Saagar Enjeti (born April 21, 1992) is an American journalist, podcast host and political commentator currently co-hosting the American political news and opinion series Breaking Points.
Saagar Enjeti | |
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 Enjeti in 2020 | |
| Born | April 21, 1992 |
| Alma mater | George Washington University (BA) Georgetown University (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and political commentator |
| Movement | Right-wing populism[1] Welfare conservatism[1] |
Early life and education
editEnjeti born on April 21, 1992, to an immigrant Indian family, and was raised in College Station, Texas.[2] His parents are Prasad Enjeti and Radhika Viruru, both professors at Texas A&M University.[3] He graduated from George Washington University in 2014 where he majored in economics and in 2018, he received a masters in security policy from Georgetown University.[4] He was married in 2024.
Career
editEnjeti served as a media fellow for the Hudson Institute, where he co-hosted the podcast The Realignment with Marshall Kosloff.[3][4][5] He also served as a Tony Blankley fellow at the Steamboat Institute.[4][6]
Enjeti worked at The Daily Caller as its White House Correspondent.[3][4][7]
He co-hosted Rising with Krystal Ball and wrote for The Hill from 2019 to 2021.[7][8][9] The pair co-wrote the book The Populist's Guide to 2020 which focused on left and right populism in America.[3][10][11]
In 2021, Enjeti and Ball left Rising to start their own show called Breaking Points.[7][8] That show became the number one political podcast one week after launching and reached one million subscribers on YouTube in 2023.[12]
Bibliography
edit- The Populist's Guide to 2020, with Krystal Ball[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Purushothaman, Karthik (February 18, 2021). "The American 'Populist Right' After Trump". The Wire.
- ^ Staff (April 21, 2020). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Saagar Enjeti, host of 'Rising' at The Hill TV". Politico. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Mills, Curt (July 10, 2020). "Saagar Enjeti Rising". The American Conservative.
- ^ a b c d "The future of media: Moving beyond bias and partisanship". The Washington Examiner. April 9, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "Hudson Announces Launch of New Podcast and Media Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "Tony Blankly Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c Newport, Cal (June 15, 2022). "The Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class". newyorker.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ a b Cockburn (June 2021). "The fall of Rising". Spectator World. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "Saagar Enjeti former employee of The Hill", thehill.com, retrieved 4 Augusti 2023.
- ^ a b Dustin Guastella. "The Populist Pundits", jacobin.com, 23 February 2023.
- ^ Hoonhout, Tobias (April 16, 2020). "Progressive Populism's Dashed Hopes". National Review. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Berkowitz, Joe. "Why 'Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar' became the number-one political podcast in a week". Fast Company.