Ana Kasparian
Ana Kasparian | |
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| Born | Anahit Kasparian July 7, 1986 Los Angeles |
| Occupation(s) | Radio Talk Show Producer and Entertainment Correspondent |
| Website | http://www.theyoungturks.com/ |
Ana Kasparian (born July 7, 1986 Los Angeles) is the American producer and co-host of the liberal talk radio show The Young Turks.
Early Life and Education
Ana graduated from California State University, Northridge in 2007 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. She is currently working on a Masters in Political Science. Currently dating Anthony Pace, of Lawrence, Kansas [1]
Career
Young Turks
Ana currently works as a producer and as a co-host of the third hour on the liberal talk radio show The Young Turks. The show currently airs on a number of places, including the morning drive on XM Satellite Radio's Talk Left, channel 167. Aside from airing on the radio, TYT has also made several online partnerships with media groups such as AOL News, TidalTV, and YouTube. The show's YouTube channel gets an average of 5 million hits per month.
Ana Kasparian is known mainly for her discussion of Pop Culture and international stories in the news. She also occasionally weighs in on political subjects on the show, and in her blogs. Ana tends to criticize absurd celebrities in the media, and one of her better known biting criticisms on TYT involves Kim Kardashian and Kim's "fat thighs". There has been an ongoing feud between the two, referenced by the public media as "The Dueling Armenians", from the French "Les Arméniens en Duel". Ana also appeared on, "The Howard Stern Show", where she won a, "farting competition".
General Media Career
In addition to her work on the show Ana has worked with several media partners such as AOL News, YouTube, and TidalTv. Ana is also an entertainment correspondent for the show.[2] Ana began working with The Young Turks in April 2007. Prior to her position on The Young Turks Show, she worked for a CBS radio affiliate KNX 1070 in Los Angeles doing production work and news writing, and also worked for On Point.