Anna Khachiyan
American podcaster (born 1985) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anna Leonidovna Khachiyan (Russian: Анна Леонидовна Хачиян; born August 23, 1985)[1][2][3] is an American cultural critic,[4][5] writer,[6] and co-host of the Red Scare podcast with Dasha Nekrasova, based out of New York City.[7][8] She is the daughter of Soviet-American mathematician Leonid Khachiyan.[9]
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| Born | Anna Leonidovna Khachiyan August 23, 1985 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Notable work | Red Scare (since 2018) |
| Partner | Eli Keszler |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | Leonid Khachiyan |
Early life
Khachiyan was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, on August 23, 1985.[2][3] In 1990, she immigrated to the United States with her parents and was raised in New Jersey.[10] Her father is the Soviet mathematician and Rutgers University professor Leonid Khachiyan and her mother is Olga Pischikova Reynberg.[9] She is of Armenian, Russian and Ashkenazi Jewish descent.[11][12]
Khachiyan graduated from South Brunswick High School in 2003.[13] She received the Patrick J. Quigley memorial scholarship from Rutgers University in 2006, studying economics and art history and graduating with honors.[14] She went on to pursue a master's degree in art history at New York University,[15] as well as a PhD in Soviet architecture, completing the former and dropping out of the latter.[7][10]
Before Red Scare, Khachiyan worked odd jobs as a restaurant hostess,[16] illustrator[17] and actress.[18]
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 both the dirtbag left[19][20][21][22] and the new right[23] as well as the subculture surrounding Dimes Square.[24][25][26][27] It 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 social critic Camille Paglia.[7] She has also been influenced by Mark Fisher[6] and Michel Houellebecq.[4]
Khachiyan has been interviewed by Eric Weinstein and by Bret Easton Ellis on their respective podcasts.[28] She has also appeared on i24NEWS to discuss Russian-born convicted fraudster[29][30] Anna Delvey,[31] and as a speaker as part of Art Toronto's PLATFORM Speak Series.[32]
In September 2023, Khachiyan was a panelist in a public debate co-sponsored by The Free Press and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), titled "Has the Sexual Revolution Failed?"[33] She argued alongside Louise Perry facing Sarah Haider and Grimes.
Personal life
Khachiyan is in a relationship with percussionist and visual artist Eli Keszler.[34][35] On the February 13, 2021 episode of The Tim Dillon Show, Khachiyan announced she was eight months pregnant.[36] Their son was born on March 28, 2021.[37]
Khachiyan suffers from adult-onset Still's disease, which she was diagnosed with after contracting COVID-19 in 2021.[38] She had previously questioned the efficacy of vaccines in the efforts to curb COVID-19, describing herself as becoming "an even more conservative Covid truther".[39]
Filmography
| Year | Film/Series | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Why I Fired My Secretary | short, screenplay | |
| 2014 | Facing the Same Direction | Alex | short |
| 2020 | PVT Chat | OWS Commentator | |
| 2021 | The Scary of Sixty-First | Ghislaine Maxwell doppelgänger[40] |
References
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