The Young Turks (talk show)

The Young Turks is a liberal-progressive Internet talk show via live web stream and YouTube. It was Sirius Satellite Radio's first original talk programming. The Young Turks claims to be the first Internet TV news show The show offers Internet only video content via their YouTube channel, which averages 19 million views monthly, and has had over 500 million views overall. The Young Turks offers a paid members-only Postgame Show, an Internet only wrap-up show. The Young Turks has won the 2009 Podcast Award in the Political category, as well as the 2009 Mashable Open Web Award for the Best Political News Site. In March 2011, the show won a Shorty award.

History

Cenk Uygur was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and at the age of 8 his family moved to New Jersey, in the United States. He began a talk show in the mold of a public-access television cable TV show he had done previously called The Young Turk. With the help of friend Ben Mankiewicz, with whom he had previously worked, his childhood friend Dave Koller, and Jill Pike they began The Young Turks.

In 2005, the show received attention for its 99 hour "Live On Air Filibuster" conducted during the Samuel Alito......
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