John Weisbarth
John Weisbarth is an American TV host, best known for co-hosting the 2014-launched fyi channel reality show Tiny House Nation with fellow tiny-house movement advocate Zack Giffin, where the two design or help creatively troubleshoot, re-design, and get the little projects featured on the show finished. In 2015 Weisbarth narrated another fyi show related to tiny homes called Tiny House World. In a 2017 interview, Weisbarth said that he himself lives with his wife and 4-year-old child in a 1,300 square foot tiny home. He and Giffin currently broadcast the Operation Tiny Home podcast.
Early life
Weisbarth was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but grew up in Coronado, California, the son of a handyman. At age 12 he starred in a film called The Treasure, released only on video. After graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a major in communication and a minor in sports management, Weisbarth continued working for his father's home maintenance business for a while before entering California's local television as a host and producer.Career
After graduating from college and a stint in his father's business, Weisbarth entered local California television as a sportscaster and, later, as a shows producer, which work earned him seven regional Emmy Awards in total. In 2014 he got his major break when he was hired by fyi to co-host Tiny House Nation with carpenter and tiny-house movement advocate Zack Giffin. He continued to co-host the show in 2019 when it moved to fyi's parent network, A&E. The show also started airing on Netflix in August 2019.In 2015, Weisbarth was assigned to host Tiny House World, also on fyi. He, along with Giffin, also became a part of Zillow's Speaker Series.