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'''''Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar''''' (or simply '''''Breaking Points''''') is an American political news and opinion series created and hosted by ] and ]. It was launched in June 2021 by Ball and Enjeti, both former hosts of '']''{{'}}s '']'' web series. They publish an audio-only podcast and the video program is available on ], ] and ]. Its format includes one anchor representative of the political left (Ball) and one right-of-center anchor (Enjeti), who provide news and commentary with a populist view from divergent sides of the political spectrum.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fischer|first1=Sara |last2=King| first2=Hope| title=Corporate Media Backlash Fuels New Upstarts | url=https://www.axios.com/2021/07/06/corporate-media-backlash-upstarts|date=July 6, 2021 | access-date=July 7, 2021 | website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author = "Cockburn" | date = June 1, 2021 | title=The fall of Rising |work =The Spectator World | url=https://spectator.us/topic/rising-hill-krystal-ball-saagar-enjeti/ | access-date=June 7, 2021}}</ref>{{better source|date = August 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Balu|first1=Aaryan |title=Meeting Krystal Ball | url= https://virginiapolitics.org/interviews/2020/11/27/yc0xcyyxa5rwoyrfnhpv0xvr8f1cqj|date= December 6, 2020 | access-date=January 31, 2024 | website=] |language=en}}</ref> '''''Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar''''' (or simply '''''Breaking Points''''') is an American political news and opinion series created and hosted by ] and ]. It was launched in June 2021 by Ball and Enjeti, both former hosts of '']''{{'}}s '']'' web series. They publish an audio-only podcast, and the video program is available on ], ], and ]. Its format includes one ] anchor (Ball) and one ] anchor (Enjeti), who provides news and commentary from an independent platform, separate from the mainstream media.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |date=2022-06-15 |title=The Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class |last=Newport |first=Cal |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-rise-of-the-internets-creative-middle-class |access-date=2022-06-16 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Fischer|first1=Sara |last2=King| first2=Hope| title=Corporate Media Backlash Fuels New Upstarts | url=https://www.axios.com/2021/07/06/corporate-media-backlash-upstarts|date=July 6, 2021 | access-date=July 7, 2021 | website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=thewire>{{cite news|first=Karthik|last=Purushothaman|title=The American 'Populist Right' After Trump|url=https://thewire.in/external-affairs/american-populist-right-trump-saagar-enjeti-review/|work=The Wire|date=18 February 2021}}</ref>


== Format == == Format ==
''Breaking Points'' features commentary and analysis of political news and current events, in-studio interviews with journalists, politicians, and other political or cultural figures.<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Berkowitz |first1=Joe |title=Why 'Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar' Became the No. 1 Political Podcast in a Week |date=June 12, 2021 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90646413/why-breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar-became-the-number-one-political-podcast-in-a-week |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=Fast Company}}</ref> Ball and Enjeti, the primary hosts, usually publish on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Journalist ] and ] ] co-host a show called ''Counter Points''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blair |first1=Douglas |title=The Mainstream Media Is Dying. Here’s What Will Take Its Place. |url=https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/09/20/the-mainstream-media-is-dying-heres-what-will-take-its-place/ |publisher=Daily Signal |access-date=23 October 2024 |date=September 20, 2022 |quote=Programs such as “Counterpoints,” a new digital talk show hosted by Ryan Grim from The Intercept and Emily Jashinsky from The Federalist...}}</ref> on Wednesdays and Fridays, with the Friday segment hosting political and cultural debates between guests.
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''Breaking Points'' features commentary and analysis of political news and current events, in-studio interviews with journalists, politicians, campaign staff and surrogates, political advisors and strategists, and members of the news media, and occasional live-analysis segments. Krystal and Saagar, the primary hosts, usually publish on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Journalist ] and ] Emily Jashinsky co-host on a show on Wednesdays called ''Counter Points''.


The hosts have editorial control over the shows, which focuses on the look and immediacy of live news broadcasting but with independent, populist messaging.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="semafor">{{cite news |last1=Tani |first1=Max |title=Elite podcasts struggle while the podcast masses thrive |url=https://www.semafor.com/article/05/07/2023/some-elite-podcasters-are-suffering-while-the-podcast-masses-thrive |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=Semafur |date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> Unlike working at ''The Hill'', which required a full-time staff of thirty, ''Breaking Points'' has a small crew of mainly part-time hourly contractors.<ref name=":0"/> The majority of the show's revenue comes from premium subscribers, with some additional revenues from YouTube and podcast ads.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="semafor"/> In 2022, their expenses were said to be around one million dollars a year.<ref name=":0"/>
Ball and Enjeti each produce, write, and deliver a monologue each episode highlighting an important topic in current events. The hosts analyze the topic, usually organized into three or four bullet-points. This is followed by an open discussion with the other host, available to premium subscribers.

== Business model ==
The majority of the show's revenue comes from premium subscribers, with some additional revenues from YouTube and podcast ads.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-15 |title=The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class |last=Newport |first=Cal |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-rise-of-the-internets-creative-middle-class |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> Their expenses are around one million dollars a year.<ref name=":0" />


== History == == History ==
On May 28, 2021, ] and ] announced their departure from ''The Hill's Rising''.<ref name=":1"/><ref name="pod">{{cite news |title=New: Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar |url=https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/new-breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/ |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=Podcast Business Journal |date=June 3, 2021}}</ref> The ''Breaking Points'' program and channel launched at ] on Monday, June 7, 2021, and reached 285,000 channel subscribers by Friday of that week.<ref name="pod"/>
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Ball and Enjeti spoke about the subtle pressure they experienced working under ''The Hill'''s corporate umbrella and their dislike of working in a corporate bureaucracy.<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1"/>
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On May 28, 2021, ] and ] announced their departure from ] '']''. The ''Breaking Points'' program and channel launched at ] on Monday, June 7, 2021, and reached 285,000 channel subscribers by Friday of that week.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Berkowitz |first1=Joe |title=Why ‘Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar’ Became the No. 1 Political Podcast in a Week |date=June 12, 2021 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90646413/why-breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar-became-the-number-one-political-podcast-in-a-week |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=Fast Company |publisher=Fast Company | quote = Together, hosted The Hill’s internet morning show, Rising, for the past two years, grabbing enough viewers to net a book deal just in time for the presidential election... / In late May, announced they were leaving Rising and The Hill to build something of their own. They wanted a well-produced internet morning show (and podcast) unbeholden to any corporate interests, which they view as the ruination of most, if not all, major media ventures.}}</ref>

Ball and Enjeti had spoken about subtle pressure they experienced working under ''The Hill'''s corporate umbrella when choosing topics to cover and the angles used in their coverage there. These anecdotes match their thesis about how power is wielded in Washington;{{OR|date = August 2023}}{{says who|date = August 2023}} with ''Breaking Points'', they sought to free themselves of any such corporate influence.{{fact|date = August 2023}}

At the new venture, they gained complete editorial control over their work.{{fact|date = August 2023}}<ref name=":1" />{{dubious|date = August 2023}}<!--THERE IS NO MENTION OF EDITORIAL CONTROL IN THIS SOURCE. QUOTE THE ARTICLE IN THE CITATION IF YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING, TO RESTORE THIS AS A SOURCE.--> They also lost access to certain resources they enjoyed at ''Rising'', such as a small network of field reporters and regular remote hits with members of Congress from inside the ].{{OR|date = August 2023}}{{fact|date = August 2023}}

As of December 2023, Breaking Points has 1.12 million subscribers on YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breaking Points - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/@breakingpoints |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

== Other personnel ==
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⚫ In September 2022, former ''Rising'' hosts ] and Emily Jashinsky also joined ''Breaking Points,'' at first filling in on as co-hosts and for special coverage as needed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baragona |first1=Justin |title=Two Hosts Exit The Hill's Popular Web Show 'Rising' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ryan-grim-and-emily-jashinsky-exit-the-hills-popular-web-show-rising |access-date=11 November 2022 |work=The Daily Beast |date=1 September 2022}}</ref>{{verification needed|date=August 2023}}<!--WE NEED TO CHECK THE SENTENCE CONTENT TO THE SOURCE, FOR FULL CORRESPONDENCE.--> Grim and Jashinsky now co-anchor their own show, ''Counterpoints'', which airs one to two times a week on the Breaking Points YouTube channel.{{fact|date=August 2023}}

The ''Breaking Points'' YouTube channel occasionally features contributions from a number of other reporters or writers.{{fact|date=August 2023}} The channel also posts cross-over content from other affiliated partners and programs. These have included:{{fact|date=August 2023}}
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*]<!--, ('']'', the podcast ''Working People'') THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR ADVERTS FOR THOSE LISTED; MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY OF PRESENTATION, AND PUT SOURCED SENTENCES ABOVE. OTHERWISE, LEAVE DETAILS ARE ASSUMED AT END OF THE WIKILINKS.-->
*]<!--, author and anti-monopoly advocate SEE COMMENT ABOVE.-->
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*]<!-- (co-host of ''The Realignment'' podcast with Saagar Enjeti) SEE COMMENT ABOVE.-->
*]<!--Utterly irrelevant content here, already covered at the main article on this individual: {{Efn|Kulinski, a "friend of the show" to the hosts for a few years, married Krystal Ball in 2023}} (co-host of ''Krystal Kyle & Friends'' with Krystal Ball)--><!-- In response to "Utterly irrelevant" comment, the reason for mentioning Kulinski is married to Ball is to indicate that he's not an some impartial analyst when/if he appears on the show. Many other married couples who both work in larger media organizations, government, entertainment, etc, have careers which sometimes intersect. The programs themselves should take care to mention those connections and so should wikipedia, so as to highlight everyone's interests that inform their commentary. -->
*]<!-- (51-49 w/ James Li){{what|date = August 2023}} SEE COMMENT ABOVE.-->
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⚫ In September 2022, former ''Rising'' hosts Grim and Jashinsky joined ''Breaking Points.''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baragona |first1=Justin |title=Two Hosts Exit The Hill's Popular Web Show 'Rising' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ryan-grim-and-emily-jashinsky-exit-the-hills-popular-web-show-rising |access-date=11 November 2022 |work=The Daily Beast |date=1 September 2022}}</ref>


== References == == References ==
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American daily news and opinion web series

Podcast
Breaking Points
Presentation
Hosted by
GenrePolitical news and commentary
Format
  • Video
  • audio
LanguageEnglish
Length60 minutes
Publication
Original releaseJune 7, 2021 (2021-06-07) –
present
Related
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers1.35 million
Total views718,392,069
Creator Awards
1,000,000 subscribers2023
Last updated: October 18, 2024

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar (or simply Breaking Points) is an American political news and opinion series created and hosted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti. It was launched in June 2021 by Ball and Enjeti, both former hosts of The Hill's Rising web series. They publish an audio-only podcast, and the video program is available on YouTube, Rumble, and Spotify. Its format includes one left-wing populist anchor (Ball) and one right-wing populist anchor (Enjeti), who provides news and commentary from an independent platform, separate from the mainstream media.

Format

Breaking Points features commentary and analysis of political news and current events, in-studio interviews with journalists, politicians, and other political or cultural figures. Ball and Enjeti, the primary hosts, usually publish on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Journalist Ryan Grim and culture writer Emily Jashinsky co-host a show called Counter Points on Wednesdays and Fridays, with the Friday segment hosting political and cultural debates between guests.

The hosts have editorial control over the shows, which focuses on the look and immediacy of live news broadcasting but with independent, populist messaging. Unlike working at The Hill, which required a full-time staff of thirty, Breaking Points has a small crew of mainly part-time hourly contractors. The majority of the show's revenue comes from premium subscribers, with some additional revenues from YouTube and podcast ads. In 2022, their expenses were said to be around one million dollars a year.

History

On May 28, 2021, Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti announced their departure from The Hill's Rising. The Breaking Points program and channel launched at YouTube on Monday, June 7, 2021, and reached 285,000 channel subscribers by Friday of that week. Ball and Enjeti spoke about the subtle pressure they experienced working under The Hill's corporate umbrella and their dislike of working in a corporate bureaucracy.

In September 2022, former Rising hosts Grim and Jashinsky joined Breaking Points.

References

  1. ^ YouTube Staff; Ball, Krystal & Enjeti, Saagar (December 25, 2023). "Breaking Points—About" (podcast). Washington, DC: Breaking Points, Inc. Retrieved December 25, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "About Breaking Points". YouTube.
  3. Ball, Krystal & Enjeti, Saagar (June 27, 2023). Krystal And Saagar Celebrate 1 Million Subscribers (podcast). Washington, DC: Breaking Points, Inc. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  4. ^ Newport, Cal (June 15, 2022). "The Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  5. Fischer, Sara; King, Hope (July 6, 2021). "Corporate Media Backlash Fuels New Upstarts". Axios.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  6. Purushothaman, Karthik (February 18, 2021). "The American 'Populist Right' After Trump". The Wire.
  7. ^ Berkowitz, Joe (June 12, 2021). "Why 'Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar' Became the No. 1 Political Podcast in a Week". Fast Company. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  8. Blair, Douglas (September 20, 2022). "The Mainstream Media Is Dying. Here's What Will Take Its Place". Daily Signal. Retrieved October 23, 2024. Programs such as "Counterpoints," a new digital talk show hosted by Ryan Grim from The Intercept and Emily Jashinsky from The Federalist...
  9. ^ Tani, Max (May 7, 2023). "Elite podcasts struggle while the podcast masses thrive". Semafur. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  10. ^ "New: Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar". Podcast Business Journal. June 3, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  11. Baragona, Justin (September 1, 2022). "Two Hosts Exit The Hill's Popular Web Show 'Rising'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

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