Ridley/Introduction

Ridley Corbeau is an author, podcaster, media personality, and accused eco-terrorist (acquitted). After starting the podcast "Walk Away" with partner Seth Graham in 2015, the duo became perennial People's Choice Podcast Award nominees, snagging their first win in 2017 and following it up with wins for sister podcasts "Adventures in Counterculture" in 2018 and "Antichorus" in 2020. Corbeau has also authored several books, including "Somewhat Less Likely" (winner of the Rasmussen Award for Collected Essays), "Birds of a Feather", and "Protagonists vs. Heroes". He is known for his outlandish antics at conventions and debates, including striking Travis Gould with a microphone, setting fire to Ben Shapiro's merch table, and throwing a twelve-hour party on the roof of the St. Louis Hilton during which he performed eight marriages. He was also accused of inciting the bombing of the Sachatawnee River Dam in 2018, having recently done an episode of "Adventures in Counterculture" where he explained how much simpler dams were to destroy than to build, but was acquitted of any wrongdoing in the incident.

Ridley is also a Corax, an utter weirdo, and an incorrigible chain smoker. But you probably already knew that.