Alexandra Swe Wagner was born November 27, 1977, and is an American journalist and author. Starting in 2018, she is the co-host of The Circus on Showtime. She is also a contributor for CBS News and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. Previously, she was the anchor of the daytime program Now with Alex Wagner (2011-2015) on MSNBC. From November 2016 until March 2018, she was a TV co-anchor on CBS This Morning Saturday. She has also been a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine since April 2016.
On August 30, 2014, Wagner married former White House nutrition policy advisor and assistant chef Sam Kass. In 2017, Wagner gave birth to their son, Cy.
