Ira Madison III
Born (1986-07-28) July 28, 1986
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • critic
Alma materLoyola University Chicago
New York University
Years active2013–present
Website
iramadison.com

Ira Madison III (born July 28, 1986) is an American television writer and podcaster. He is the main host of the Crooked Media podcast Keep It! He is a former critic at The Daily Beast, GQ Magazine, and other publications.

Early life

Madison attended Marquette University High School, then attended Loyola University Chicago as an undergraduate, then New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for a master's degree in Dramatic Writing.[1]

Career

Madison worked as a writer for MTV News and BuzzFeed in the early 2010s.[2][3] He has since written for various publications, including Variety,[4] GQ Magazine,[5] and The Daily Beast.[6] Madison was named one of the "most reliably hilarious and incisive cultural critics writing now" by Nylon in 2016.[7] Nylon also named Madison to its 2016 list of "The 25 Best Things We Read Online In 2016" for his essay on Donald Trump's political rise.[8][9] Madison co-hosted a podcast at MTV News with Doreen St. Félix in 2016 called Speed Dial with Ira and Doreen, that focused on music, pop culture, and race.[10] In April 2017, Madison was featured in the documentary The Culture of Proximity.[11] In January 2018, Crooked Media launched the podcast, Keep It!, a show about pop culture and politics, which is hosted by Madison.[12]

Madison was a writer on the Netflix series Daybreak. He has also written for Q-Force.[13]

Twitter suspension

In November 2020, Madison pranked Twitter by changing his name to Beto O'Rourke and writing "I'll drop my nudes if Texas goes blue". He was campaigning for Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election. He went on to tweet "es grande". Madison was suspended from Twitter for impersonating O'Rourke.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Farrell, Paul (2017-01-10). "Ira Madison III: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  2. ↑ "Ira Madison III BuzzFeed Page". BuzzFeed.
  3. ↑ "Author Page Ira Madison III". thedailybeast.com. The Daily Beast. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Madison, Ira III (12 March 2017). "SXSW TV Review: 'The Son' on AMC, Starring Pierce Brosnan". Variety.
  5. ↑ Madison, Ira III (17 April 2017). "Kendrick Lamar Looks for Absolution on DAMN". GQ Magazine.
  6. ↑ "Ira Madison III - The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  7. ↑ Iversen, Kristin (21 December 2016). "The 25 Best Things We Read Online In 2016". Nylon.
  8. ↑ Iversen, Kristin (21 December 2016). "The 25 Best Things We Read Online In 2016". Nylon.
  9. ↑ Madison, Ira III (8 November 2016). "Donald Trump, Brought To You By 'The Apprentice'". The Daily Caller.
  10. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (20 April 2016). "MTV News Launches Podcast Slate, Will 'Power' mtvU". Variety.
  11. ↑ Ifeanyi, KC (19 April 2017). "Exclusive: Viacom's New Study Is A Marketer's Blueprint For Millennials". Fast Company.
  12. ↑ "Keep It Archives | Crooked Media". Crooked Media. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  13. ↑ Brooke, Zach (November 13, 2020). "Hit Podcaster Ira Madison III Talks About His Wisconsin Roots". Milwaukee Magazine.
  14. ↑ Palma, Bethania (2 November 2020). "No, Beto O'Rourke Didn't Promise To 'Drop My Nudes' If Texas Goes Blue". Snopes. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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