Anna Khachiyan

Anna Khachiyan (born August 23, 1985)[1][2] is a Russian-American cultural critic, writer, and co-host of the podcast Red Scare based in New York City.[3][4][5][6]

Anna Khachiyan
Born (1985-08-23) 23 August 1985
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
  • Russia
  • United States
Alma materRutgers University
New York University
Occupation
  • Writer
  • podcaster
Years active2018–present

Early life

Khachiyan was born in Moscow, USSR. In 1989, she emigrated to the United States with her parents, who raised her in New Jersey. She is the daughter of the late Soviet mathematician and Rutgers University professor Leonid Khachiyan and Olga Pischikova Reynberg,[7] and is of Armenian and Jewish descent.[2]

Khachiyan received the Patrick J. Quigley memorial scholarship from Rutgers University in 2006, studying Economics and Art History and graduating with honors.[8] She went on to pursue a master's degree in Art History at New York University,[9] as well as a PhD in Soviet Architecture, before dropping out.[3]

Before Red Scare, Khachiyan worked odd jobs as a restaurant hostess,[10] illustrator[11] and actress.[12]

Career

On March 29, 2018, Khachiyan started the cultural commentary podcast Red Scare, with co-host and actress Dasha Nekrasova. The show has been associated with the dirtbag left[13][14][15][16][17] and covers current topics in American culture and politics in both a comedic and serious tone. Khachiyan's commentary and critique of neoliberalism and feminism are heavily influenced by historian Christopher Lasch and literary critic Camille Paglia.[3] She has also been influenced by Mark Fisher,[18] and Michel Houellebecq.[19]

The show has featured guest appearances by several notable writers, artists, social commentators and leftist figures, including Angela Nagle, Vanessa Place, Simon Reynolds, Juliana Huxtable, Ariana Reines, Chapo Trap House's Amber A'Lee Frost, Tulsi Gabbard and Glenn Greenwald, as well as conservative personalities, such as Ross Douthat and Steve Bannon.

Khachiyan has been interviewed by Eric Weinstein and by Bret Easton Ellis on their respective podcasts.[20] She has also appeared on i24 News to discuss Russian-born alleged grifter Anna Delvey[21] and as a speaker as part of Art Toronto's PLATFORM Speak Series.[22]

Personal life

Khachiyan is dating American percussionist and visual artist Eli Keszler.[23]

References
  1. "Red Scare, Don't Care". The Face. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. "Transcript: Anna Khachiyan and Eric Weinstein on The Portal podcast episode 17 – Moses". moses.land.
  3. Malone, Noreen (October 25, 2018). "Red Scare Leans Into Nothing". The Cut. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  4. "Anna Khachiyan Talks the Blue Wave, Kanye West, and 'Vanderpump Rules'". Interview Magazine. 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  5. "Meet the anti-woke left". www.spiked-online.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. Arbuthnot, Leaf (February 7, 2020). "Meet the 'ladies' of Red Scare, the most gleefully offensive podcast on the internet" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  7. ftp://athos.rutgers.edu/cs/Khachiyan/index.html
  8. "Students". arthistory.rutgers.edu.
  9. "Anna Khachiyan | New York University - Academia.edu". nyu.academia.edu.
  10. "DEADLINES AND DIVINE". divinedeadlines.com.
  11. "Untitled (An Oral History of D'Angelo)". www.vice.com.
  12. "An interview with Maja Cule". atractivoquenobello. November 4, 2014.
  13. Bowles, Nellie (2020-02-29). "The Pied Pipers of the Dirtbag Left Want to Lead Everyone to Bernie Sanders". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  14. Marriott, James (December 10, 2019). "Red Scare, the politically incorrect podcast that's wooing liberal millennials" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  15. Spies, Michelle (September 25, 2019). "I Made the Internet Vote to Determine the Worst Fan Base. Here's What I Learned". Vulture.
  16. Sherman, Erik. "The Country Needs To Rethink The College-For-Better-Pay Story". Forbes.
  17. "'Praxis Girl' and how extremely online drama led to a Marxist meme". The Daily Dot. June 26, 2019.
  18. "Art Won't Save Us". Open Space.
  19. "Anna Khachiyan Talks the Blue Wave, Kanye West, and 'Vanderpump Rules'". December 26, 2018.
  20. "The B.E.E. Podcast - 8/16/19 - Anna Khachiyan - GOLD".
  21. "Why Do We Love Grifters? Because We're Secretly Jealous of Them". June 8, 2018.
  22. https://nowtoronto.com/culture/art-and-design/anna-khachiyan-trump-resistance-art/
  23. "6 Feet Apart-Elara.fm".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.