Jon Lovett, a podcaster and speechwriter who worked with former President Barack Obama, was the first person voted off during the season premiere of "Survivor 47."

From speechwriting to Survivor! Podcaster Jon Lovett was one of the 18 castaways who competed on season 47 of the reality series, which premiered on. According to a press release ahead of the new season,

“Based on how things were after the challenge, I was shocked. I thought Andy was done,” Probst says in the Season 4 premiere of On Fire, the only official Survivor aftershow and podcast. His cohosts this season are Jay Wolff and Survivor 46 alum Charlie Davis, who will also provide commentary on each episode throughout the season.

Jeff Probst teased that Jon Lovett, is a former political speech writer, is one of the ‘greatest storytellers’ to be on ‘Survivor’

Jon Lovett, 42, an Obama speechwriter turned popular podcast host, is a co-founder of a political media company called Crooked Media, a co-host of “Pod Save America,” and a well-known liberal pundit. (Spoilers ahead.)

While far from the first public figure to play Survivor, Lovett now has the dubious honor of being the casting stunt who crashed and burned the hardest/fastest. (In confessionals and promotional interviews,

The host of 'Pod Save America' and 'Lovett or Leave It' reveals he nearly dumped out his bag at Tribal Council to pull out his Shot in the Dark