Background
Iadarola was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of an Austrian-Hungarian mother who worked as a school teacher and an Italian father who ran a printing press
Iadarola was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of an Austrian-Hungarian mother who worked as a school teacher and an Italian father who ran a printing press
University of Texas at Austin.
In January 2012, Iadarola became the cohost of TYTUniversity (later rebranded as ThinkTank in 2015) alongside Ana Kasparian and a producer of The Young Turks. When Kasparian left TYTUniversity a few months later he became its main host and executive producer. During this time Iadarola also began cohosting The Young Turks and other YouTube programs such as What The Flick, TYT Sports, TwentyTwelve, The Point, People’s Trigger, and others
In the fall of 2012 Iadarola became the host of the first hour of The Young Turks Friday Power Panel alongside Cenk Uygur and has become a regular fill in host for the show in Uygur"s absence.
In May 2013, Iadarola debuted his own eponymous, independent YouTube channel. Topics typically include domestic and foreign politics, media criticism, technology and social commentary on the news of the day.
He is also a partnered Streamer on Twitch.tv under the username GameSetJohn.