The editor-in-chief of MentalFloss.com since 2017, Erin McCarthy has been shaping the site’s content for nearly a decade. She hosts The List Show and Throwback on Mental Floss’s YouTube channel and was the executive producer and host of its History Vs. Theodore Roosevelt podcast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband Sean and their two cats, Pearl and Oliver.
Since its founding in a Duke University dorm room in 2001, Mental Floss has reached more than 1 billion readers with its smart, quirky content that answers life’s big questions, uncovers fascinating facts, and finds stories so interesting that readers absolutely must share them. Mental Floss has won four Webby Awards, been nominated for an ASME award, and published multiple books, board games, and fact-of-the-day calendars. The brand reaches more than 19 million users per month across its site, social media accounts, and popular YouTube channel.