About ANDREW heaton
Andrew Heaton is a comedian, author, and political satirist. He’s the host of “The Political Orphanage” comedy and news podcast, and scifi deep dive podcast “Alienating the Audience.” He is a comedy producer at Reason TV, where he makes funny videos like "Is it War?" He’s performed standup comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as a finalist in the China International Standup Competition, and throughout the United States and Europe. A former congressional staffer, he’s the best-selling author of “Tribalism is Dumb: Where It Came From, How it Got So Bad, and What to Do About It.” His book "Los Angeles is Hideous: Poems of an Ugly City" was No. 1 in poetry on Amazon. He once opened for William Shatner, who said he’s “very funny.” So there.
AWARDS
1st Place in Humor & Satire Writing - LA Press Club, 2025
1st Place in Humor & Satire Writing - LA Press Club, 2024
1st Place in Humor & Satire Writing - LA Press Club, 2020
1st Place in Humor & Satire Writing - LA Press Club, 2019
Finalist - China International Standup Comedy Competition, 2018
1st Place in Humor & Satire Writing - LA Press Club, 2017
1st Place in Humor & Satire Writing - LA Press Club, 2016
NYC’s Greatest New Comedian - the World Comedy Club, 2013
Time Magazine Person of the Year, 2006
iNTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANDREW HEATON:
He owns one square foot of a scotch whiskey distillery in Scotland.
He lived in a toolshed behind his best friend’s house for six months while working as a TV extra.
He lead Weekends of Awesomeness expeditions in Oklahoma, where he attended a prison rodeo, went spelunking without a helmet, gambled at a wiener dog race, had dinner with an Amish family, went looking for alleged Viking runestones, and ate two beating rattlesnake hearts.
He is a dual citizen of the Principality of Hutt River, and was appointed a royal diplomatic envoy by Prince Leonard in 2012.
He worked for the United States Congress for one year, and managed to leave without scandal.