On an episode released on December 5, 2018, Dasha and Anna officially announced that they had parted ways with Meg 'amicably and mutually'. She disappeared from the show in October 2018, and episodes have been self-produced since then. The two women met over Twitter, and started the podcast in March 2018 after Nekrasova relocated to New York City from Los Angeles.Įarly episodes were produced by Meg Murnane, who would also appear as the show's third co-host. Khachiyan is a Moscow-born writer, art critic and daughter of Armenian mathematician Leonid Khachiyan. She immigrated to Las Vegas, Nevada, with her acrobat parents when she was four. Nekrasova is a Belarus-born actress, who became known as 'Sailor Socialism' after an interview with an InfoWars reporter went viral in 2018.
Red Scare bills itself as a cultural commentary podcast hosted by 'bohemian layabouts' Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan, and is recorded from their homes in Lower Manhattan, New York City.