About Willie Geist
William Russell Geist (born May 3, 1975) is an American television personality and journalist. He is co-anchor of MS NOW's Morning Joe and anchor of Sunday Today with Willie Geist. Geist also frequently serves as a fill-in anchor on both the 7-9 a.m. and 10 a.m. hours of Today. Geist is a correspondent for NBC News and NBC Sports, hosting and contributing to NBC's Olympic coverage. Geist has hosted the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks and Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting on NBC. Geist is the author or co-author of two books that have appeared on The New York Times bestseller list: Good Talk, Dad—written in 2014 with his father Bill Geist—and American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories of Our New National Treasures, released in 2010. His third book, the self-help satire Loaded! Become a Millionaire Overnight and Lose 20 Pounds in 2 Weeks or Your Money Back!, was released in 2011. On January 22, 2025, Geist hosted the first Sunday Sitdown LIVE at New York's City Winery, interviewing comedian Nate Bargatze in front of a sold-out crowd that traveled from across the country. In 2012, Geist became an official co-host of Today and left Way Too Early. Geist graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and French.
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