Ben Kawaller is best known as the creator, host, and producer of the sociopolitical interview series Ben Meets America for The Free Press. He also hosted their 2024 election series Swing State Debates. Ben's writing and video reporting have also appeared in The New York Post, The Times (UK), Los Angeles Magazine, and Racket News. He's contributed humor pieces to The American Bystander, The Advocate, and Salon, among others.
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Ben is the author of the full-length plays Us and Them, which was workshopped by Los Angeles' Rogue Machine Theatre in March 2022, and Misconduct, as well as various short plays.
Ben is the creator and star of the award-winning independent comedy pilot This Isn't Me, a SXSW 2020 official selection. In 2016, The Black List included Ben in their TV Staffing Book for his dark-comedy pilot The Next Best Thing.
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Ben holds a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University and is a proud Hasty Pudding Theatricals alumnus.