Kurt Andersen is the author of the just released NY Times bestseller Evil Geniuses. He  contributes to Vanity Fair and The New York Times and was the host and co-creator of Studio 360, the Peabody Award–winning public radio show and podcast. He also writes for television, film, and the stage. Andersen co-founded Spy magazine, served as editor in chief of New York, and was a cultural columnist and critic for Time and The New Yorker. He graduated from Harvard College, where he was an editor of The Harvard Lampoon.