Stephen Fishbach is a Pushcart Prize-winning writer and erstwhile media executive.

Through his corporate work, Stephen has tried to use media superpowers for positive social change. At MTV and Logo TV, he worked on campaigns that used those channels’ broad reach to raise awareness about discrimination, marriage equality, and school violence. He was a writer for MTV’s Peabody Award-winning “Half of Us” campaign, which focused on young people’s mental health. He also has worked as a speechwriter, and once wrote nine speeches about world peace that Stevie Wonder delivered during a concert at the United Nations.

In 2007, he cofounded the social media startup Massify, which sold to Lionsgate Films. He was also involved with the messaging startup Mobile Commons, which sold to Upland Software in 2014.

Stephen is host of the literary podcast Paraphrase and co-host of The Survivor Know It Alls with Rob Cesternino. He has also co-hosted The Game of Thrones Know It Alls, The Genius Know It Alls, and a love advice podcast, The Love Know It Alls.

In 2008, he was runner-up on the TV show Survivor, and in 2015, he was voted by fans to return for an all star season of the show.

In 2009, he was named one of People Magazine’s hottest bachelors. Seriously.