Conor Lastowka


Conor David Lastowka is an American comedy writer, producer, novelist and podcaster.

Early life

Lastowka was born in 1981 and grew up in Vienna, Virginia. He later moved to San Diego, California and attended the University of Virginia, where he co-founded National High Five Day in 2002. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2003.

Career

Lastowka worked with Legend Films as a production assistant, and began to write for RiffTrax in 2006. He also voiced "Disembaudio," the robotic voice that keeps RiffTrax synchronised with films.
He created a blog about unusual Wikipedia entries, entitled and produced two books based on it.
Lastowka appeared on a 2016 episode of Jeopardy! and wrote on Medium about the experience.
Since 2017 he has cohosted the podcast 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back with Michael J. Nelson, also of RiffTrax.

Personal life

Lastowka lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife Lauren.