Draft:Alex Schmidt


Alex Schmidt
Born (1988-03-21) March 21, 1988 (age 36)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSyracuse University
Occupation(s)podcaster, writer, humorist, video creator
Known forJeopardy! winner, emoji creator, video creator, The New Yorker, The Onion, 1900HotDog.com
Notable workSecretly Incredibly Fascinating, Kurt Vonneguys, "Hilarious Helmet History", The Cracked Podcast
Websitealexschmidty.com

Alex Schmidt is an American podcaster, writer, humorist, and emoji creator. He created and co-hosts the podcast "Secretly Incredibly Fascinating"[1] on the Maximum Fun podcast network.[2] He also co-hosts the independent "Kurt Vonneguys" podcast. Schmidt writes humor pieces for The New Yorker[3] and for 1-900-HOTDOG,[4] and wrote for The Onion, as well as making comedy videos and podcasts as a staff member of Cracked.com. Schmidt also proposed the creation of the bison emoji[5] on the emoji keyboard.

  1. ^ "Ten Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter". Lifehacker. 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Secretly Incredibly Fascinating". 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Contributors: Alex Schmidt". The New Yorker.
  4. ^ "Alex Schmidt, Author at 1900HOTDOG".
  5. ^ "Emojipedia (Bison)".