Background
Kilstein grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, and is the oldest of five children. His father is Jewish and his mother is Christian.
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Career
He made his debut television appearance on Conan and has been seen on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company"s Up with Chris Hayes, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Showtime, and British Broadcasting Corporation America. Kilstein"s writing has appeared on left-leaning sites including Wonkette, which featured a recurring column in summer 2012 titled Sundays with Jamie Kilstein and the Lord. The column covered topics like pundits" penchant for overusing 9/11 analogies and "anchor babies".
In September 2013, Kilstein came out publicly as suffering from both alcoholism and an eating disorder in a front-page article for Jezebel, "I"m an Alcoholic Dude With an Eating Disorder.
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Kilstein"s first comedy album, "Please Buy My Jokes", was recorded on February 23, 2008, in front of a live audience at the Lakeshore Theater in Chicago. lieutenant was released in 2008.
His second comedy album, "Zombie Jesus", was also recorded at the Lake Shore Theater in Chicago, September 11–13, 2008. lieutenant was released on October 27, 2009.
Kilstein released his third album, "Libel, Slander, and Sedition", on September 13, 2011.
lieutenant was recorded at the Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 13–16, 2010. Kilstein"s fourth comedy album, What Alive People Do, was released on October 22, 2013. lieutenant was a double album recorded in front of an Austin audience at the New Movement Theater on December 2, 2012.
In 2015, Kilstein announced a Pledgemusic page for his musical project, Jamie Kilstein and the Agenda.
The record is expected in 2016. SIRIUS and Citizen Radio
Kilstein is the co-creator, director, and co-host of Citizen Radio (formerly Drunken Politics), an internet political radio show, which Kilstein and co-host writer Kilkenny describe as "being like Cable News Network, but with more swearing." Citizen Radio is available on iTunes for free download.
Past guests include: Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Bad Religion, Sarah Silverman, Janeane Garofalo, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Chris Hannah, Howard Zinn, and Rachel Maddow. television appearances
Kilstein made his United States. debut television appearance on February 2, 2011, on the talk show Conan, on which he performed a standup routine critical of continued involvement in the Iraq War.
