Christopher Loffredo Hayes (/heɪz/; born February 28, 1979) is an American political commentator, television news anchor, and author. Hayes hosts All In with Chris Hayes, a weekday news and opinion television show on MSNBC. Hayes also hosts a weekly MSNBC podcast, Why Is This Happening? Hayes formerly hosted a weekend MSNBC show, Up with Chris Hayes. He is an editor-at-large of The Nation magazine.
Books in order of publication:
Twilight of the Elites – 2012
A Colony in a Nation – 2017
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource – 2025
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