Cenk Uygur - The Young Turks

Turkish-American Cenk Uygur is the host and founder of The Young Turks, the largest online news show in the world, with over 12 million subscribers. A trained lawyer, Uygur launched The Young Turks as a talk show on Sirius Satellite Radio in 2002. The show then became the first daily video show on YouTube in 2005, and now streams daily on its website and can also be heard as a podcast. As well as hosting the news programme and becoming CEO of the TYT Network, Uygur has also hosted shows including one on MSNBC, has written books and continues to speak widely on progressive issues.