Jon Lovett and Ari Schwartz announce engagement

Pod Save America host Jon Lovett is engaged to Ari Schwartz, chief of staff at Crooked Media. The couple announced their engagement on social media over the weekend. They shared a photo of Lovett’s dog, Pundit, with a humorous caption about the news. Lovett and Schwartz started dating in September 2024. Their relationship was made public through Instagram, where they posted pictures from their date at the Minnesota State Fair. Lovett was previously engaged to journalist Ronan Farrow from 2011 to 2023. Jon Lovett founded Crooked Media in 2017 with fellow podcast hosts and former Obama administration staffers Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor. Schwartz joined Crooked Media in 2021 and was promoted to chief of staff in 2023. Before that, she worked on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional campaign in New York.