Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Will Menaker is an American writer. He is well-known as the co-host of popular leftist comedy podcast Chapo Trap House.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Will Menaker was born on August 10, 1983, in New York. His parents are writers Daniel Menaker and Katherine Bouton.
- Will has three children- twin daughters Jenna and Amantha, and son Cody.
- As per some reports, he is currently dating editor and writer Katherine Krueger.
- Will grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, within a very liberal family and background. Currently, he resides in New York City.
- For his education, Will attended Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Early Life and Childhood :
- Will’s mother, Katherine Bouton, used to be an editor at The New York Times.
- His father, Daniel Menaker, was an editor at The New Yorker and Harper Collins, and also an executive editor for Random House.
- He grew up watching the political TV show The West Wing with his parents.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Will interned at the Talking Points Memo news website in 2006.
- Following his graduation from Skidmore College, he worked in the publishing industry.
- He was an assistant editor for a Norton publishing affiliate until 2016, when Chapo Trap House started becoming more and more popular and demanding more time.
- Chapo Trap House began in March 2016 as the product of Will and his fellow hosts, Felix Biederman and Matt Christman, and was joined later by fellow hosts Amber A’Lee Frost, and Virgil Texas. The podcast is a left-wing comedy show that started picking up traction during & after the 2016 presidential elections.
El Chapo Podcast :
- The name of Will’s podcast, Chapo Trap House, was jointly chosen in the first episode by the hosts, as a comical reference to Mexican drug lord El Chapo (Joaquín Guzmán) and is a slang word for drug house. The name was also meant to echo famous titles of rap hits.
- Will met his Chapo Trap House co-founders, Felix Biederman and Matt Christman, on Twitter (now called X), years before they co-created the podcast.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Menaker states that he was inspired by the radicalism on his father’s side of the family. His paternal grandfather, Robert Owen Menaker, was the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant who was imprisoned for revolutionary tendencies in Russia. Robert also allegedly worked for Soviet Intelligence during the turbulent times of World War 2.
- Will watches Bravo reality TV show Vanderpump Rules with his girlfriend Katherine, and they did a podcast on the show’s latest season. They also visited the main location of the show, Lisa Vanderpump’s SUR restaurant in West Hollywood, together.
- He is a cat lover and has three feline friends: Marty, Bea, and Sid.
- Menaker was sued by an ex advisor of former President Trump, Jason Miller, regarding a tweet Will made in response to Miller suing Katherine Krueger. Katherine had written a story for SplinterNews, alleging that Miller gave an abortion pill to an exotic dancer. A Florida federal judge dismissed the suit in April 2019.