Jon Lovett, 42, an Obama speechwriter turned popular podcast host, is a co-founder of a political media company called Crooked Media, a co-host of “Pod Save America,” and a well-known liberal pundit. (Spoilers ahead.)

Podcaster and former presidential speechwriter Jon Lovett can barely believe it himself, but it’s happening — he’s going to be a contestant on the upcoming season of CBS’s Survivor. The co-host of Pod Save America and host of Lovett or Leave It posted a video on Twitter/X on Thursday to introduce himself as a Survivor contestant who is “best

Jon Lovett began his Survivor 47 journey by saying that his friends and family wanted to see him suffer. Well, they certainly got their wish. Lovett became the latest recipient of the Sonja Christopher Golden Ukulele award when he was the first person voted out of the game by his Gata tribe.

The latest premiere episode of reality TV stalwart Survivor—still going strong in its forty-seventh season—was surely not the mic drop moment Jon Lovett was hoping for: The “Pod Save America” co-host was the first player eliminated.

Jeff Probst teased that Jon Lovett, is a former political speech writer, is one of the ‘greatest storytellers’ to be on ‘Survivor’

“Based on how things were after the challenge, I was shocked. I thought Andy was done,” Probst says in the Season 4 premiere of On Fire, the only official Survivor aftershow and podcast. His cohosts this season are Jay Wolff and Survivor 46 alum Charlie Davis, who will also provide commentary on each episode throughout the season.

Jon Lovett, a podcaster and speechwriter who worked with former President Barack Obama, was the first person voted off during the season premiere of "Survivor 47."

The host of 'Pod Save America' and 'Lovett or Leave It' reveals he nearly dumped out his bag at Tribal Council to pull out his Shot in the Dark