A leftist comedian whose material is informed by progressive politics and the chaos of contemporary culture, Jamie Kilstein was born in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1982. Kilstein and his two siblings spent most of their childhood in Pennington, New Jersey, and by his own admission, once he hit his teenage years, Jamie was more interested in smoking weed and playing loud music than minding his parents. After having his ears opened by Bad Religion's Stranger Than Fiction and Pearl Jam's Ten, Kilstein began making music himself, though his initial efforts playing the drums proved...