what is fair game?

Fair Game with Faith Salie takes the day's news and entertainment stories, blows them up, and puts them back together again -- all in one glorious hour. Join Faith and her guests as they delve into subjects like international espionage, Robert Downey Junior, and why you sometimes need to punch a hawk to save a puppy. All that plus live music! Fair Game - where every topic is our play thing.

about Faith Salie

Fair Game is hosted by Faith Salie, perhaps the only Rhodes scholar performing comedy intentionally. Faith was a star of Bravo's critically-acclaimed improvisational sitcom, Significant Others. As an actor, her television resume ranges from a memorable turn in gold lamé on Sex and the City to reaching the arcane iconic status of a "tradable life form" for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans. A former pop-culture pundit on a variety of VH-1 shows, Faith has regularly performed as a stand-up comedian at the Hollywood Improv. She is also a television writer and has created/executive produced pilots for Fox, VH-1, and the Oxygen Network.

Faith cut her professional teeth in the dark, competitive world of children’s musical theatre during her childhood in Atlanta. That experience prepared her to sing, dance, and lucubrate her way to a BA at Harvard University and an M.Phil. at Oxford University.

Faith is currently a monthly contributor to O, the Oprah Magazine as an ethics expert. She recognizes the irony in this assignment. Fair Game marks Faith’s first foray into public radio, where she is immersed in the show as co-creator, host, writer, and producer. While she’s happy to see more women in comedy, she’s still not sure if they should have the right to vote.

about Kerrie Hillman

The creator and executive producer of Fair Game is Kerrie Hillman. Hillman was the senior producer of the Peabody Award-winning program PRI's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen since its launch in 2000. Before joining Studio 360, she was senior producer of Beyond Computers, PRI's weekly technology and culture program, and associate producer for the television series Digital West on PBS. Hillman got her start in public radio at KALX while attending UC Berkeley and went on to report for PRI's The World, KQED news and The California Report.

about PRI

PRI is public radio's leading source for innovative programming, providing diverse voices and global perspectives for the public airwaves. Through partnerships with BBC World Service and station-based and independent producers, the Minneapolis-based network provides over 400 hours of programming each week, content that is broadcast and streamed online by over 780 PRI affiliates nationwide, which reach 29 million listeners each week. PRI owns Public Interactive LLC,public broadcasting's leading Web services company. PRI is also the managing partner of the satellite radio company American Public Radio LLC, established with Chicago Public Radio®, WGBH Radio Boston and WNYC, New York Public Radio®. PRI programming is available via XM Public Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. For more information on PRI and its programs and services, visit www.pri.org.