Seth Porges
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Seth Porges is an American director, producer, journalist, and television commentator.[1] He produced, wrote, and co-directed the feature documentary Class Action Park,[2] which premiered as the number one movie on HBO Max in August 2020.[3] In 2014, he additionally wrote and produced a documentary short about Action Park.[4] He also appears on numerous television shows on the History,[5] National Geographic,[6] Discovery, and Travel[7] channels; including more than 40 episodes of Mysteries at the Museum.
Previously, he worked as a senior editor at Maxim magazine,[8] as an editor at Popular Mechanics magazine, as the technology columnist at Bloomberg News[9] and as a writer for TechCrunch.[10] He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Porges has appeared as a guest commentator on television networks such as MSNBC,[11] Fox News,[12] Fox Business, CNN, and CNBC; as well as The Today Show. His writing has appeared in publications such as BusinessWeek, Men’s Health, Men’s Journal and Editor & Publisher.[13]
He is the son of the neuroscientists Stephen Porges and C. Sue Carter, and is the subject of a song by the musician Wesley Willis.[14] In 2009, he received attention as a test pilot on the maiden voyage of an experimental pulse jet-powered carousel.[15] In 2006, he appeared as a contestant on Cash Cab and in 2017 was on the Fox competition show Superhuman, where he displayed his ability to spot art forgeries at a glance[16]. In 2011, he was named as one of "50 Media Power Bachelors" by The New York Observer.[17] and one of Stylecaster's "Top 25 IT Kids of 2011".[18]
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- ^ "The opportunity to cover pinball in depth is just one reason this guy from DIY heaven (aka “Popular Mechanics”) loves magazines", American Society of Magazine Editors, 29 July 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2018. Archived from the original 31 July 2009.
- ^ Porges, Seth. "Livescribe Smartpen Radically Changes Note-Taking: Seth Porges", Bloomberg News, 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2018. Archived from the original 24 September 2015.
- ^ John Biggs, "Cloth Lets You Store Your “Outfits” In Your “Phone”", Techcrunch, 16 December 2011
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- ^ Danny Allen, "Video: Jet-Powered Carousel Makes Fiery Maiden Voyage", Gizmodo.com, 29 September 2009
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- ^ "The Free Agent List: 2011′s 50 Media Power Bachelors", The New York Observer, 15 August 2011
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