Rothbart is the creator of Found Magazine, a frequent contributor to public radio's This American Life, and the author of a book of personal essays, “My Heart Is An Idiot,” and a collection of stories, “The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas.” He writes regularly for GQ Magazine, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Believer. He is also the author of the bestselling TED Book “How Did You End Up Here? The Surprising Ways Our Questions Connect Us.”

Rothbart's documentary film, “Medora,” about a resilient high-school basketball team in a dwindling Indiana town, aired on the acclaimed PBS series Independent Lens, won a 2015 Emmy Award, and can now be streamed on Netflix. Rothbart is also the founder of Washington To Washington, an annual hiking adventure for inner-city kids. He lives between Los Angeles, California and his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Rothbart is the creator of Found Magazine, a frequent contributor to public radio's This American Life, and the author of a book of personal essays, My Heart Is An Idiot, and a collection of stories, The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. He writes regularly for GQ Magazine, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Believer. He is also the author of the bestselling TED Book How Did You End Up Here? The Surprising Ways Our Questions Connect Us.

Rothbart's documentary film, Medora, about a resilient high-school basketball team in a dwindling Indiana town, aired on the acclaimed PBS series Independent Lens, won a 2015 Emmy Award, and can now be streamed on Netflix. Rothbart is also the founder of Washington To Washington, an annual hiking adventure for inner-city kids. He lives between Los Angeles, California and his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan.