The founder of The Young Turks and host of the main show is Cenk Uygur ("Jenk Yooger"). Cenk graduated with a business major from the University of Pennsylvania and earned a law degree from Columbia University. After working unhappily as a lawyer, Cenk pursued his passion and dream to start a talk show. The Young Turks was a pioneering liberal politics show on Sirius Satellite Radio, a fixture on Air America, and in 2005 became the first daily, online video show. Cenk has also been a host on MSNBC and CurrentTV.

Ana Kasparian has an MS in policial science from California State University - Northridge and has been a co-host on TYT since 2006.

Jesus Godoy and Jayar Jackson began as unpaid interns with The Young Turks in 2002 and have been producers of the show ever since. Dave Koller was a co-founder of TYT after leaving a career in environmental consulting and insurance. Steven Oh joined the TYT executive staff in 2010.

John Iadarola is the host of TYTU, with frequent appearances on other shows. Rick Strom is the force behind TYT Sports. Kim Horcher is a TYTU regular, host of Nerd Alert and TYT producer. Mark Register is the technical director at TYT. Irina Nichita is the Senior Producer of the main show. Amir, Tim, Ali, Tim, Elle and Bert are editors and graphic artists and stage hands and producers. Tom Hanc is the Producer of Pop Trigger. Malcolm Fleschner produces The Point. Christopher Eller is the web developer responsible for this website.

TYT paid members have access to all of the main show and no-holds-barred Post Game Show.

In The Post Game Show, the hosts present stories for which there was insufficient time in the main show, or share personal stories or behind-the-scenes insight.

The most valuable benefit of the $10/month TYT membership is that it helps the show survive as an independent voice in a world of corporate-controlled media.

Many of our members sign up for the primary reason of supporting the show, and those who can afford more, generously sign up for the $25/month level.

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The selection of the name The Young Turks reflects the definition provided in American Heritage Dictionary. Young Turk (n.) 1. Young, progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement or political party. 2. Young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations. The selection of this name does not refer to any specific, historical incarnation of The Young Turks.