 She appeared twice on A & E's An Evening at the Improv, on the A&E TV Network, on August 5, 1988, and March 3, 1989.[http://www.tv.com/shows/an-evening-at-the-improv/episodes/ An Evening at the Improv - Episode Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409113121/http://www.tv.com/shows/an-evening-at-the-improv/episodes/ |date=April 9, 2017 }}, TV.Com She was also the first comedian to perform when the Chicago Improv club opened. In addition, she performed a one-woman Off-Broadway show while living in New York City in the early 1990s.Puig, Claudia - "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-03-ca-15841-story.html Next for Stephanie Miller: The Queen of All Media?]", Los Angeles Times, January 3, 1995 Miller also performed at the Laugh Factory when she moved back to Los Angeles from New York City in 2003.Ryon, Ruth - [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-09-re-hotprop9-story.html Hot Property Column], Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2003 Miller says she has a talk with her late father every time she is about to face an audience.[http://buffalonews.com/1993/08/17/lockport-comedian-grows-up/ "Lockport Comedian Grows Up"], The Buffalo News, August 17, 1993

Miller initially set out to be an actress, and for many years had hoped to star in her own sitcom, and also expressed interest in doing film. Early in her career, she had several small acting jobs, such as appearing as a nun in the 1984 TV movie Shattered Vows, and a brief appearance as a nurse on General Hospital. After gaining prominence as a radio and TV host she had roles where she essentially played herself, as in the movie View from the Top, and an episode of the TV series Diagnosis: Murder. Miller's most significant acting role was in the 1997 comedy film Just Write.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589352/|title=Stephanie Miller | Actress, Writer|publisher=IMDb}} During the late 1990s she also explored doing a television sitcom with producer Barry Kemp, who cast her in a pilot for ABC.[http://buffalonews.com/1998/07/22/new-shows-bigger-laughs-for-wnys-stephanie-miller/ Pergament, Alan - "New Shows, Bigger Laughs for WNY's Stephanie Miller"], The Buffalo News, July 22, 1998

Miller did not plan a career in radio. In her words, "I always say radio was an accident until they started paying me a lot of money and then it wasn't an accident anymore."

She began her radio career after her father's death in 1983, when she returned to Lockport from California. Her first radio experience was delivering humorous bits on Sandy Beach's morning show on Hot 104 WNYS in Buffalo, New York, which included doing impressions of Katharine Hepburn. She then took an on-air job at radio station WLVL in Lockport, where she went from evenings to afternoon drive to mornings in three months.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101124211809/http://lockport-ny.com/media.htm "Danny's Done; Stephanie's Back: KB Radio Changes Format"], Niagara Frontier Today Media Monitor, July 2, 2006 She then sent a tape to Brother Wease (Alan Levin), the morning drive host at WCMF in Rochester, New York. Levin "hired her as soon as I heard her tape," and in 1985 she went to WCMF to work as "Sister Sleaze" on the Brother Wease show. Speaking about Miller, Levin has been very complimentary, noting "She's very manic, very bright, very funny and creative." While working with Miller, in reply to friends asking Levin "how come you give that girl so much mike?" he responded: "Because she's phenomenal. Don't try and compete; let people fly. I let her fly, and we had a ball." After Rochester, Miller progressed to larger markets, as morning co-host at radio station WCKG in Chicago with John Howell from early 1988 to October 1989,[http://chicagoradiospotlight.blogspot.com/2007/09/big-john-howell.html "Big John Howell"], Chicago Radio Spotlight, September 30, 2007 and as morning co-host with Howard Hoffman at Hot 97 WQHT in New York City for three years until 1993.[http://www.reelradio.com/hh/ The Howard Hoffman Collection] - reel radio.com

In 1993, Miller headed back to Los Angeles to develop a sitcom for Warner Brothers that never materialized.Winship, Frederick M. - [http://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/09/08/Stephanie-Miller-bows-as-late-show-host/8948810532800/Stephanie Miller Bows as Late Night Host], United Press International, September 8, 1995 Instead, in 1994 she began her talk radio career when was hired by talk station KFI in Los Angeles, initially for her own weekend show which quickly became a weeknight radio show where Miller achieved high ratings.Alafi, Shireen - [https://web.archive.org/web/20070223162552/http://www.radioguide.com/magazine/vol3no1/stephy/steph.htm "Hear Her Purr, Hear Her Roar"], Radio Guide Magazine Vol. 3, No 1 During the show, as she had on her earlier stations in Rochester and New York City, Miller would sometimes call her mother (also named Stephanie) in upstate New York on the phone, and her mother would also co-host when she came to visit in-person. Miller's mother would later do the same on her radio show at KABC. On her show on KFI, Miller began to incorporate political talk. "It was the first time I had done talk radio, and I was like, 'Oh, you mean just me talk, with no music?'" she recalls. "I was like, blah, blah, blah. Oh, I still have 10 minutes left. That's when I guess I started to get political, and I started to realize more of my liberal leanings." She states that her turning point in terms of being outspoken about politics came in August 1992, when she heard Pat Buchanan's gay-bashing "culture wars" speech at the Republican Convention. "It was just so mean. It changed everything for me."

In the autumn of 1995, Miller became one of the few women to host her own late night television talk show, The Stephanie Miller Show, syndicated by Buena Vista Television.Tynan, William. (October 2, 1995) [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201165407/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983512,00.html Joining The Boys' Club]. Time. Retrieved 2012-06-11. Article copy accessible via the [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201165407/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983512,00.html internet archive] Unlike other late night television talk shows, the show had no band, no desk, a studio audience with nightclub-style seating instead of theatre-style seating, conversations with the audience via video phone, and pre-taped sketches starring Miller as real-life characters.Rauzi, Robin - [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-05-ca-42429-story.html "Two Women Enter Late-Night Lineup : Television: Radio's Stephanie Miller and actress-model Lauren Hutton plan alternatives to current talk-show formats"], Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1995 Anne Beatts, formerly a writer on Saturday Night Live, was executive producer and a writer for the show. Beatts enjoyed working on the show with Miller, and liked the immediacy of a daily talk show.[http://www.emmys.com/foundation/interviews/shows/stephanie-miller-show Anne Beatts on her experience as executive producer/writer on The Stephanie Miller Show], Television Academy Interviews However, the show was canceled in December 1995 after only 13 weeks. Danny Bonaduce filled in for Miller the last week the show was on the air.[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/late-night-week-daytimer-danny-bonaduce-article-1.707106 "It's a Late-Night Week for Danny! Bonaduce"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410214300/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/late-night-week-daytimer-danny-bonaduce-article-1.707106 |date=April 10, 2017 }}, New York Daily News, December 13, 1995 Reflecting on the experience a few years later for an article in The Buffalo News, Miller said, "I think 13 weeks is a pretty tough shot for any unknown in late night. I felt like my dad must have felt in the 1964 campaign: 'I have no shot in hell, but I'll just give it a try." Comedian and voice actor Carlos Alazraqui, who later worked with Miller on her KABC radio show, and is a regular guest on her radio program (Coffee with Carlos), was part of the Irregular Regulars sketch comedy group on Miller's television show.

Stating that "After a year in the Federal Talk Show Relocation Program, I decided to come home to radio," Miller returned to Los Angeles radio in June 1997,Richmond, Ray - "[https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/miller-signs-on-for-zone-radio-show-1117341918/ Miller signs on for Zone radio show]", Variety, May 5, 1997 first doing afternoons at KTZN ("The Zone"){{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Other-Documments/LA-Radio-Guide/LA-Radio-Guide-1997-07.pdf|year=1997|title=Los Angeles Radio Guide|website=americanradiohistory.com}} and then moving to evenings at KABC. It was during this period that she first began working with Chris Lavoie, who would later be her long-time executive producer on her syndicated radio show, which began in 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/lavoiechris|title=Chris Lavoie LinkedIn profile}} Impressionist Jim Ward, who is on Miller's radio show, also was with her on KABC,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF2wA_FRuJE Stephanie Miller Show 1998 Behind the Scenes], YouTube along with Carlos Alazraqui. The show was syndicated in September 1998 on approximately 20 stations. KABC canceled Miller's show in March 2000.Michaelson, Judith - [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-03-ca-4790-story.html "KABC-AM Is Dropping the Stephanie Miller Show"], Los Angeles Times, March 2000 The show continued in syndication on other stations for another week, but was then canceled completely. According to Miller, the firing from KABC was for the "somewhat racy content of my show"Michaelson, Judith - [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-08-ca-6476-story.html "Syndicator Takes Stephanie Miller's Show Off the Air]", Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2000 and for being "too liberal."Kurtz, Howard - "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/12/AR2005061201593.html On Radio, More Laughter From the Left]", The Washington Post, June 13, 2005

Along with her radio show, Miller began co-hosting in 1997 the CNBC television show Equal Time as the liberal counterpoint to conservative Bay Buchanan. Miller later said that she didn't enjoy Equal Time "very much" and that Buchanan would only talk to her when the camera was on. Miller left the show in 1998 to become the original host and a writer for a year on the Fox Family channel program Show Me the Funny.Ryon, Ruth - "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-28-cl-26923-story.html Radio Host Selling Malibu Home - She Needs Land, Not Sand]", Los Angeles Times, October 28, 1999 In February 2000, shortly before her departure from KABC, Miller began hosting the Oxygen Channel's revival of the game show I've Got a Secret. After her radio show on the ABC Radio Today network ended, Miller moved back to the New York City areaRyon, Ruth - "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-08-re-48400-story.html Hot Property Column]", Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2001 and worked for the Oxygen Channel. She hosted its revival of I've Got a Secret, which ran for 120 episodes until 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233061/|title=I've Got a Secret|date=July 11, 2001|publisher=IMDb}} Miller and May Lee also co-hosted Oxygen's 30-minute, weekday TV magazine show, Pure Oxygen, from 2000 to 2002.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/tv/pure-oxygen-59506803/|title=Pure Oxygen | 1999|first=Hollywood.com|last=Staff|date=February 2, 2015}} Lee said she and Miller "made a pretty good team - [Miller] as the funny, goofy half; me as the serious, sophisticated other half. We worked well together and understood our respective roles on the show."[https://books.google.com/books?id=pP1CfnRyu9EC&dq=stephanie+miller+may+lee&pg=PA89 May Lee Live and In Person: It All Begins with Passion], by May Lee, pp. 89-90

After leaving Oxygen, Miller returned to Los Angeles in 2003, and shopped a pilot that she co-produced, which she described as a cross between The Carol Burnett Show and Politically Incorrect. The pilot was not picked up. From 2004 to 2005, Miller also served as a frequent panelist on the PAX TV game show Balderdash, which was hosted by Miller's friend Elayne Boosler.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420367 Balderdash]-IMDB In 2004, Miller was initially offered the original morning show at Air America, but the offer was withdrawn, and the slot was taken by Morning Sedition, with Marc Maron, Mark Riley, and Sue Ellicott.Mentioned during Miller's interview with Marc Maron on Stephanie Miller's Happy Hour - April 22, 2016 In 2006, CNN discussed with Miller the possibility of a television show; however, the show was never developed.

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On September 7, 2004, The Stephanie Miller Show was launched by Democracy Radio and WYD Media Management.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224706/http://www.wydmedia.com/smiller.html "Stephanie Miller's Popular Progressive Voice Returns to Radio With Nation's Fastest Growing Radio Format"], PR Newswire, September 7, 2004

Miller's show's audience has grown to approximately 6 million weekly listeners (2017). She was ranked second in Los Angeles right behind The Rush Limbaugh Show.[http://www.wydmedia.com/index.php?page=press Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810040158/http://www.wydmedia.com/index.php?page=press |date=August 10, 2007 }}. WYD Media. Retrieved June 11, 2012. In 2017, Talkers Magazine ranked her the 23rd most important radio talk show host in America. The 2014 Talkers Heavy Hundred list ranked Stephanie Miller as the 22nd most important radio talk show host as well as the No. 3 radio talk host in the LGBT category in the United States market.[http://www.talkers.com/2014-talkers-heavy-hundred-21-40/ TALKERS magazine – Heavy Hundred 2014]. Talkers.com. Retrieved March 14, 2014. In 2011, Miller won the Talkers Magazine Judy Jarvis Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Talk Radio by a Woman.[http://www.talkers.com/2011/06/13/the-talkers-interview-a-conversation-with-stephanie-miller/ "The Talkers Interview: A Conversation with Stephanie Miller"], Talkers Magazine, June 2011

Since 2010, TV and video simulcasts of The Stephanie Miller Show have been broadcast through numerous outlets, including Ustream (2010–2013),[http://www.ustream.tv/stephaniemiller The Stephanie Miller Show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911025656/http://www.ustream.tv/stephaniemiller |date=September 11, 2017 }} - UstreamStephanie Miller Show Facebook Page, November 30, 2010 Current TV (2012–2013),Lieberman, David - [https://deadline.com/2012/03/current-tv-to-enter-am-news-competition-with-radios-bill-press-and-stephanie-miller-239473/ "Current TV To Enter AM News Competition With Radio's Bill Press And Stephanie Miller"], Deadline New York, March 5, 2012 Free Speech TV (2014–present), and Twitch.{{Citation |title=PVN_Live - Twitch |url=https://www.twitch.tv/pvn_live |access-date=July 31, 2023}}

In 2007, Miller launched a spoof Presidential campaign with CC Goldwater, the granddaughter of Barry Goldwater.{{cite web|title=Audio clip: The Stephanie Miller Show, October 1, 2007 - Announcement of Goldwater Miller '08 bid with C.C. Goldwater|url=http://www.stephaniemiller.com/files/mp3/2007_1001_goldwater.mp3|website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610233825/http://www.stephaniemiller.com/files/mp3/2007_1001_goldwater.mp3|archivedate=June 10, 2008}}{{cite web|title=Video of Goldwater-Miller '08 Campaign Rally|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeTH9YQEzUo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/QeTH9YQEzUo |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|via=YouTube| date=February 5, 2008 }}{{cbignore}} Miller's father ran with Barry Goldwater as vice president in 1964. The 2008 campaign was dubbed Goldwater/Miller '08...ex-Republican girls gone wild!"[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/goldwatermiller-08-spoof-presidential-campaign-attracts-growing-media-attention-across-america-as-the-comedy-central-candidate-exits-race-58772807.html Goldwater/Miller '08 Spoof Presidential Campaign Attracts Growing Media Attention Across America as the Comedy Central Candidate Exits Race]", PR Newswire, November 7, 2007 Commenting on the campaign, Miller stated, "We are the ticket of low expectations and morals and are damn proud of it, too." During the campaign, it was noted that with over $345 cash on hand, Goldwater wanted to buy some media time in the 4:00-4:15 am time slot in Kern County, California.[https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3568770 "A.P. Hot Flash - 2 Middle Aged Women Seek the White House], Democratic Underground, October 1, 2007

Starting with the first show on April 23, 2011, in Madison, Wisconsin,Davis, Ali - "[http://www.afterellen.com/tv/99930-stephanie-miller-on-moving-to-tv-coming-out-and-her-craziest-callers Stephanie Miller on moving to TV, coming out and her craziest callers]", AfterEllen, April 6, 2012 Miller's live Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour has periodically toured the country to sold-out houses and very high acclaim. After Donald Trump became president, the tour was renamed the Sexy Liberal Resistance Tour. The cast includes Miller, John Fugelsang, and the comedy duo Frangela, for an evening of liberal humor and commentary.{{Cite web|url=https://sexyliberal.com/|title=TOUR DATES|website=Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Show}} The shows also have special guests.[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/10/at-each-stop-on-stephanie-millers-nationwide-sexy-liberal-comedy-tour-launched-at-madison-wisconsins-barrymore-the.html Haithman, Diane "Can a comedy tour be 'sexy and liberal'?, Los Angeles Times, October 22, 2011] - Picture of Lily Tomlin and Edie McClurg on 2011 Sexy Liberal Tour The comedy album, Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Tour, Vol. 1, was released in December 2011. It became the first album to reach No. 1 on the comedy charts for iTunes, Amazon.com, and Billboard.{{Cite web|url=https://politicon.com/speaker/stephanie-miller/|title=Stephanie Miller|website=Politicon|access-date=June 7, 2019}} On the day of its release, it was the No. 2 most downloaded album on Amazon and remained on the Billboard Comedy Album charts for 6 weeks. A DVD of the November 2016 pre-election show in Los Angeles is also available.{{Cite web |url=https://sexyliberal.com/store/product-category/dvd/ |title=Sexy Liberal Store |access-date=September 11, 2017 |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911114649/https://sexyliberal.com/store/product-category/dvd/ |url-status=dead }} In September 2012, Current TV broadcast a behind-the-scenes documentary about the Sexy Liberal Tour, including the origins of the Sexy Liberal Tour and never-before-seen footage and commentary from Miller and her then tour co-hosts John Fugelsang, Hal Sparks, and Aisha Tyler, as they toured the country.[https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Current-TV-Orders-Stephanie-Miller-Documentary-Special-20120731# "Current TV Orders Stephanie Miller Documentary Special"], Broadway World, July 31, 2012Anderson, Kelly - [http://realscreen.com/2012/08/01/the-sexy-liberal-comedy-tour-comes-to-current-tv/ "The Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour comes to Current TV"], Real Screen, August 1, 2012

The idea for the Sexy Liberal Tour originated in-studio during a live radio broadcast with Miller and John Fugelsang in 2011. The goal was to do a concert in Madison, Wisconsin to raise money for the recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Tickets went on sale two weeks prior to the show date and were sold out within four days.

On July 24, 2016, during a performance of the Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour in Philadelphia in conjunction with the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Miller fell off the stage at the Walnut Street Theatre, falling into the orchestra pit. John Fugelsang jumped into the orchestra pit after Miller to check on her. Civil rights lawyer Gloria Allred who was at the show, also came to her aid. Fugelsang and Frangela finished up the performance without her. Miller missed the next day's radio show, but was back on the air on Tuesday July 26.Christopher, Tommy - [http://www.mediaite.com/online/liberal-radio-host-stephanie-miller-falls-off-stage-during-comedy-show/ Liberal Radio Host Stephanie Miller Falls Off Stage During Show] MediaIte, July 25, 2016,

In early 2024, the project announced Save The World Comedy Tour shows with veterans Stephanie Miller, John Fugelsang, Hal Sparks and Frangela.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Save The World Comedy Tour to Have Shows in Philly and NYC |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle2.php?titlelink=stephanie-millers-sexy-liberal-save-the-world-comedy-tour-to-have-shows-in-philly-and-nyc032024 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |website=NewJerseyStage.com |language=en |quote=Produced by Live Nation & NS2, the 16-city tour kicks off includes performance at The Fillmore Philadelphia on Saturday, April 27 and The Town Hall in New York City on Saturday, August 3, 2024.}}

On September 12, 2014,Announced on [https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemillershow/posts/801352529910104 Stephanie Miller Facebook page, 9/12/14] Miller began Stephanie Miller's Happy Hour podcast, released weekly via paid subscription. This uncensored show of original content features many of the regulars and guests from her radio show, and other celebrities and comedians, typically consuming alcohol (as with any other happy hour) while they chat. Video versions of the Happy Hour are also available.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stephaniemiller.com/stephanie-millers-happy-hour-2/|title=Stephanie Miller's Happy Hour|date=February 5, 2016|website=STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW|language=en-US|access-date=June 7, 2019}} The concept was suggested by Travis Bone, one of Miller's producers, who thought listeners might like to hear and see what it's like to be at a party at Stephanie's house.[https://www.podcastone.com/up-close-and-far-out Up Close and Far Out with Michael Harrison podcast] - development of Happy Hour discussed It also debuted on the Billboard charts on February 18, 2015, at No. 2, and was dubbed by Billboard as its "Hot Shot Debut". The Best of Stephanie Miller's Happy Hour, Volume 2, released in November 2015, repeated the feat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/stephanie-miller|title=Stephanie Miller {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffpost.com|language=en|access-date=June 7, 2019}}

In 2016, Miller released Sexy Liberal! Of Me I Sing, a combination of memoir and political humor. It was initially released as an ebook where it immediately became No. 1 on Amazon in political, humor, and memoirs, and later was released in paperback.{{Cite book|title=Sexy liberal! : of me I sing|last=Miller, Stephanie, 1961-|year=2016|isbn=9781940724065|edition= First paperback |location=Arlington, Virginia|oclc=954628461}}

Miller lives in the Los FelizRyon, Ruth - [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-11-re-hotprop11-story.html Hot Property Column], Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2004 section of Los Angeles with her rescue dogs, Bonnie and Clyde. She has never been married and has no children, and often jokingly refers to herself as "a childless loser". In the 1990s, she had celebrity dates with parody songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic and Barry Williams of Greg Brady fame.

While she had been open about her sexuality with family and friends for many years, in 2010 in the midst of the furor over gay marriage and Proposition 8 in California, she decided to publicly announce that she is a lesbian. On her August 13, 2010, radio show, Miller said, "I've reached my personal tipping point to say I am a gay woman." She then movingly shared details about her private life and personal journey in deciding to publicly disclose that she is gay. Miller credited country singer Chely Wright with helping her in coming out. Commenting in an interview with the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News on her decision, Miller said, "I realized that I can't authentically talk to [my listeners] about these issues anymore without walking in my truth. I can't just stand on the sidelines as an unbiased observer."Weinstein, Steve - [http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109128 EDGE Boston: Radio Talkshow Host Stephanie Miller Comes Out]. edgeboston.com. August 13, 2010[http://bradblog.com/?p=7986 "Stephanie Comes Out"], Brad Blog, August 14, 2010, story and audio of Stephanie Miller coming out on the air After Miller came out as gay, she recorded a video for the It Gets Better Project, whose mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth that it gets better. In the video she discussed how she had lost 15 years of closeness with her family because she mistakenly thought they wouldn't accept her as gay.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170911025208/http://www.itgetsbetter.org/video/entry/1339/ It Gets Better - Stephanie Miller] - It Gets Better Project The day after Miller came out, at a town hall in Seattle, Washington, a 16-year-old girl and her family came up to Miller "and they were all crying. They thanked me and told me I had given their daughter the courage to come out today. We all hugged and cried. And I told the young girl that it's going to be okay now; you're going to have a good life."

Miller has been public about having plastic surgery, stating "As it turns out, you can fool Mother Nature!! She's not that bright." Miller's plastic surgery includes a short-scar lift, a forehead lift, under-eye peels, a permanent nose job, and lip and eye lining.[https://books.google.com/books?id=sM29e8rAmy0C&dq=pure+oxygen+stephanie+miller&pg=PA32 Culture, Power and History: Studies in Critical Sociology]; edited by Stephen J. Plohl; 2005; p. 32; quoting from January 2002 Harper's Bazaar Article, "Forever Young: Some Women Will Stop at Nothing to Ward Off - and Reverse the Signs of Aging", by Nancy Miller, p. 44

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