[1] Dominick was born in Syracuse, New York, and started performing in public during high school, where he would emcee talent shows and read morning announcements over the public-address system.
Dominick has warmed up audiences for CNBC's Mad Money and is frequently the opening act for comedian Artie Lange.
[citation needed] About a month after being on air with Comedy by Request in 2006, Dominick was approached by Sirius to host an additional show, Getting Late with Pete Dominick, also on Raw Dog, which featured pre-taped interviews with notable celebrities and comedians such as Dave Attell, Robert Schimmel, Steven Wright and Louis CK.
[7][8] On February 21, 2008, Dominick began hosting the political talk show Pete's Big Mouth on the now-defunct Sirius channel Indie Talk, which had launched two weeks earlier,[9] along with Sean Bertollo (executive producer), Aaron Hodges (co-producer), and Alexandra Di Trolio (co-producer).
[10] The three-hour program was broadcast live weekdays from 3:00 to 6:00 PM Eastern and explored political and current events relevant to the United States, consistent with the motto of the P.O.T.U.S.
On this new channel and slot, the show has continued to spend a lot of time on politics but has also had more freedom to branch out into other topics, including religion, race, energy, education policy, veterans' issues, and parenting, among others.
with Pete Dominick include Michael Scheuer, former CIA analyst; Tim Wise, prominent anti-racist activist and writer; David Kilcullen, former senior counterinsurgency advisor to General David Petraeus; Evan Wolfson, civil rights attorney and advocate; Ann Coulter, social and political commentator, columnist, and author; Jesse Ventura, former governor of Minnesota; Kashif Hasnie, RAND fellow and expert on issues pertaining to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and many others.
With Pete Dominick, freely admitting that he brings personal bias to the show, and a strong opinion on certain issues (e.g., gay marriage).
Dominick attended and graduated from SUNY Cobleskill, where he spent his time playing lacrosse, announcing basketball games, and working as a resident assistant.