Brian Tyler Cohen

Brian Tyler Cohen (born January 13, 1989) is an American YouTuber, podcaster, political commentator, and MSNBC contributor. He is best known for hosting the progressive podcast No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen, where he interviews leading political figures, reports on politics, and live-streams major events, including debates and election results. His YouTube channel has over 2 million subscribers and 1.4 billion views.

On February 25, 2022, Cohen became the first YouTube creator/podcaster to interview U.S. President Joe Biden.

Education

In 2011, Cohen graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with a BS degree in Business and Economics and a BA degree in English. He addressed the graduating class of 2011 as their class president.

Career

Cohen acted in a handful of film and television roles from 2012 to 2016.

In October of 2018, Cohen started posting political content on his YouTube channel which primarily covers national politics. Cohen later started his first podcast, No Lie, during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in June of 2020. Cohen has since joined multiple different podcasts co-hosting with voting rights lawyer and Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias and former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner.

In addition to hosting his podcasts and creating YouTube videos, Cohen has been a speaker at Netroots Nation, at Collision, and at Web Summit in Lisbon. He had been an occasional contributor to The Huffington Post prior to launching his show.

On June 22, 2023, MSNBC announced that Cohen would be joining the network as a political contributor.

Podcast

Guests who have appeared on No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen include