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Cenk Uygur
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Cenk Uygur [pronounced Jank you-gurr}is the main host of the liberal talk radio show The Young Turks, airing weekday mornings from 6-9AM on Air America Radio as of September 18, 2006.
Uygur is also a regular blogger on The Huffington Post and an attorney. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School, and a former associate at the law firms of Drinker, Biddle & Reath in Washington, D.C. and Parcher, Hayes & Liebman in New York City. He first became a talk show host at a Washington, D.C. radio station on the weekends while working at Drinker, before eventually shifting to full-time radio work. He also wrote an article for the Huffington Post that was critical of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Uygur is an agnostic.[1]
Uygur, until recently, was a supporter of the Republican Party. In law school, he was a member of the Federalist Society.
- ^ The Young Turks. Dir. Jesus Godoy. Hosts Cenk Uygur, Michael Shure, Jill Pike. SIRIUS Satellite Radio. 23 Mar 2006.
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| Hosts (past & present): | David Bender • Angie Coiro • Chuck D • Steve Earle • Jon Elliott • Laura Flanders • Al Franken • Gia'na Garel • Janeane Garofalo • Thom Hartmann • Kyle Jason • Marty Kaplan • Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. • Katherine Lanpher • Rachel Maddow • Ben Mankiewicz • Marc Maron • Mike Malloy • Mike Papantonio • Jill Pike • Randi Rhodes • Betsy Rosenberg • Mark Riley • Sam Seder • Jerry Springer • Cenk Uygur • Peter Werbe |
| Programs (past & present): | Air America Mornings • The Al Franken Show • EcoTalk • The Marc Maron Show • The Majority Report • The Mike Malloy Show • On The Real • The Rachel Maddow Show • Radio Nation • The Randi Rhodes Show • The Revolution Starts Now • The Mark Riley Show •Ring of Fire • Springer on the Radio • State of Belief • The Young Turks |
| Related articles: | Sheldon Drobny • Talk radio • Progressive talk • Evan Montvel Cohen • Danny Goldberg • Air America-Gloria Wise loan controversy |
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