As co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and co founder of Air America Radio, Lizz Winstead has helped changed the very landscape of how people get their news. Winstead also brought her political wit to The Daily Show as a correspondent and later to the radio waves co-hosting Unfiltered, Air America Radio's mid-morning show, with Chuck D and Rachel Maddow.  Lizz continues doing stand-up, but spends most of her time at the helm of Lady Parts Justice League, a NYC- based reproductive rights organization that she founded in 2015, which uses humor and outrage to expose anti-choice hypocrisy and mobilizes people to take action in all 50 states.

Known as as one of the top political satirists in America, Winstead has been recognized by all the major media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post and as Entertainment Weekly’s 100 most Creative People. 

Winstead’s first book, Lizz Free Or Die, Essays, was released in 2012 to incredible reviews, with Ms. Magazine saying, “Lizz Winstead is a sharp-witted truth-teller, and Lizz Free or Die will inspire anyone who has ever talked back to the television or wished they could come up with satire as insightful as The Daily Show.”  

Lizz attended the University of Minnesota and was recently inducted into the Southwest High School Hall of Fame. She started her stand-up career in Minneapolis at Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop and of course, returns every year for the Minnesota State Fair.