Mark Whitney


Mark Whitney is an American entrepreneur, podcaster, storyteller, political satirist, and comedian. He is president of TheLaw.net and the former host and producer of Late Nite Last Week, a political satire show on Apple Podcasts. Whitney has toured as a one-man show since 2006.
His one man shows include The EDucation of Dianne, and . He has been profiled by writer Robert McKee in Story magazine.

Career

Whitney was convicted for four counts of felony bank fraud in 1991, for which he was sentenced 27 months in prison.
Whitney is the founder, owner and CEO of TheLaw.net Corporation, a legal research infomediary he founded in 1999.
He founded and ran the San Diego Comedy Co-op where he produced approximately 500 free shows over three years. He performs at Fringe festivals including Capital Fringe Festival and Minnesota Fringe Festival. Whitney won an award at the San Francisco Comedy Convention for stand-up comedy. He has also received recognition at performance festivals including the D.C. Theatre Festival, the Iowa Theatre Festival, the Boulder International Theatre Festival, the Minnesota Theatre Festival, and the San Francisco Theatre Festival.
Whitney produces the podcast Late Nite Last Week.

Political activism

In 1996 Whitney ran for Vermont State Senate as the nominee of the Libertarian Party, receiving 2.8% of the vote.
In 2012, Whitney filed a lawsuit challenging then-President Barack Obama on the presence of US military personnel in Libya. The NATO operation ended before the suit was tried, and thus the court case was dismissed as moot.
From December 20, 2019 to April 24, 2020, Whitney ran in the Libertarian Party primary for President of the United States.. He dropped out to endorse the candidacy of Jim Gray.