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Saagar Enjeti

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Saagar Enjeti
Enjeti in 2020
Born (1992-04-21) April 21, 1992 (age 32)
Alma materGeorge Washington University (BA)
Georgetown University (MA)
Occupation(s)Journalist and political commentator
MovementRight-wing populism[1]
Welfare conservatism[1]

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.

Early life and education

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Enjeti 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

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Enjeti 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

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  • The Populist's Guide to 2020, with Krystal Ball[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Purushothaman, Karthik (February 18, 2021). "The American 'Populist Right' After Trump". The Wire.
  2. ^ Staff (April 21, 2020). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Saagar Enjeti, host of 'Rising' at The Hill TV". Politico. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Mills, Curt (July 10, 2020). "Saagar Enjeti Rising". The American Conservative.
  4. ^ a b c d "The future of media: Moving beyond bias and partisanship". The Washington Examiner. April 9, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "Hudson Announces Launch of New Podcast and Media Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Tony Blankly Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Newport, Cal (June 15, 2022). "The Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class". newyorker.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Cockburn (June 2021). "The fall of Rising". Spectator World. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "Saagar Enjeti former employee of The Hill", thehill.com, retrieved 4 Augusti 2023.
  10. ^ a b Dustin Guastella. "The Populist Pundits", jacobin.com, 23 February 2023.
  11. ^ Hoonhout, Tobias (April 16, 2020). "Progressive Populism's Dashed Hopes". National Review. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  12. ^ Berkowitz, Joe. "Why 'Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar' became the number-one political podcast in a week". Fast Company.
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