Sean Malin is a culture critic whose writing and speaking on film, comedy, and food, among other topics, have been published by the New York Times, Eater, Austin Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Times. A participant in the inaugural critics class of Current TV’s The Rotten Tomatoes Show, he has since 2019 been Vulture‘s Start Here columnist, where he conducts deep dives into the defining episodes of the world’s funniest podcasts. Sean lives between California and Texas.