Struggle Session Creators & Guests

Leslie Lee III is a writer and host of the leftist podcast 'Struggle Session', which looks at the political implications of television, film, video games, sports and more. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Leslie worked as an English teacher and writer in Japan and currently resides in Leesburg, Virginia.He has been a guest on podcasts 'Chapo Trap House' and 'The Katie Halper Show'.

Jack Allison is an American writer, podcaster, and comedian. He is the co-host of Struggle Session with Leslie Lee III, and JackAM with Cait Raft. He is best known for writing for Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jake Flores’ material has gotten him raided by the government, retweeted by everyone from Tom Morello to Bette Midler, and published in The New York Times. His stuff has been quoted on CNN by Wolf Blitzer and taught at Yale. He has appeared on The Majority Report, Chapo Trap House, Cumtown, Fun Fun Fun Fest, SXSW, Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, Comedy Cellar Radio and has been shouted out on The Joe Rogan Experience and The Doug Stanhope Podcast. He has toured around the country and opened for Doug Stanhope, Tig Notaro, Greg Fitzsimmons, Jim Norton, Felipe Esparza and Patton Oswalt.He’s signed to Stand Up! Records and tours regularly while not running his popular Brooklyn show, Yoko. Previously the author of The Observer’s satire column “A Millennial Reviews,” he’s currently the creator and host of radical political comedy podcast Pod Damn America. All this while working at a restaurant and living in a squat with no heat. What a country.

Karlo Yeager Rodríguez is an author of horror fiction and fantasy fiction. He has also narrated has stories for Strange Horizons, Podcastle, Pseudopod, and Escape Pod.Rodríguez's work has appeared in Galaxy's Edge, The Overcast, Toasted Cake, Uncanny Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, Pseudopod, and Nature Magazine. He hosts the podcast "Podside Picnic."

Sean T. Collins is a writer, hot take maker, controversial figure online, very smart guy, the official recapper of Game of Thrones for the Dirtbag Left, and host of The Boiled Leather Audio Hour.

NYC-based stand up comedian, writer, TV personality, podcaster, Kath Barbadoro has been on Comedy Central's "Roast Battle" and was a correspondent on The CW's "ATX Uncensored(ish)". She's made fun of movies with Master Pancake Theater and co-host three podcasts, What A Time To Be Alive, Wrestlesplania, and Lie, Cheat, & Steal.

Alex Ptak is a comedian and writer living in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote this bio about himself. Alex is a real stand up guy. He is #1 overall. He is the co-host and producer of the Paid Protest and Bad News comedy shows, in addition to the 'Pod Damn America' and 'Ballin' Out Super' podcasts on iTunes. When he’s not traveling or performing around New York, he’s writing great comedy scripts that cause everyone around to clap and cheer.Alex’s work has been featured in Adult Swim, Time Out NY, MTV, CollegeHumor, Brokelyn and VentureBeat. He has performed stand up comedy at bar and club shows all over the city, hosted in the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival, and was a finalist in the Fingerlakes Comedy Festival in 2015.Alex graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 2013. At school his studies earned him a major in Dramatic Writing and accolades including a Certificate of Excellence in Outstanding Writing for Half-Hour Television. He continues to build a reservoir of scripts in the hopes of one day writing for television.

David Hayter is a Canadian-American voice and screen actor and screenwriter. He is well known as the English voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake throughout many titles in the Metal Gear video game series. His works as a screenwriter include X-Men, X2and Watchmen.

Canadian journalist. Staff Writer at Jacobin Mag. Contributor to Current Affairs, The Guardian, New Statesman, Globe & Mail, LRC, & others.

Lee Camp is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and activist. He is the host of the weekly comedy news show Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp on RT America.

Mike Mitchell is an actor, comedian, and writer best known as a member of The Birthday Boys sketch comedy group. He is also known for his role as Randy Monahan on the Netflix series Love.

Dan Boeckner is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is a member of Wolf Parade and previously a member of Atlas Strategic and Handsome Furs. Currently, he has a new band called Operators.

Jesse Farrar has written for Vice Sports, The Daily Dot and host of the podcast Your Kickstarter Sucks.

Bug Mane believes the world is a simulation. He believes that simulation brought you to this bio.

Brandon Sutton is a co-host of The Discourse.

Kacey Rohl is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Sterling Fitch in the television crime drama The Killing, Prudence in the 2011 dark fantasy film Red Riding Hood, and Abigail Hobbs in the television drama Hannibal. Rohl has starred as Jenna Engel in the 2014 television sitcom Working the Engels, and as Kerry Campbell in the second season of the television sci-fi drama series Wayward Pines. In 2018, she played the lead role of Katie Arneson in the 2018 Canadian psychological thriller film White Lie.

Nick Wiger is one of the hosts of Doughboys, and founding member of the Burger Brigade.

Felix Biederman is one of the three founding hosts of Chapo Trap House. He is known for his comprehensive understanding of Middle East politics and the Metal Gear Solid video games.