Grubstakers Creators & Guests

Freddie deBoer is an author, writer, editor, and ghostwriter.

Richard Branson is an investor, author, and philanthropist.

Alex Ptak is a comedian and writer living in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote this bio about himself. Alex is a real stand up guy. He is #1 overall. He is the co-host and producer of the Paid Protest and Bad News comedy shows, in addition to the 'Pod Damn America' and 'Ballin' Out Super' podcasts on iTunes. When he’s not traveling or performing around New York, he’s writing great comedy scripts that cause everyone around to clap and cheer.Alex’s work has been featured in Adult Swim, Time Out NY, MTV, CollegeHumor, Brokelyn and VentureBeat. He has performed stand up comedy at bar and club shows all over the city, hosted in the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival, and was a finalist in the Fingerlakes Comedy Festival in 2015.Alex graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 2013. At school his studies earned him a major in Dramatic Writing and accolades including a Certificate of Excellence in Outstanding Writing for Half-Hour Television. He continues to build a reservoir of scripts in the hopes of one day writing for television.