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 | Left-wing populism [1] Welfare Liberalism [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 .
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.
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]
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