Ana Kasparian

About Ana Kasparian

Anahit Misak Kasparian (Armenian: Անահիտ Միսակ Գասպարյան) is an American Independent political commentator, media host, and journalist. She is the main host and a producer of the online news show The Young Turks, having begun working as a fill-in producer for the show in 2007. She also appeared on the television version of the show that aired on Current TV. She formerly hosted The Point on the TYT Network and co-hosted a Jacobin YouTube show, Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila.

Kasparian said she wrote in Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential election, reasoning that it would not matter because she lives in the reliably Democratic-voting California.

Kasparian is of Armenian descent. She is the daughter of Armenian immigrant parents. Her paternal great-grandparents experienced the Armenian genocide first-hand in 1915. She was raised in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles. She grew up speaking Armenian as her first language and started kindergarten without being able to speak a word of English. She has said watching Sesame Street as a child is what helped her to learn English quickly. In November 2015, Kasparian married Minor League Baseball player, model, and actor Christian Lopez.

As of December 2024, she has amassed 233 thousand Instagram followers, and to you 602 thousand followers on X.