Josh Dean

Josh Dean is a journalist, author, entrepreneur, and podcast host based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a longtime magazine feature writer, the co-founder of the acclaimed podcast studio Campside Media, and the author of THE TAKING OF K-129," published by Dutton/Penguin in September 2017, and SHOW DOG, published by HarperCollins/IT Books in February of 2012.

As a magazine writer, he has written for many, many magazines, including Rolling Stone, New York, and Esquire. He was a correspondent for Outside, and a regular contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek, GQ, and Popular Science, among others, as well as one of the founding editors of PLAY, The New York Times Sports Magazine.

As a podcast host and executive, Josh co-created the global hit, The Clearing, in 2019, and then co-founded Campside Media with the journalists Matthew Shaer and Vanessa Grigoriadis, and the screenwriter/producer Adam Hoff. At Campside, he co-created and hosted Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen, White Devil, and Hooked, which was nominated for a 2021 Podcast of the Year award by the Podcast Academy. You can hear him now, every week, as the host of Chameleon, co-produced with Audiochuck, and alongside comedian Rory Scovel as the co-host of Crimeless, co-produced with Smartless Media and Big Money Players.

Finally, if that face looks familiar, yes, that was Josh on Joe Berlinger's Netflix Series, "Crime Scene: Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel." The series was inspired by Josh’s reporting on Elisa Lam and her tragic story, which was published by Medium's now defunct Matter, back in 2015. If you're interested in Elisa's story, please check it out.