Saagar Enjeti

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

Saagar Enjeti
Born (1992-04-21) April 21, 1992
Alma materGeorgetown University (M.A.)
George Washington University (B.A.)
Occupation(s)Journalist and political commentator
Political partyRepublican[1]
MovementRight-wing populism[1]
Welfare conservatism[1]

Early life and education

Enjeti born on April 21, 1992 to an immigrant Indian family,[2] and was raised in College Station, Texas. 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.[4] In 2018, he received a masters in security policy from Georgetown University.[5]

Career

Enjeti served as a media fellow for the Hudson Institute, specializing in government and politics, international relations, and technology & Applied Sciences.[6] He co-hosted the podcast The Realignment with Marshall Kosloff.[7] He currently serves as a Tony Blankley fellow at the Steamboat Institute.[8]

Enjeti is a former reporter and White House Correspondent for The Daily Caller.[9][10][11]

He co-hosted Rising with Krystal Ball and wrote for The Hill.[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
  • The Populist's Guide to 2020, with Krystal Ball[15]

References
  1. "The American 'Populist Right' After Trump".
  2. "Saajar Enjeti". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  3. Mills, Curt (July 10, 2020). "Saagar Enjeti Rising". The American Conservative.
  4. "Saagar Enjeti". The Steamboat Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  5. "The future of media: Moving beyond bias and partisanship". The Washington Examiner. April 9, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  6. "Saagar Enjet". The Hudson Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  7. "Hudson Announces Launch of New Podcast and Media Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  8. "Tony Blankly Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  9. Jack Butler. "Saagar Enjeti's Superficial Smarts", nationalreview.com, 2 October 2020.
  10. Brianna Lyman. "WaPo Tries To Attack Saagar Enjeti, Gets Ratio'd Into Oblivion", dailycaller.com, 27 April 2022.
  11. "Saagar Enjeti", dailycaller.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  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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