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William Russell "Willie" Geist (born May 3, 1975) is an American television personality. He is co-anchor of MSNBC’s ''Morning Joe'', and co-anchor of NBC's ''Today's Take'' the third hour of The ''Today Show''. Geist serves as a fill-in anchor on the ''Today Show'' for Matt Lauer, Carson Daly, Natalie Morales, Weekend Today and weekend editions of NBC Nightly News. Geist also is a Correspondent for NBC News and NBC Sports, hosting NBC's Olympic coverage. Geist is the co-author of ''The New York Times'' bestselling book ''Good Talk, Dad'', written in 2014 with his father Bill Geist.〔http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bill-geist/good-talk-dad/9781455547227/〕 Geist also is the author of ''The New York Times'' bestseller ''American Freak Show'', released on October 12, 2010, and of ''Loaded! Become a Millionaire Overnight and Lose 20 Pounds in 2 Weeks or Your Money Back!'', a satire of the popular self-help genre, released on May 10, 2011. ==Personal life== Geist was born in Evanston, Illinois, to author, columnist, and current CBS News correspondent Bill Geist and social worker Jody Geist. He attended Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he was captain of the football and basketball teams. He later went on to graduate from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. While at Vanderbilt, he was an editor of the university's official student newspaper, ''The Vanderbilt Hustler''.〔 〕 On May 24, 2003, Geist married his high-school sweetheart, Christina Sharkey, in Humacao, Puerto Rico.〔 〕 The couple has a daughter, Lucie Joy Geist (b. June 14, 2007), and a son, George William Geist (July 8, 2009). Geist is the older brother of Libby Wildes, the Peabody Award-winning documentary film producer (''Crazy Love'', ''Black Magic'', ''Ring of Fire''), who is married to Kevin Wildes of ESPN, "Mr. Half Baked Ideas." Geist is the great-grandson of Herbie Lewis, who captained the Detroit Red Wings to two Stanley Cups and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame.〔https://twitter.com/WillieGeist/status/512406290950549504?s=17〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willie Geist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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