Breaking Points

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar (or simply Breaking Points) is an American populist, anti-establishment political news and opinion series 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. The series is available both on YouTube and as an audio-only podcast format. Its format includes one populist left anchor and one populist right anchor, who give views from both sides of the political spectrum.[2][3]

Breaking Points
Presentation
Hosted by
GenrePolitical news and commentary
Format
  • Video
  • audio
LanguageEnglish
Length60 minutes
Publication
Original releaseJune 7, 2021 (2021-06-07) – present
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers844 thousand[1]
Total views291 million[1]
Last updated: November 11, 2022

Format

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. It is usually published on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

The "Breaking Points" segments serve as an opportunity for each host to highlight an important topic in current events. The hosts analyze the topic in a monologue format, usually organized into three or four bullet-points. This is followed by an open discussion, available to premium subscribers.

Breaking Points spends a substantial amount of its time criticizing mainstream media from a populist perspective.[4]

Business model

The majority of the show's revenue comes from premium subscribers, with some additional revenues from YouTube and podcast ads.[5] Their expenses are around one million dollars a year.[5]

History

On May 28, 2021, Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti announced their departure from The Hill's Rising. On June 7, 2021, the first episode of Breaking Points was uploaded to YouTube.[6]

The show was made out of an effort to avoid the perception that advertisement dollars affected their coverage. It also gave the hosts more editorial control over their work.[6]

As of September 2022, former Rising hosts Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky also joined Breaking Points.[7] They co-host their own show, Counterpoints, as well as fill in on Breaking Points and co-host special coverage as needed.

References
  1. "About Breaking Points". YouTube.
  2. King, Sara Fischer,Hope. "Corporate media backlash fuels new upstarts". Axios. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  3. "The fall of Rising". The Spectator World. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  4. Wulfsohn, Joseph (August 2, 2021). "Breaking Points' Krystal Ball, Saagar Enjeti blast media for 'intentionally fearmongering' over Delta variant". Fox News.
  5. "The Rise of the Internet's Creative Middle Class". The New Yorker. June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  6. Berkowitz, Joe. "Why 'Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar' became the No. 1 political podcast in a week". Fast Company. Fast Company. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  7. 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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