| David Bender is the host of Ring of Fire with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Mike Papantonio. Previously he was the host of "Politically Direct" on Air America and appeared regularly as Rachel Maddow's "political guru" on The Rachel Maddow Show.
Bender became an aide to the legendary liberal activist Allard K. Lowenstein, the former New York congressman who was also a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement and later in the anti-Vietnam War movement.
David Bender has also been deeply involved in both the television and music industries, serving first as a senior executive in the production company of musician Stephen Stills and later, as vice president of Tom and Roseanne Arnold's television production unit. After Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, Bender was asked to become the Democratic National Committee's liaison to the entertainment industry. When the late John Kennedy launched George magazine in 1995, he chose David Bender as its first West Coast contributing editor.
In 2003, David Bender returned to politics as a senior advisor in the presidential campaign of Vermont Governor Howard Dean before joining Air America Radio as its political director during the 2004 election.
David Bender is also the author or co-author of four books, including "Stand and Be Counted," a chronicle of artist activism in the music industry written with musician David Crosby.
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