Sopan Deb

Deb has also worked as a stand up comedian. He appeared as a guest on The Special Without Brett Davis in 2018.

In 2017, Deb began working as a cultural reporter for the New York Times. In 2018, he interviewed the cast of Arrested Development; during the interview, actress Jessica Walter claimed that costar Jeffrey Tambor had verbally abused her during filming.

Deb's first job was as a reporter for State House News Service in Massachusetts. Over the years, he has worked at The Boston Globe, NBC News and Al Jazeera. In 2015, he began working for CBS News where he covered the campaigns of Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul and Donald Trump. While covering a March 2016 presidential campaign rally for Trump at the University of Illinois at Chicago (which Trump ultimately cancelled in face of large protests), Deb was arrested by police and charged with resisting arrest. Police dropped the charges after footage aired depicting the incident, showing Deb had not resisted arrest.

Sopan Deb (born March 15, 1988) is an American journalist who works as a culture reporter for The New York Times.

Deb was born March 15, 1988 in Massachusetts to a Hindu Indian family of Bengali origin. His family moved to New Jersey when he was 3 years old. He attended Howell High School in New Jersey. In 2010, he graduated from Boston University with a degree in broadcast journalism.