Broti Gupta

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Broti Gupta
Born (1993-12-28) December 28, 1993 (age 32)
India
OccupationComedy writer
Alma mater Wellesley College
Children1 [1]

Broti Gupta (born December 28, 1993) is an American comedy writer and podcaster. She currently serves as a writer and supervising producer for The Simpsons and co-hosts a podcast called Lecture Hall with actress Dylan Gelula. [2]

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Early life and education

Gupta grew up in Cincinnati, [3] where she attended the Seven Hills School, graduating in 2012. [4] She then attended Wellesley College, [5] graduating in 2016 with a degree in English. [6]

Career

Gupta has worked on Speechless, Carol's Second Act , Friends from College , [7] and The Simpsons . [8] She has written humor articles and essays for McSweeney's , [7] The New Yorker magazine, [9] The New York Times [3] and The Washington Post . She has also performed in stand-up comedy. [5] [10] Her posts on X are frequently featured in roundups of humorous tweets. [8] [11] [12] [13]

Gupta co-hosts the Lecture Hall podcast with actress Dylan Gelula. [14] The show was named one of "The 15 Best Educational Podcasts for You to Expand Your Mind" by Oprah Daily in 2020. [15] Past guests include Andy Richter, Ayo Edebiri, Rachel Sennott and more. The show was launched in 2020. In Vulture , Sean Malin wrote that as the show developed, Gupta and her cohost "hon[ed] a bone-dry yet insane repartee that sneaks up on guests and listeners alike... While the tone of Lecture Hall remains dopey, each conversation thrums with wit and cultural curiosity." [14]

Gupta lives in Los Angeles. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com.
  2. ↑ "Broti Gupta". Simpsons Wiki. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Gupta, Broti (October 13, 2017). "Opinion | Pani Puri: A Dribbly, Joyful Mess". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Local Seven Hills Students Qualify For Advanced Standing". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 8, 2011. p. 51. Archived from the original on July 16, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Ali, Marina (October 31, 2017). "'Fast Five' Interview with Comedy Writer Broti Gupta". Brown Girl Magazine.
  6. ↑ "Humor Piece by Recent Grad Published by the New Yorker". Wellesley College. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Abrams, Rachel; Koblin, John (November 16, 2019). "Two Female Writers Quit Patricia Heaton's CBS Show After Making Complaints". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "It's "Pete Davidson's native NYC," and we're all just living in it...apparently". Newsweek. November 2, 2021. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Broti Gupta". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  10. ↑ Elkus, Audrey. "Broti Gupta: Comedy Writer". Okay, but what do you do?. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  11. ↑ "The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week (May 14–20)". uk.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  12. ↑ "The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week". HuffPost. March 11, 2022. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  13. ↑ Richardson, Liz. "45 Hilarious Tweets From 2022 That Really Wouldn't Have Made Sense In 2012". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  14. 1 2 Malin, Sean (October 4, 2021). "Want to Try Lecture Hall? Start Here". Vulture. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  15. ↑ "The 15 Best Educational Podcasts for You to Expand Your Mind". Oprah Daily. September 30, 2020. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.