
Will Menaker is a co-host of the podcast Chapo Trap House and his grandfather is Robert Menaker. Robert Menaker worked for Soviet intelligence during World War II.
Will is known through his podcast Chapo Trap House which he hosts along with Matt Christman and Felix Biederman. Amber A'Lee Frost is seen as a recurring co-host in the podcast.
The podcast was founded on March 16 and is produced by Chris Wade. Brendan James formerly produced it.
Chapo Trap House is a political podcast related to dirtbag left-style or left-wing politics. The podcast's creator published the Chapo Guide to Revolution book in August 2018.
Will Menaker Grandfather Was Robert Menaker
Robert Menaker was the Grandfather Of Chapo Trap House Host Will Menaker.
Robert was an explorer by profession who also worked for soviet intelligence in World War II. He was born in Passaic, New Jersey. He was the son of his parents, who were Russian Jewish immigrants. His grandfather was named after the utopian socialist Robert Owen.
He used to work at the Midland Export Corporation of New York City. He went to Chile in 1944 and 1945 to represent Midland Export.
During his trip to Chile, he met Christian Casanova Subercaseaux, a Chilean diplomat. Michael Burd, his employer, and Christian Casanova Subercaseaux were Soviet intelligence agents.
Robert began to work with Soviet intelligence. A Venona's transcript shared that Laurence Duggan, one of the intelligence, would go to Chile instead of Robert or might even do unspecified work with him.
One of the decrypts showed that there was instruction about Menaker's salary that he would be paid thirty thousand dollars. Later, he cooperated with the FBI to some extent in the 1950s. But Robert has not shared about what he did in Mexico and what he told to FBI to his sons and family.
Robert got married to his wife, Mary Grace Menaker.
He had two sons, Daniel Menaker and Michael Menaker. One of his sons, Daniel, was an author but passed away in 2020. Menaker passed away in 1988 at the age of 84 in a hospital.
Will Menaker Family Background And Children
Will Menaker is seen occasionally sharing about his parents and family on his social media platforms.
Will was born to his parents, Daniel Menaker and Katherine Bouton. He has a sister Elizabeth Menaker as his sibling.
He was close to his dad and mom. His dad Daniel was a fiction writer and editor.
Daniel used to work with the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton. Similarly, he also worked as a consultant for Barnes & Noble Bookstores.
His dad went to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and studied philosophy and poetry. He attended Johns Hopkins University and gained a master's degree in English.
David married his wife Katherine Bouton in 1980. His father passed away during his battle with pancreatic cancer on October 26, 2020. He peacefully passed away at his home in New Marlborough, Massachusetts.
David worked with The New Yorker as their fiction editor for twenty years. He was hired to work at Randon House as Senior Literary Editor in 1995. He later got the opportunity to work as Executive Editor-in-Chief.
In 2008, he was seen working as the host of a show called Title page.
Will was devastated by his father's demise and shared his photos on his Instagram account about his passing away and the hard times.
He has kept his dad in his heart and remembers him now and then. His mother, Katherine, is active on Instagram and has two dogs, Ollie and Maxie.
She is also seen sharing pictures of Will with her dog Ollie on her Instagram. His sister Elizabeth is also on Instagram as @lizimenaker, but her account is private.
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