Sam Seder

Seder was born on November 28, 1966, in New York City, to a Jewish family, and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, and is the oldest of three children. His father, J. Robert Seder, is a lawyer in Worcester. Seder earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Connecticut College and enrolled at Boston University School of Law. Disillusioned by the school's commercialized culture, he dropped out of studying law to pursue a career in comedy. Seder became involved in the Boston comedy scene, associating with Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Marc Maron and Sarah Silverman, whom he dated. These connections were used in his first film, ''Who's the Caboose?'', which then led to Seder's appearances on comedy TV shows. == Personal life ==

Seder and his former wife Nicole Cattell have two children. On April 27, 2018, Seder announced that the couple were separated. Seder is a Reform Jew and has no problem with religion in general, but is opposed to religious fundamentalism and theocracy. ==Career==

In March 2004, Seder became co-host of Air America Radio's The Majority Report, alongside Janeane Garofalo until July 2006, and alongside Emma Vigeland since 2023. in five of the next seven annual competitions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017), for the "News and Politics" award. In March 2025, Seder appeared in an episode of the Jubilee Media web show Surrounded, in which he challenged 20 Donald Trump supporters to a debate. The video, which had been filmed in January, quickly became viral and gained millions of views within days, with commentary focusing on fringe views espoused by Seder's opponents. 2017 tweet controversy In 2009, to criticize petitions seeking Roman Polanski's release from rape charges, Seder tweeted "Dont care re Polanski, but i hope if my daughter is ever raped it is by an older truly talented man w/ a great sense of mise en scene". Shortly afterward, MSNBC reversed its decision after getting pushback from journalists, and MSNBC's president said the initial decision to part ways had been wrong. ==Filmography==

Film Television ==References==