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 ''Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar'' (or simply ''Breaking Points'') (BP) is an American populist, anti-establishment political news and opinion series created and hosted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti. It was launched in June 2021 by ...

''.

Early life and education

Enjeti born on April 21, 1992 to an immigrant Indian family, and was raised in

College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle. It is northwest of Houston and east-northeast of Austin. As ...

. His parents are Prasad Enjeti and Radhika Viruru, both professors at

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

. He graduated from

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , presi ...

in 2014 where he majored in economics. In 2018, he received a masters in security policy from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

Career

Enjeti served as a media fellow for the

Hudson Institute The Hudson Institute is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Co ...

, specializing in government and politics, international relations, and technology & Applied Sciences. He co-hosted the podcast The Realignment with Marshall Kosloff. He currently serves as a

Tony Blankley Anthony David Blankley (January 21, 1948 – January 7, 2012) was an American political analyst who gained fame as the press secretary for Newt Gingrich, the first Republican Speaker of the House in forty years, and as a regular panelist on ''Th ...

fellow at the Steamboat Institute. Enjeti is a former reporter and White House Correspondent for ''

The Daily Caller ''The Daily Caller'' is a right-wing news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by now-Fox News host Tucker Carlson and political pundit Neil Patel in 2010. Launched as a "conservative answer to ''The Huffington Post''", ...

''. He co-hosted ''

Rising Rising may refer to: * Rising, a stage in baking - see Proofing (baking technique) *Elevation * Short for Uprising, a rebellion Film and TV * "Rising" (''Stargate Atlantis''), the series premiere of the science fiction television program ''Starga ...

'' with

Krystal Ball Krystal Marie Ball (born November 24, 1981) is an American political commentator and media host. She was previously a political candidate, as well as a television host at MSNBC, a regular contributor to ''The Huffington Post'' and a co-host of ...

and wrote for ''

The Hill ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

'' from 2019 to 2021. In 2021, Enjeti and Ball left ''Rising'' to start their own show called ''

''. That show became the number one political podcast one week after launching and reached one million subscribers on YouTube in 2023.

Bibliography

* ''The Populist's Guide to 2020'', with Krystal BallDustin Guastella.
The Populist Pundits
, jacobin.com, 23 February 2023.

References

External links

* * {{authority control Political journalists 1992 births Georgetown University alumni George Washington University alumni People from College Station, Texas Living people American journalists of Asian descent American male writers of Indian descent