Saagar Enjeti

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

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Early life and education

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]

Career

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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References

  1. 1 2 3 Purushothaman, Karthik (February 18, 2021). "The American 'Populist Right' After Trump". The Wire . Archived from the original on February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ Staff (April 21, 2020). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Saagar Enjeti, host of 'Rising' at The Hill TV". Politico. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Mills, Curt (July 10, 2020). "Saagar Enjeti Rising". The American Conservative.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 3 Newport, Cal (June 15, 2022). "The Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class". newyorker.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  8. 1 2 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 August 2023.
  10. 1 2 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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