Actor, writer, and radio host Faith Salie may be the only Rhodes scholar intentionally doing comedy. You can hear her every weeknight on Fair Game with Faith Salie from Public Radio International. On Fair Game, Faith treats the news like her plaything: she takes the big stories in politics, science, business, and entertainment, blows them up and then puts them back together again. Faith interviews newsmakers like politicians, journalists, authors, Oscar-winning directors, actors, comedians and also hosts live bands all in one glorious hour. Fair Game is kind of like the evolution of the variety show. (That is, if you believe in evolution. If you don't, then it's the show that God made.) Fair Game can be heard nationally on local public radio stations, as well as on the show's website, MoreFairGame.org. The show is also available as a free podcast on iTunes. Fair Game marks Faith's first foray into public radio, where she's immersed in the show as co-creator, host, and writer/producer. While she's happy to see more women in comedy, she's still not sure if they should have the right to vote. Faith was a star of the critically-acclaimed improvisational sitcom, Significant Others (available on DVD). She has appeared in numerous sitcoms and dramas - from a memorable turn in gold lamé on Sex and the City to reaching the arcane iconic status of "tradable life form" for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans. A former pop-culture pundit on a variety of VH-1 shows, as well as a stand-up comedian, she has also written several shows for the Oxygen Network. Faith is currently a contributor to O, the Oprah Magazine, for its Ethics column. She recognizes the irony in this assignment. Faith's hobbies include baking white trash treats and giving them away before she can eat them.
