Doug Stanhope (born March 25, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, author, political activist, and podcast host. His stand up material favors caustic and often obscene observations of life in the style of Bill Hicks and Bill Burr, which he delivers while consuming alcohol. Politically, he favors libertarianism, and once endorsed the Free State Project, a proposed political migration of at least 20,000 libertarians to a single low-population state in order to foster libertarian ideas. He describes himself as pro-choice and pro-drug, and once criticized the use of wild animals for entertainment purposes as well as the fur trade.