Hayes Davenport

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Hayes Davenport
Born (1986-03-23) March 23, 1986 (age 39)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupations
  • Writer
  • comedian
  • television producer
  • podcast host
Notable work Eastbound & Down
Family Guy
Allen Gregory
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time
Hollywood Handbook
Spouse Geneva Robertson-Dworet

Hayes Hamilton Davenport (born March 23, 1986) is an American writer, comedian, television producer, podcast host, and activist. He is best known, along with Sean Clements, as one half of The Boys, the duo who hosts the podcast Hollywood Handbook . [1]

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Early life

Davenport grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts. [2] [3] He participated on his high school's rowing team. [2]

Davenport attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a degree in social studies. [2] He was the editor of the Harvard Lampoon. [2] [4] After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles. [2]

Davenport has also appeared as a contestant on the game show Jeopardy! . [2] [1]

Career

Davenport briefly worked at the Game Show Network before being signed by Creative Artists Agency. [2]

He has written for Big Lake , Family Guy , Great News , Eastbound & Down , Allen Gregory , Divorce , and Nick Swardson's Pretend Time . He was a writer for the show Vice Principals . [5] Davenport also acts occasionally and has starred in the web series Those People. [6]

Davenport is the host of multiple podcasts, including Hollywood Handbook and The Flagrant Ones. [7] [8] From March 2018 to July 2021, he also co-hosted the LA Podcast, together with Scott Frazier and Alisa Walker. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Davenport appeared as a guest on The Big Alakens Big Lake marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

Activism

In addition to his career, Davenport is a homelessness activist, helping and advocating for people experiencing homelessness. He is on the board of directors of the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition, a Los Angeles–based non-profit organization he has been volunteering with since 2017, [13] [14] [15] and worked full-time on Nithya Raman's successful 2020 campaign for Los Angeles City Council. [16] [17] [18] Raman is one of the co-founders of SELAH and made the issue of homelessness central to her campaign. [19] [20] [21] After volunteering on the campaign, Davenport started to formally work for Raman as a senior advisor with a special focus on homelessness and housing projects [16] and, as a result, departed as a host of the LA Podcast in July 2021. [11] He left Raman's staff in the fall of 2024, in part because he "feel[s] like it's a good time to start talking again about city stuff, which is harder to do as a city employee". [16] Davenport has talked extensively about housing and homelessness in Los Angeles on his own LA Podcast as well as other podcasts, such as Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Pod, [22] High and Mighty, [23] and Know Your Enemy . [24] After leaving his job in the city government, he started a blog about Los Angeles politics, Big City Heat, [25] on October 28, 2024, and posted a few articles and a two-part podcast miniseries about the 2024 Los Angeles County elections the following days, advocating in particular an ultimately passed ballot measure that will double the county's existing quarter-cent sales tax to fund homelessness services. [16] [26] [27]

References

  1. 1 2 Sorokach, Josh (January 28, 2014). "Talking to Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements About Their Podcast Hollywood Handbook". Vulture. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Elder, Mike (October 5, 2015). "BA #099: Hayes Davenport". Box Angeles (Podcast). Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ Westhoff, Ben (May 14, 2014). "Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements: Hosts of the Hilarious Hollywood Handbook Podcast". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Harvard Lampoon Spoofs National Geographic". NPR. March 30, 2008. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ Vilaysack, Kulap; Kremer, Howard (August 26, 2015). "Guy Ritchie's Back". Who Charted? (Podcast). Earwolf. Archived from the original on August 31, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ The Dessert Menu? You're So Bad | EP 2. Iris. August 18, 2014. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2019– via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "The Flagrant Ones". Patreon . Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Hollywood Handbook with Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport". Earwolf . Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ "About LA Podcast". LA Podcast. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ Davenport, Hayes; Frazier, Scott (March 28, 2018). "State Representatives Have Been Committing Sex Crimes so Now You Have to Vote Again". LA Podcast (Podcast). Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  11. 1 2 Davenport, Hayes; Walker, Alissa; Tinoco, Matt (July 12, 2021). "Bombay Sap-hire". LA Podcast (Podcast). Event occurs at 1:06:05. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  12. ↑ Frazier, Scott [@safrazie] (July 12, 2021). "I was out of town for this episode, so I reserve the right to be mushy online. My dear friend @hayesdavenport is leaving LA Podcast to focus his time on helping build solutions to homelessness. Hayes is big-hearted, he's open-hearted, he has, of course, an unbelievably quick wit" (Tweet). Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2023– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "People". SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  14. ↑ Pener, Degen (July 12, 2019). ""Yes, in My Backyard!": Inside Hollywood's New Embrace of Homeless Neighbors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  15. ↑ Powell, Amy (December 21, 2019). "Vigil remembers those that have died while living on the streets of Los Angeles". ABC7 . Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Earl, William (October 31, 2024). "L.A. Can Turn Around Its Homeless Crisis: TV Writer and Advocate Hayes Davenport Breaks Down How Voters Can Help". Variety . Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  17. ↑ Kilkenny, Katie (November 17, 2020). "Councilmember-Elect Nithya Raman Explains How Hollywood Can Play "Integral Role" in Changing L.A." The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 15, 2023. Writer-producer and podcaster Hayes Davenport ... quit his job to volunteer full-time for Raman's campaign.
  18. ↑ Alpert Reyes, Emily (July 28, 2020). "In L.A. race, is this incumbent a 'progressive fighter' or a knockoff?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  19. ↑ Lopez, Steve (February 20, 2021). "Column: For both the housed and unhoused in this Hollywood neighborhood, help is urgently needed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2023. Raman, running as a progressive candidate, ... had one plan for affordable housing and another for addressing homelessness. And she wasn't new to the conversation, having co-founded a neighborhood coalition called SELAH ....
  20. ↑ Raman, Nithya [@nithyavraman] (August 7, 2019). "I'm running for LA City Council in District 4. Here's why" (Tweet). Retrieved March 15, 2023– via Twitter.
  21. ↑ Heinrichs, Audra (December 24, 2020). "Nithya Raman Wants to Take on Los Angeles's Homelessness Crisis". Teen Vogue . Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  22. ↑ Levin, Matt; Dillon, Liam (October 4, 2018). "Gimme Shelter X L.A Podcast Crossover Spectacular". Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Pod (Podcast). CalMatters. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  23. ↑ Gabrus, Jon (August 30, 2018). "170: Housing (w/ Hayes Davenport)". High and Mighty (Podcast). HeadGum. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  24. ↑ Sitman, Matt Sitman; Adler-Bell, Sam (January 5, 2025). "Are Progressives to Blame for Urban Disorder? (w/ Hayes Davenport)". Know Your Enemy (Podcast). Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  25. ↑ Davenport, Hayes. "Welcome to the About page". Big City Heat. Substack . Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  26. ↑ Davenport, Hayes (October 28, 2024). "Snazz You Like It". Big City Heat. Substack . Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  27. ↑ Frazier, Scott; Davenport, Hayes (October 30, 2024). "November Pain, Pt.1: Measure A". Big City Heat (Podcast). Substack . Retrieved March 9, 2025.
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