Konstantin Kisin

Konstantin Kisin (born December 25, 1982) is a Russian-British political commentator, satirist, author, and co-host of the popular podcast and YouTube channel TRIGGERnometry. Born in Moscow during the Soviet era and moving to the UK as a teenager, he initially built a career as a stand-up comedian before transitioning into political commentary, gaining prominent media attention in 2018 after refusing to sign a university "behavioral agreement" restricting topics of humor. Kisin is the author of the 2022 bestseller An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West, in which he critiques modern Western cultural self-doubt and identity politics from the perspective of someone raised under Soviet totalitarianism. He reached a wider international audience in early 2023 following a viral speech at the Oxford Union debate on "wokeness," and routinely speaks on free speech, Western values, and contemporary geopolitics.