Aaron Karo
Aaron Karo is a comedian, screenwriter, and #1 New York Times bestselling author. He co-hosts the hit podcast Man of the Year.Karo has developed television series for Comedy Central, TBS, CBS, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Warner Brothers, MTV, and The CW, as well as a slightly ahead-of-its-time animated pilot about talking viruses starring Channing Tatum, Michael B. Jordan, and Courtney Love.His books include I’m Having More Fun Than You (HarperCollins), Ruminations on College Life (Simon & Schuster), and Ruminations on Twentysomething Life (Simon & Schuster), as well as the critically acclaimed young adult novels Me You Us (Simon & Schuster) and Lexapros and Cons (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux). He is also the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Hidden Power of F*cking Up (HarperCollins).Karo has headlined the Nokia Theatre and Gramercy Theatre in New York, the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, and the House of Blues in Chicago. He has released four stand-up albums, including his debut Just Go Talk to Her on Comedy Central Records. In 2010 he starred in his own one-hour Comedy Central special Aaron Karo: The Rest Is History.Karo graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His career began when he wrote a funny email from his freshman dorm room that spawned the long-running viral humor column Ruminations. His first job was at Morgan Stanley, before he came to his senses.Since launching in 2022, Man of the Year has become the #1 friendship podcast in the country, been profiled in The New York Times and on the Today Show, appeared at the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival, and in a nice full circle moment, landed Karo on the cover of Penn’s alumni magazine.