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.