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Saagar Enjeti
Enjeti in 2020
Born (1992-04-21) April 21, 1992 (age 31)
Alma materGeorge Washington University (BA)
Georgetown University (MA)
Occupation(s)Journalist and political commentator
Political partyRepublican[1][failed verification]
MovementRight-wing populism[1]
Welfare conservatism[1]

Saagar Enjeti (born April 21, 1992) is an American journalist,[2] podcast host, and political commentator currently hosting the American political news and opinion series Breaking Points.

Early life and education[edit]

Enjeti born on April 21, 1992 to an immigrant Indian family,[3] and was raised in College Station, Texas. His parents are Prasad Enjeti and Radhika Viruru, both professors at Texas A&M University.[4] He graduated from George Washington University in 2014 where he majored in economics.[5] In 2018, he received a masters in security policy from Georgetown University.[6]

Career[edit]

Enjeti served as a media fellow for the Hudson Institute, specializing in government and politics, international relations, and technology & Applied Sciences.[7] He co-hosted the podcast The Realignment with Marshall Kosloff.[8] He currently serves as a Tony Blankley fellow at the Steamboat Institute.[9]

Enjeti worked at The Daily Caller[10] as it White House Correspondent.[11]

He co-hosted Rising with Krystal Ball and wrote for The Hill from 2019 to 2021.[12]

In 2021, Enjeti and Ball left Rising to start their own show called Breaking Points.[13] That show became the number one political podcast one week after launching[14] and reached one million subscribers on YouTube in 2023.

Bibliography[edit]

  • The Populist's Guide to 2020, with Krystal Ball[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Purushothaman, Karthik (February 18, 2021). "The American 'Populist Right' After Trump". The Wire.
  2. ^ "Saagar Enjeti [Linkedin]". Linkedin. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "Saajar Enjeti". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Mills, Curt (July 10, 2020). "Saagar Enjeti Rising". The American Conservative.
  5. ^ "Saagar Enjeti". The Steamboat Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "The future of media: Moving beyond bias and partisanship". The Washington Examiner. April 9, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "Saagar Enjet". The Hudson Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "Hudson Announces Launch of New Podcast and Media Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "Tony Blankly Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  10. ^ Jack Butler. "Saagar Enjeti's Superficial Smarts", nationalreview.com, 2 October 2020.
  11. ^ Newport, Cal (June 15, 2022). "The Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class". newyorker.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "Saagar Enjeti former employee of The Hill", thehill.com, retrieved 4 Augusti 2023.
  13. ^ Cockburn (June 2021). "The fall of Rising". Spectator World. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  14. ^ Berkowitz, Joe. "Why 'Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar' became the number-one political podcast in a week". Fast Company.
  15. ^ Dustin Guastella. "The Populist Pundits", jacobin.com, 23 February 2023.

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