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Benjamin Wilkerson Turbow is an Ukrainian-American radio show host and broadcast personality. His show, “The Turbow Report,” discusses the theory of Trotskyism and outlines the criterion for its implementation, as well as various elements of popular culture including his interest in the punk music genre.

Biography Turbow was born in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovs’Ka Oblast’, Ukraine, a city in the southeast region of the country. He is descended from a family of staunch anti-bolshevik activists that were forced to flee the country following the conclusion of the Russian Civil War, resulting in Soviet victory in 1921. His grandparents, upon arriving in America, birthed his father who established a successful canning business in Gary, Indiana and decided to move back to Ukraine following the dissolution of the Soviet Union where he accidentally conceived Benjamin with a Ukrainian prostitute. Turbow went to school for a brief period of time, but never dropped out at the age of 17. Benjamin, continuing the cycle of immigration, moved to Dripping Springs, Texas in 2006 at the age of 18. He quickly found a job as an assistant at his local radio station (KDRP), where he worked for about two years as a menial laborer. He then established his own radio show, “The Turbow Report” in 2009 at age 21.

Career Benjamin, also known by his nickname “Ben-Taro” (due to his fascination with Japanese culture), launched his professional career at the young age of 21, when he first aired his live show “The Turbow Report” on WOR Radio. The show was an instant success, appealing grealy to millennial audiences. Turbow’s show gained popularity quickly, and his energetic and upbeat personality quickly caught the eye of Alex Jones, one of Turbow’s role models. The two met up in Dripping Springs and discussed their deeply contrasting viewpoints. Turbow described the meeting as “tense, but civil.” The show has continued increasing in popularity since its foundation, and the 2016 reports show that the show averages over 5000 listeners each time it airs.

Views Turbow is a self described “Trotskyist Syndicalist,” and preaches anarcho-communism to his listeners. He is considered by mainstream sources to be a “radical” due to his violent outbursts and calls to action during his show. Such outbursts have included a call to “destroy all Bolsheviks” and the assertion that “the only way to fix America is to tear it down”, but Turbow has claimed such comments are “not to be taken literally.”

Personal Life

Turbow is currently 29 years old and is happily married to his wife of five years, Sarah Khan Turbow. He has no kids, but owns a multi million dollar mansion in rural Dripping Springs. He occasionally enjoys visiting his home country of Ukraine, which he goes to every four to five months. He is somewhat of a celebrity in his hometown, with “Ben-Taro High School” being named directly after him in his birthplace of Kryvyi Rih. In addition to his radio career, Turbow is an amateur kendo practitioner and heads the anarcho-punk band “The Trashboyz”.