Jon Lovett, 42, an Obama speechwriter turned popular podcast host, is a co-founder of a political media company called Crooked Media, a co-host of “Pod Save America,” and a well-known liberal pundit.

Jon Lovett, a podcaster and speechwriter who worked with former President Barack Obama, was the first person voted off during the season premiere of "Survivor 47."

On Wednesday’s premiere episode of “Survivor 47,” Jeff Probst declared the start to the season’s first immunity challenge “one of the worst starts to any challenge in 47 seasons.” In that contest, the six members of Gata were one of two tribes to capsize their paddle boat in the water,