How To Academy: Andy Cohen

Presented by How To Academy About the Event: As the architect of the Real Housewives franchise and the face of Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen has spent two decades at the center of American pop culture. He’ll be in conversation about how it all happened: the reunions, the feuds, the moments that broke the internet before anyone knew what that meant. From a camera crew in Orange County to BravoCon filling arenas, Cohen will trace the unlikely rise of a network that rewrote the rules of reality television and made stars out of people nobody saw coming. He’ll share stories never told publicly, drawn from twenty years of photographs taken on everything from a digital camera to a BlackBerry to every iPhone model ever made. Funny, indiscreet, and utterly without apology, come and spend an evening with the man who was there for all of it. About the Speaker: Andy Cohen is an Emmy Award–winning host, producer, and bestselling author, best known as the host and executive producer of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. In his ten years as an executive at Bravo, Cohen was responsible for a dynamic slate of unscripted series and specials including Top Chef and The Real Housewives franchises, among many more. He also has two personally curated channels on SiriusXM, Radio Andy and Andy Cohen’s Kiki Lounge, as well as his own book imprint, Andy Cohen Books. Cohen is a recipient of the Vito Russo Award by GLAAD. Born in St. Louis, Cohen resides in New York City with his son, Benjamin, and daughter, Lucy. About the Interlocutor: Lukas Thimm is the creator and host of So Many Issues with Lukas, a next-generation late-night show. He previously co-hosted Verizon Media’s daily talk show BUILD Brunch, worked on The Problem with Jon Stewart, and assisted Andy Cohen on two books. He has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, Mediaite, and the New York Post.