Anna Khachiyan

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Anna Khachiyan
Born (1985-08-23) August 23, 1985 (age 36)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
  • Russia
  • United States
Alma materRutgers University
New York University
Occupation
  • Writer
  • podcaster
Years active2018–present
Children1
Parent(s)

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]

Early life[]

Khachiyan was born in Moscow, USSR. In 1989, she immigrated to the United States with her parents and was raised in New Jersey. She is the daughter of the Soviet mathematician and Rutgers University professor Leonid Khachiyan and Olga Pischikova Reynberg.[7] She is of Armenian and Jewish descent.[2][8]

Khachiyan received the Patrick J. Quigley memorial scholarship from Rutgers University in 2006, studying Economics and Art History and graduating with honors.[9] She went on to pursue a master's degree in Art History at New York University,[10] as well as a PhD in Soviet Architecture, but dropped out.[3]

Before Red Scare, Khachiyan worked odd jobs as a restaurant hostess,[11] illustrator[12] and actress.[13]

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[14][15][16][17][18] 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,[19] and Michel Houellebecq.[20]

Khachiyan has been interviewed by Eric Weinstein and by Bret Easton Ellis on their respective podcasts.[21] She has also appeared on i24 News to discuss Russian-born convicted fraudster[22][23] Anna Delvey[24] and as a speaker as part of Art Toronto's PLATFORM Speak Series.[25]

Personal life[]

Khachiyan is dating American percussionist and visual artist Eli Keszler.[26] On the February 13, 2021 episode of The Tim Dillon Show, Khachiyan announced she was eight months pregnant.[27] Her son was born on March 28, 2021.[28]

Filmography[]

Year Film/Series Role Notes
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[29]

References[]

  1. ^ "Red Scare, Don't Care". The Face. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Transcript: Anna Khachiyan and Eric Weinstein on The Portal podcast episode 17 – Moses". moses.land.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  7. ^ ftp://athos.rutgers.edu/cs/Khachiyan/index.html
  8. ^ Khachiyan, Anna [@annakhachiyan] (July 12, 2019). "@PodAwfulPodcast Lol I've never been caught lying and yes I am Jewish I just didn't want to be needlessly catty!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Students". arthistory.rutgers.edu.
  10. ^ "Anna Khachiyan | New York University - Academia.edu". nyu.academia.edu.
  11. ^ "DEADLINES AND DIVINE". divinedeadlines.com.
  12. ^ "Untitled (An Oral History of D'Angelo)". www.vice.com.
  13. ^ "An interview with Maja Cule". atractivoquenobello. November 4, 2014.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Marriott, James (December 10, 2019). "Red Scare, the politically incorrect podcast that's wooing liberal millennials" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  16. ^ Spies, Michelle (September 25, 2019). "I Made the Internet Vote to Determine the Worst Fan Base. Here's What I Learned". Vulture.
  17. ^ Sherman, Erik. "The Country Needs To Rethink The College-For-Better-Pay Story". Forbes.
  18. ^ "'Praxis Girl' and how extremely online drama led to a Marxist meme". The Daily Dot. June 26, 2019.
  19. ^ "Art Won't Save Us". Open Space. 19 March 2018.
  20. ^ "Anna Khachiyan Talks the Blue Wave, Kanye West, and 'Vanderpump Rules'". December 26, 2018.
  21. ^ "The B.E.E. Podcast - 8/16/19 - Anna Khachiyan - GOLD".
  22. ^ Ransom, Jan; Palmer, Emily (April 25, 2019). "Fake Heiress Who Swindled N.Y.'s Elite Is Found Guilty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  23. ^ Pullman, Laura (March 7, 2021). "'Fake Heiress' Anna Delvey on her time in prison and what she'll do next". The Times of London. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  24. ^ Holmes, Helen (June 8, 2018). "Why Do We Love Grifters? Because We're Secretly Jealous of Them". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018.
  25. ^ Heather, Rosemary (October 23, 2018). "Why Trump is able to neutralize #Resistance art". NOW Magazine. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021.
  26. ^ "6 Feet Apart-Elara.fm".
  27. ^ "#239 - Anna Khachiyan | The Tim Dillon Show" – via www.youtube.com.
  28. ^ Khachiyan, Anna (April 1, 2021). "@annakhachiyan Instagram profile". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  29. ^ "'The Scary of Sixty-First' Review: An Unforgettable 'Eyes Wide Shut' Revision for the QAnon Age". 2 March 2021.
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