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.
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| Born | April 21, 1992 | 
| Alma mater | Georgetown University (M.A.) George Washington University (B.A.)  | 
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and political commentator | 
| Political party | Republican[1] | 
| Movement | Right-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
    
- "The American 'Populist Right' After Trump".
 - "Saajar Enjeti". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
 - Mills, Curt (July 10, 2020). "Saagar Enjeti Rising". The American Conservative.
 - "Saagar Enjeti". The Steamboat Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
 - "The future of media: Moving beyond bias and partisanship". The Washington Examiner. April 9, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
 - "Saagar Enjet". The Hudson Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
 - "Hudson Announces Launch of New Podcast and Media Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
 - "Tony Blankly Fellows". Retrieved June 12, 2021.
 - Jack Butler. "Saagar Enjeti's Superficial Smarts", nationalreview.com, 2 October 2020.
 - Brianna Lyman. "WaPo Tries To Attack Saagar Enjeti, Gets Ratio'd Into Oblivion", dailycaller.com, 27 April 2022.
 - "Saagar Enjeti", dailycaller.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
 - "Saagar Enjeti former employee of The Hill", thehill.com, retrieved 4 Augusti 2023.
 - Cockburn (June 2021). "The fall of Rising". Spectator World. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
 - Berkowitz, Joe. "Why 'Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar' became the number-one political podcast in a week". Fast Company.
 - Dustin Guastella. "The Populist Pundits", jacobin.com, 23 February 2023.
 
