Anna Khachiyan

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]

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]

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