Born: 13-Jan-1970

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Editor of Slate

Plotz cohosts the Slate Political Gabfest podcast, along with Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson.

Father: Paul Hunter Plotz (NIH researcher, b. 1937)
Mother: Judith A. Plotz (English professor)
Brother: John Plotz
Wife: Hanna Rosin (Israeli journalist, three children)
Daughter: Noa
Son: Jacob
Son: Gideon

    High School: St. Albans School
    University: BA Social Studies, Harvard University (1992)

    Slate Editor
    Washington City Paper Editor
    US Justice Department paralegal

Author of books:
The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank (2005, corporate history)
Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible (2009, religion)

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