Ana Kasparian has co-hosted the news and commentary program "The Young Turks" since 2012. She joined TYT as a two-week producer in 2007, and basically refused to leave. We have a couple things in common: we graduated from Cal State Northridge with a Bachelor's in journalism (she in 2007, I in 2001) and have returned to teach at CSUN. And we also worked at KNX news radio in Los Angeles. I was a weekend writer there during college, and Ana was a producer right out of university. Ana went on to earn her Master's degree in political science. We talk about developing her rebel streak at a young age, how in high school she would beat college kids in debate, how Barbara Walters inspired her to get into journalism, how the Armenian Genocide affected her family, and why she eloped! https://twitter.com/anakasparian https://www.instagram.com/anakasparianofficial/ http://www.anakasparian.com/ https://tyt.com/ https://www.youtube.com/theyoungturks ••• You can hear The News Bender Podcast host Aron Bender on The Tim Conway Jr Show weeknights 6-10 on KFI AM 640. https://twitter.com/aronbender https://www.instagram.com/aronbender ••• Support The News Bender Podcast by supporting our sponsors: Don Francisco's Coffee https://www.donfranciscos.com/shop Realtor Missak Tokhmanian 323-627-8302 [email protected] CA DRE #02037370 Alert Drops Fast Acting Wake-Up Aid https://www.alertdrops.com/ use promo code RADIO for 10% off! ••• Jingle courtesy of Bradley & Jammie Hampton [email protected]