Georgia Hardstark

Georgia Hardstark (born June 8, 1980)[1] is an American television host and podcast personality. She is the co-host of the true crime - comedy podcast My Favorite Murder along with comedian Karen Kilgariff. In 2018, Hardstark and Kilgariff co-founded the Exactly Right podcast network.[2][3]

Georgia Hardstark
Hardstark at the 2015 Taste Awards
Born
Georgia Hardstark

(1980-06-08) June 8, 1980
Irvine, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Vince Averill
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(m. 2016)​
Culinary career

Hardstark initially achieved notoriety while collaborating with Alie Ward on Cooking Channel programs Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia,[4] Unique Sweets,[5] and Classy Ladies,[6] as well as the Feral Audio podcast Slumber Party with Alie & Georgia.[7]

Early career
Hardstark and Ward in 2016

Hardstark's credits include a Cooking Channel series co-starring Alie Ward, Drinks with Alie and Georgia, Unique Sweets, and the web series Classy Ladies with Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark. They also cast the travel series Tripping Out with Alie and Georgia and Food's Greatest Hits.

In October 2016, her book with Ward, Vintage Cocktails with a Twist: 75 Traditional and Reinvented Drinks, was released by Page Street Publishing.

Hardstark cohosted a podcast with Ward called Slumber Party with Alie & Georgia, through Feral Audio. In 2016, the series began airing on Fullscreen. The last episode was posted on January 18, 2017. The pair have not formally acknowledged the end of the show nor the seemingly abrupt end to their partnership.

Before fame, Hardstark was a full-time receptionist and would food blog while on the job. She and Ward were discovered after making a comedy video about creating a McNuggetini.[8] The viral video received extensive media coverage.

Current work

In 2016, Georgia and Karen Kilgariff co-created the podcast My Favorite Murder.[9]

Beginning in May 2016, it achieved very high ratings on the iTunes comedy podcast rankings, appearing as high as number one.[10] As of August 8, 2017, it was ranked #3 on the iTunes comedy charts.[11] In its 2016 year-end issue, Entertainment Weekly ranked it the second best podcast of the year.[12] The show was broadcast on the Feral Audio[13] network until September 2017, when it moved to Midroll Media.[14] In 2018, Hardstark and Kilgariff co-founded the podcast network Exactly Right, which now produces their podcast along with several others.[15]

A joint memoir by Hardstark and Kilgariff, titled Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered, was released on May 28, 2019.[16][17]

Personal life

In 2016, she married comedian Vince Averill, best known for his podcast We Watch Wrestling. The couple resides in California along with their two cats, Mimi and Dottie. Hardstark considered having children, but decided against it, as she has said on the My Favorite Murder podcast.

References
  1. "Georgia Miriam Hardstark, Born 06/08/1980 in California - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  2. MCDONELL-PARRY, AMELIA (November 28, 2018). "'My Favorite Murder' Hosts Launch Podcast Network". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  3. Quah, Nicholas (August 15, 2018). "My Favorite Murder's Creators Are Launching a Podcast Network". vulture.com. Vulture. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  4. Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia, retrieved November 13, 2017
  5. Unique Sweets, retrieved November 13, 2017
  6. Classy Ladies, retrieved November 13, 2017
  7. Audio, Feral. "Slumber Party with Alie & Georgia". Feral Audio. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  8. Alie and Georgia Present: The McNuggetini (Video). Los Angeles: Cooking Channel. October 19, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  9. Audio, Feral. "My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark". Feral Audio. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  10. Writer, Shira Hirschman Weiss; Blogger; County, Regular contributor to local newspapers in Bergen; blogger, Beauty; Philosopher, Reality TV (July 21, 2016). "Summer's Surprising Hit Podcast: My Favorite Murder". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  11. "iTunesCharts.net: US Comedy Podcasts Top 40 Chart". www.itunescharts.net. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  12. "The 10 Best Podcasts of 2016". EW.com. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  13. "My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark Archives". Feral Audio. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016.
  14. "MIDROLL MEDIA ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAMMING AND CONTENT DEALS". midroll.com. Midroll Media. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  15. www.vulture.com https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/my-favorite-murder-podcast-network-exactly-right-stitcher.html. Retrieved January 19, 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. Penn, Farrah. "The Hosts Of "My Favorite Murder" Are Writing A Book That Will Be Released Next Year". BuzzFeed. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  17. www.vulture.com https://www.vulture.com/2018/09/my-favorite-murder-book-excerpt.html. Retrieved January 19, 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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