 In 2014, he served as a Fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.After doing commentaries and freelance reporting for NPR's "All Things Considered" and American Public Media's "Marketplace", Bleyer began his television writing career as a writer and producer for "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher" from 1996 to 2002.He then wrote for the critically acclaimed Bravo series "Significant Others" and created and executive produced the Showtime pilot "Nightly," in which he was also featured as an on-air correspondent.