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This episode was originally released on Jan. 14, 2026.
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Jared and Mike bid farewell to MAGA legend Scott Adams, who died of cancer at age 68 on January 13, 2026, with a special installment of their "Who the Hell?" biographical series.
Adams was one of the earliest breakout MAGA influencers, gaining attention for his early support of Donald Trump in 2015 and his pseudoscientific explanations of his cultural rise. The "Dilbert" comic strip creator remained true to form until the end, hawking self-help books and broadcasting his insecurities to the world.
This episode traces Adams' career arc as a successful cartoonist (to the best of their knowledge), paying special attention to his creepy comments about women, racial grievances, pseudo-intellectual ramblings, and crusade against "loserthink." Adams considered himself a great writer — "as luck would have it."
Adams wasn't stupid. He’s smarter than us!
Jared's album recommendation: Madison Cunningham, Ace, 2025
Jared and Mike bid farewell to MAGA legend Scott Adams, who died of cancer at age 68 on January 13, 2026, with a special installment of their "Who the Hell?" biographical series.
Adams was one of the earliest breakout MAGA influencers, gaining attention for his early support of Donald Trump in 2015 and his pseudoscientific explanations of his cultural rise. The "Dilbert" comic strip creator remained true to form until the end, hawking self-help books and broadcasting his insecurities to the world.
This episode traces Adams' career arc as a successful cartoonist (to the best of their knowledge), paying special attention to his creepy comments about women, racial grievances, pseudo-intellectual ramblings, and crusade against "loserthink." Adams considered himself a great writer — "as luck would have it."
Adams wasn't stupid. He’s smarter than us!
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On this two-part episode, Mike and Jared explore how Grok, the AI chatbot built into Elon Musk's platform X, generates and distributes child sex abuse material and revenge porn. They're joined by Kat Tenbarge, an independent journalist who covers tech. Kat explains the history of "deepfakes" and how Musk's platform fits into a pattern of men manipulating tech to exploit women. After that, the guys speak with former MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair, who has a child with Musk. Ashley recounts how she and others have been victimized by Grok's nonconsensual generation of sexually explicit images.
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Transition Music: "Mystery" by Turnstile, BADBADNOTGOOD
It hasn’t been a pleasant start to the year. Jared and Mike scramble the jets to accommodate the horror in Minneapolis, coming to terms with the culture that makes opponents of MAGA expendable in the eyes of the regime and its propagandists. They pivot to another Minneapolis story, Nick Shirley and his age gap content co-creator, who recently started ringing doorbells looking for a place to drop off their “Little Joey.” The hosts also talk about Grok’s revenge porn update, Curtis Yarvin’s objectively weird rant about Hitler, and learn that a lathered up Stephen Miller really wants to go to war now.
Come on in, the water's awful.
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Jared and Mike wish you all a Happy J6, as we... uh... "celebrate" the fifth anniversary of the US Capitol Riot. They're joined by award-winning British journalist James Ball to reflect on what's happened to the field of "anti-disinformation" research and journalism. Those efforts peaked around the 2020 election, then almost completely fell apart. What happened for things to go so wrong? And what, if anything, can be done to keep the spirit of those efforts alive?
Links for James:
The Verge: "The war on disinformation is a losing battle"
Bluesky: @jamesrball.com / X: @jamesrbuk
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Closing Track: "As Good As I Once Was" by Toby Keith (Editorial Note: Jared says he's sorry.)
Mike and Jared check in during the post-holiday lull to answer questions submitted by their Patreon supporters. They share their takes on the state of the news media industry, explain how they got started covering the Radical Right, check in on the careers of Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, and much more.
Settle in with "hot chocolate mimosa" and come hang for this casual Q&A before we take off on the second year of Posting Through It.
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It's the final episode of Posting Through It for 2025. To close out a very weird year, Jared and Mike share a New Year's toast, review the 10 best (worst) political takes that passed over our timelines this year, and listen to voicemails submitted by friends of the show.
This episode includes audio messages from (in the order they appear): Will Stancil, Bobby Silverman, Hannah Gais, Michelangelo Signorile, Eoin Higgins, Eliot Higgins, Kelly Jensen, Madeline Peltz, Jeff Tischauser, Juliet Jeske, Luke Savage, Nikki Ramirez, Matt [Redacted], and Talia Jane.
Slam the door shut on 2025 with the hosts of your favorite music podcast... that is also known to cover right-wing extremism at times.
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Break out your eggnog and seasonal lingerie because the boys from Posting Through It have your holy day covered. Jared and Mike tackle TPUSA’s AmericaFest, which featured Erika Kirk Freudian-slipping the word “grift,” Ben Shapiro firing shots at other influencers, and Nicki Minaj sliding down the chimney to praise Trump. A Posting Through It listener shares a dispatch from the scene of… what I guess you would call a James O’Keefe rave? The hosts then unwrap our main present, an interview hosted by Katie Miller, “a Labrador Retriever that recently learned to read.” Miller talks to Alexis Wilkins, and her prominently besocked boyfriend, the legendary lazy boy Kash Patel. Find out what New York Islanders superfan Kash is up to these days. (Hint: It ain’t work!)
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With over four decades in show business, you might think that Bill Maher needs no introduction. But Posting Through Itcovers MAGA and the far right, and if you have perused politics-heavy corners of social media lately, you know that Maher has emerged as one of the most polarizing commentators of Trump’s second term.
No longer beloved by liberals, Maher has hosted a bizarre rotation of MAGA friendly guests, including Kid Rock, RFK Jr. and Marjorie Taylor Greene. He also punches left on everything from vaccines to Gaza.
Jared and Mike welcome comedian Will Weldon on for this three-hour Holiday spectacular. You will leave learning about everything from Maher’s psychedelic, short-lived Showtime show "Hard Knocks" to his alleged relationships with Los Angeles-area sex workers.
Tune in and find out who is out on these streets rooting for the planes on 9/11!
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Jared is in New York. Mike is in West Virginia. But no matter where you are in America, it’s easy to see that Trump and his MAGA movement are heading for some really, really, really dark shit.
Following the gruesome murder of Rob Reiner, Trump decided to mock the director’s death and insinuate that his liberal politics caused it. The hosts frame Trump’s words in the context of a movement that has gotten increasingly scary and bleak in recent months–sort of like Hellraiser II. They wonder what it must be like inside Trump’s circle, using Susie Wiles’ revealing words as context.
Finally, Jared and Mike discuss the rise and fall of “groypette” Cali Ryan, who chased an audience of incels only to discover that they sexualized and threatened her. Things are certainly getting morbid on the right. Let’s all hope they don’t take us down with them–on this premium feed episode of Posting Through It.
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Angelo Carusone, a legendary observer of the conservative movement and the president of Media Matters for America, joins Mike and Jared to break down how Candace Owens has hijacked online discourse surrounding Charlie Kirk's assassination and managed to drag MAGA media into a chaos spiral as 2025 comes to a close. Together, they explore where fractures in the MAGA movement might lead and whether spats of infighting can actually give rise to more sinister political force.
Worried about demons? This episode of Posting Through It might just save you.
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Transition track: "Key" by Ratboys
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Milo Yiannopoulos has publicly accused Benny Johnson of being gay and having encounters with boys at TPUSA Student Action Summit events — allegations he claims left Johnson's wife in tears. So what do we do with accusations like these? Jared and Mike explore how to handle damaging personal revelations about figures on the MAGA right.
The hosts also dig into other controversies, including the plane of Egyptians (Mike included, naturally) that Candace Owens believes was involved in Charlie Kirk's assassination. They examined efforts by Andy Ngo, Chris Rufo, and others to just stop the proverbial girls from fighting, as infighting has now overtaken any agenda MAGA previously thought they had.
It’s time to slide into your TPUSA-style FEMDOM shirt and take a tour of a movement in trash-fire mode in this creamium episode of Posting Through It.
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Jared and Mike are joined by Asawin Suebsaeng, a senior political correspondent for Zeteo, to discuss Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the pro-Trump toadies who replaced news reporters at the Pentagon, and the Trump Administration's murder rampage of boaters in the Caribbean who they claim are trafficking narcotics. At the end, the hosts share their favorite music from 2025.
Links for Swin:
Read his reporting in Zeteo and Rolling Stone
Follow him on X (@swin24) and Bluesky (@swin24.bsky.social)
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Transition Music: "Godlike" by Twen
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Jared and Mike start the episode by glazing Kash Patel, the objectively cool head of the FBI. Our wonderful boy has thrown racks of taxpayer KA$H on hockey games, hunting, golfing –you name it – all to impress his much younger, country singing QAnon girlfriend. (Trump, if you’re listening, please don’t fire him!) Then they take a look at Ian Miles Cheong and his epic crash-out. All the Trump guys on X have finally figured out that Cheong is living abroad and they’re simply not having it anymore. Finally, the guys take what everyone hopes will be the last look at Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr., following Ryan Lizza’s allegations that she violated journalistic ethics.
It’s testosterone fueled. It's chock full of ketamine. It's living abroad in the UAE. It's this week's Posting Through It creamium episode.
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Jared and Mike sit down for a rare same-room recording session to unpack the awkward and unpleasant year that was 2025 and review the glimmers of hope sprinkled along the way. Join them for a trip down memory lane as they revisit the stories we wish we could forget. Big Guy Vance Meme Pants OK. Six seven?
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Our appetizer this holiday is a dive into the latest "Red Scare" discourse after Dasha WhatsHerFace reflects on her recent wave of online backlash. Then we dust off the Olivia Nuzzi pop track “Jailbait” (yes, it exists) and admit it’s more fun than American Canto. For the main course, we look at the stranger corners of RFK Jr. gossip, courtesy of Ryan Lizza. For dessert, our pumpkin pie comes in the form of a purported multinational plot against Candace Owens — stay safe out there, ma’am!
Have a great holiday and please enjoy RFK Jr.’s bountiful harvest. Or don’t.
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MAGA has gone global. What started as an American political movement has evolved into an international force, energizing radical-right groups across the world and creating networks that link European extremists directly to sitting members of the U.S. Congress. Heidi Beirich, one of the leading researchers on the radical right and co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE), joins us to explore how we got here and what the global landscape looks like now.
But first, the guys try to make sense of the increasingly bizarre vibes inside MAGA itself. Trump is suddenly praising Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, Marjorie Taylor Greene is rebranding using "woke" language, and no one seems to know what's happening anymore.
GPAHE Stories We Discussed:
Alleged Jakarta Bomber Leaves Behind Digital Trail Worshiping Past Racist Attackers
Europe’s White Nationalist Identitarian Movement Ramping Up Fundraising Efforts
Mapping The Far Right: The Movement’s Conferences Illuminate Its Growing Transnational Networks
How the International Far Right is Getting on Board With Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Designation
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Transition Music: "Wrong Wire" by MYDGE
Jared and Mike welcome a special, top secret surprise guest to read through the excerpt of American Worm-O, Olivia Nuzzi’s tome about having wet, sloppy FaceTime sex with RFK Jr. and the parasite that lives in his cranium. They dip “under the blade of devices” to find winking flags and ponder all that is “more meaningful and more meaningless than you might think.” The guys then shift to Dave Portnoy, who finds himself the target of MAGA’s growing Hitler Youth contingent. It’s an episode that will make you “worry about the worm that was not a worm” in Posting Through It’s brain.
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How did a once-celebrated critic of Wall Street end up advancing Elon Musk’s “anti-woke” agenda and defending MAGA? This episode retraced the life and career of Matt Taibbi to find out, featuring in-depth perspective from our guest Eoin Higgins.
You’ll hear about Taibbi’s early years in Russia, his controversial comments about women, and his rise to prominence as a star writer at Rolling Stone. Then, you’ll hear about pivotal moments in his career that signaled his drift into reactionary politics and appeals to conservative audiences.
Taibbi is one of the most successful journalists in the world, and his eagerness to punch left has earned him affection from a host of right-wing reactionaries. This episode of Posting Through It explores how he got there and what his transformation might reveal about today’s media ecosystem.
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Transition Music: "White Gloves II" by Kahrugabin
Jared and Mike stare into the abyss as the Democrats squander all of the good vibes they inherited on election night over the shutdown negotiations. Later, they listen to Josh Hammer cry in constricting underwear on his Newsweek podcast about Washington Commanders fans booing down the Big Drumpf before introducing “Robby Latte,” an activist who goes around calling corporations, asking them to drop their DEI policies. Hammer and Robby Latte tackle the new question on the mind of MAGA: Is Woke Dead?
The answer is complicated but the deeper truth is that Chuck Schumer killed it. He took the Amtrak down to D.C., fell asleep in his seat with a folded copy of Newsweek in his hands, and stabbed it in the heart.
Jared and Mike welcome researcher and forthcoming author Madeline Peltz to talk about right-wing female influencer culture and the broader effort to recruit young and “fertile” women into the MAGA movement. The trio unpack the surreal online discourse surrounding Erika Kirk, her appearance alongside JD Vance, and the intense scrutiny of her fashion choices. They also dive into figures like Alex Clark, the influencer who urges young women to have children while remaining child-free herself, and Riley Gaines, best known for losing a race to a transgender swimmer and turning that moment into a political brand.
Beyond individual personalities, the conversation explores what the “tradwife” aesthetic really represents — and how it ties into deeper ideological projects on the right. The episode also includes a look at the unfolding scandal at the Heritage Foundation, the latest conservative institution to confront the reality that it has a full-blown Nazi problem.
No need to save yourself for marriage, this episode of "Posting Through It" is ready to recieve you!
Links for Madeline:
Newsletter: Number Two Pencil
Bluesky (@peltzmadeline.bsky.social) / X (@peltzmadeline)
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Transition Music: “Lucky” by Momma
Jared and Mike explore the salt mines and find that a lot of people are “big mad” about the MAGA bloodbath on election night. They break down the MAGA flop in New Jersey, where they had previously dispatched Jack Posobiec to rail against "Antifa," Jonathan Greenblatt’s weird Mamdani monitoring project, the freak out over Virginia's next attorney general, and Nick Fuentes' declaration that “MAGA is dead.” Plus, the guys check in on Jesse Singal’s anti-woke TERF podcast as they try to understand The Will Stancil Show.
And so it begins… right here on Posting Through It premium.
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Online can be a hellish place. In this episode, Jared and Mike dive into the darkest corners of the web with Will Stancil, a civil rights attorney recently turned into a literal cartoon by far-right extremists. After enduring years of online harassment, Stancil became the target of a Hitlerite activist Emily Youcis, whose mocking web animation has found unsettling popularity — even among powerful tech reactionaries like Marc Andreessen.
Stancil unpacks what he’s been through, reflects on how to stay grounded amid relentless hate, and laughs at himself along the way. Plus: the trio swap thoughts on late-night snacking, favorite music, and disastrous first dates. It’s an episode that truly lives up to the Posting Through It name.
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Transition Music: "<demons>" by Kim Petras
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Jared and Mike catch up on the latest content from Malaysian lolcow Ian Miles Cheong, who is not at all upset about someone creating a fake tweet to make fun of him. The guys move onto the likelihood that Trump will pursue a third term in office and question why so many pundits are waiting for the bad thing to happen–when it’s fairly obviously already here. They talk about Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson, and why something about Nick’s latest spate of media appearances feels forced. The guys wrap up with a little chat about Kenneth Moron (real name unimportant, honestly), who wants you to pay him money for being a total asshole. Donate now, sucka!
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Jared and Mike bring back resident New Yawk correspondent Robert Silverman to discuss the forthcoming mayoral election in the Big Apple — one that has major implications for the future of the Democratic Party and the fight against the MAGA agenda. Join them for a guided tour of the scandal-ridden NYC political landscape where Zohran Mamdani emerged as a frontrunner and why Trump is “big mad” about it. Cameos by: Dipset, an army of feral cats, Democratic Socialists of America, vegan mysticism, and The Warriors. Let your haters become your waiters on this very special NYC-themed episode of PTI.
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Everywhere you turn these days, it seems there’s another Republican staffer glazing Hitler. Jared and Mike break down why exactly this keeps happening – from the big GOP group chat, the Nazi flag caught on camera, and Paul Ingrassia’s faceplant in D.C. – and then check out some fresh apologist spin from repeat PTI offender Katherine Dee. The hosts also take a look at the "No Kings" rallies, the liberation of George Santos, and questions submitted by our listeners.
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Jared and Mike catch up on MAGA’s witch hunt for "Antifa" terrorists and find that it isn’t going particularly well. The White House has leaned on laughable influencers to persuade the public that Antifa actually exists and that protesters wearing Cookie Monster and Barney the Dinosaur costumes are proof of the problem. The guys play audio from an insane hype reel created by the White House and hear from Daryle Lamont Jenkins, who Andy Ngo since claimed is the "main leader" of Antifa.
In the second half of this episode, the PTI crew details the history of "The Turner Diaries": an infamous white supremacist book that has inspired deadly acts of racist terrorism. They spoke to Kelvin Pierce, the son of William Luther Pierce, the prominent neo-Nazi who wrote the book, and hear how he rejected his father’s ideology and worked to build a different world.
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Transition Music: "Back to the Wind" by Whitney
Mike and Jared discuss the Red Scare podcast, a terrible GQ article about Nick Fuentes, and MAGA's taste in awful 90s rock music. They also submit their own audition tape for the TPUSA "All American Halftime Show."
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Laura Loomer has not-so-quietly emerged as one of the most influential figures in MAGA media, but who the hell is she and where did she come from? This episode seeks to explain how a person who is now known for eating dog food on camera came to wield so much power over one of the most powerful countries in the history of the world.
Will Sommer, a reporter for The Bulwark, joined Jared and Mike to dive deep into Laura’s prolific history as an attention-seeking influencer and bigoted far-right activist, covering everything from her tumultuous childhood to her notorious relationship to President Trump. They revisited the deep cuts and lost lore from Loomer's career, like the fact a guy lost part of his pinky finger when she handcuffed herself to Twitter's NYC office in 2018.
The episode also features a cameo from Nathan Bernard, who found himself at the center of one of Laura’s many legal dramas.
Links for Will Sommer:
Subscribe to his newsletter: “False Flag” at The Bulwark
Read his book: “Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America” via HarperCollins
Follow him on X and Bluesky
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Jared and Mike discuss the cohort of right-wing influencers who have flocked to Portland to help the Trump Administration manufacture outrage against anti-ICE protesters resisting the federal occupation of their city. They take a closer look at Nick Sortor, who the White House has elevated as a mini-martyr. The guys also talk about sombrero memes, the straightest man in DC, and more.
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Episode art courtesy of Katie Daviscourt
Gillian Branstetter joins to talk about MAGA's hyper-fixation on transgender people and the movement's warpath against them. We discuss right-wing media's use of trans people as scapegoats, false claims that trans people are radical and violent, and more.
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Transition Music: "I'm Just Saying" by Dyke Drama
Jared and Mike read from what may end up being the most batshit insane column of 2025–The Daily Caller’s “Enough is enough… I choose VIOLENCE” by “writer, drinker” Geoffrey Ingersoll. The guys pair Ingersoll’s words with the reporting on real life violence from ICE. They also break down Trump’s new fascination with so-called med beds, check in on the growing conspiracy theory that Erika Kirk killed her husband, and struggle to understand a QAnon influencer’s belief that Jon Benet Ramsey never died and became Erika Kirk.
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Christopher Mathias, a longtime friend of the show and a journalist who has covered far-right movements in the United States, joins to talk about the origins of the right-wing panic surrounding antifascist activism in the United States. We also talked about the Trump's executive orders targeting "antifa," a questionable study claiming that left-wing terrorism is rising in the US, and why today's antifascist panic feels more alarming than its prior iterations.
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Links for Chris:
Preorder his book: "To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right"
Read his column in MSNBC: "Trump's new anti-antifa panic is the start of something much more dangerous"
Follow him on Bluesky: @letsgomathias.bsky.social
Transition Music: "People Like You" by Trophy Eyes
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In an absolutely jam-packed premium episode, Jared and Mike lay out the biography of Dave Rubin, the ex-progressive turned reactionary internet performer and tequila salesman. The guys examine the phenomenon of this unsavory flavor of grifter, answer listener questions, and report out what we know about the alleged intimate relationship between antisemite Sam Hyde and Chaya Raichik, the Jewish woman behind the bigoted Libs of TikTok account. The hosts also review Stephen Miller’s palpably angry speech at Charlie Kirk’s memorial and Mike does his best impression of MAGA rapper Forgiato Blow.
Mike and Jared discuss how the Trump Administration and its allies have escalated their efforts to censor and criminalize their opponents in wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. They also talk about the ways leaders in business and media – even “anti-hate” nonprofits – have been spooked into self-censorship.
Then, Jared shares an interview he did with Kelly Jensen. She’s a former librarian and writer celebrated for her coverage of movements to ban books from libraries. Their conversation expands beyond books to cover the Right’s attacks on public institutions overall and what normal people can do about it. As you’d expect from a former librarian, Kelly put together an incredibly thorough reading list for listeners to check out.
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Transition Music: “Portions for Foxes” by Rilo Kiley
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Charlie Kirk went from a heavily mocked “lolcow” with astroturfed appeal to a hardened MAGA loyalist and bonafide celebrity known for publishing heavily edited debate-style clips to social media. On September 10, a man assassinated him, shooting him dead in front of a large crowd at Utah Valley University.
This episode examines both how Kirk died and how he lived. We talk about how Kirk created TPUSA, a key organizing arm of MAGA, how he contributed to the events of January 6, 2021, and his history of making bigoted remarks. The episode details how Kirk changed after the so-called "Groyper Wars" against Nick Fuentes’s followers and how the Right has responded to his killing.
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We reference and recommend a few sources on this podcast:
Kyle Spencer, “Charlie Kirk Needed a Friend”
Madeline Peltz, “Charlie Kirk Was Preparing MAGA’s Future”
Posting Through It, “Who the Hell Is Jack Posobiec?–with Hannah Gais”
Posting Through It, “Who the Hell Is Nick Fuentes?–with Amanda Moore”
Transition Music: "Feds Watching" by 2 Chainz and Pharrell Williams
To get access to the RSS feed with the full episode, sign up to support our show on Patreon: patreon.com/PostingThroughItMike and Jared covered the far-right's latest obsession: the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, North Carolina. They also discussed "Chorus" and shared an excerpt of their conversation with Luke Savage about the secretive dark money dispenser paying pro-Democrat social media influencers as much as $8,000 per month. The guys close things out with another featured reading -- this one is about Philadelphia sports: "JACK POSOBIEC: The Phillies Karen and the death of American manhood — why we're losing our nation one surrender at a time."
Luke Savage,a writer and political analyst who has written for outlets like Jacobin and The New Statesman, joined the show to talk about none other than Matt “Matty” Yglesias, the influential, centrist pundit with a habit of getting things wrong. Matty also changes his opinions–sometimes abruptly. The “leftist hater brigade” also discussed the current state of liberal punditry and why it feels like we’re being forced back into the blogosphere days of the aughts.
Links for Luke (and Matty):
His newsletter: www.lukewsavage.com/
His Twitter/X profile: x.com/LukewSavage
“The Agony and Ecstacy of Matt Ygelasias” by Luke Savage
“I’ve been right about some things” by Matt Yglesias
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Transition music: "Fox River Dream" by Smoking Popes
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We covered false rumors that Trump died, California Gov. Gavin Newsom emulating the president's social media stylings, and right-wing media outrage over a proposed change to Cracker Barrel's logo. We also examine a great work of conservative column writing: "Elon Musk, AI porn, and the new Tower of Babel."
Marisa Kabas, an independent journalist, joined the show to talk about the ongoing military occupation of Washington, DC, and Trump's threats to dispatch troops to other American cities like Chicago and New York City. The trio also discussed the concept of "performative cruelty" as it applies to the Trump Administration's actions surrounding federal layoffs, immigration enforcement, and more.
Links for Marisa:
Her newsletter: thehandbasket.co/
Her Bluesky profile: @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Anthony Cumia was once one of radio's most prolific shock-jocks, best known for co-hosting "Opie and Anthony" from 1995 to 2014. In recent years, however, you're more likely to find Cumia mulling around the white nationalist movement.
This episode examines Cumia's life and career, exploring the significant impacts he had on comedy, entertainment, and politics during his professional peak. The program also chronicles the collapse of his media stardom, controversies that continue to plague him, and his relationships within far-right extremist movements.
Mike and Jared were joined by Matt [Redacted], whose last name was withheld to shield him and his otherwise normal life from potential blowback from Cumia and his cult following of super fans.
Matt is launching a new podcast soon, called "The Virus." Check that out!
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Hannah Gais is a researcher and journalist who covers far-right extremism. She joins the show to look back on the white nationalist “alt-right” movement, eight years after the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia. While the movement today is a shadow of its former self, the ideology that drove it seems as mainstream as ever. On this episode, we explore an uncomfortable question: did the alt-right accomplish its goals?
Links for Hannah:
Newsletter: Posts from Underground
Bluesky and X (Twitter)
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Mehdi Hasan, a journalist renowned for confronting power directly and dismantling opponents in political debates, joined Posting Through It to reflect on his viral appearance on "Surrounded" — a YouTube debate show that recruited him to argue against 20 "far-right conservatives."
Over nearly two hours, his opponents took turns sitting across from him and espousing racist bigotries, antisemitic conspiracy theories, and anti-democratic beliefs. When the cameras stopped rolling, Mehdi said one participant stood up and declared: "Left or Right, we all hate the Jews."
"No one said a word," Mehdi recalled.
The episode's explosive popularity (10.2 million views on YouTube alone) has reignited debates about "platforming" extremism and whether engaging with the far-right this way serves any constructive purpose. On this episode, we explore those criticisms with Mehdi, discuss his “hygiene tests” for debates, and explore why so many people who try to face off against the far-right end up failing.
Links for Mehdi:
* Check out Zeteo.com
* Read “Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking”
* Watch “7 Debate Lessons YOU Can Learn From My Jubilee Video”
* Follow @mehdirhasan on X and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social on Bluesky
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Anna Merlanis a senior reporter at Mother Jones who covers disinformation, technology, and extremism. She joined us to discuss the Trump Administration's efforts to address the "Epstein Files" controversy and why calming supporters' anger over this issue has proven particularly challenging. We also explored how right-wing media has sought to downplay Ghislaine Maxwell's role in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
Links for Anna:
* Read her story in Mother Jones: How Does the Epstein Scandal End?
* Check out her book: “Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power”
* Follow her on Bluesky: @annamerlan.bsky.social
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Dave Portnoy has leveraged his digital media empire — Barstool Sports — to amass so much political influence that there’s a term for it: "Barstool Conservatism." This episode retraces the story of Portnoy’s life and career to explain how he made millions combining sports entertainment, reactionary politics, and pizza reviews. It also reflects on Portnoy’s influence within the broader MAGA movement and “manosphere.”
Mike and Jared are joined by Robert Silverman, a feature writer who has covered Portnoy and his media empire at excruciating length. Practically everything you’ll hear on this episode comes directly from his reporting. (Listeners will remember Silverman from April’s “Who the Hell is Tim Pool?” episode.)
Links to Robert’s reporting:
* Inside Barstool Sports’ Culture of Online Hate: ‘They Treat Sexual Harassment and Cyberbullying as a Game’ (The Daily Beast, 2018)
* Barstool Sports ‘Hemorrhaging Money,’ Top Editor Flips Out at Writers (The Daily Beast, 2020)
* How Barstool Built an Empire by Swiping Sports Highlights (The Daily Beast, 2023)
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Ben Lorber is a senior research analyst at Political Research Associates. He joined the show for a discussion about the pro-Israel groups cheapening the real antisemitism affecting Jewish people by doing things like pick fights against children’s entertainers like Ms. Rachel and Elmo. How do we keep our moral compass steady against those who seek to wield it as a bludgeon to silence critics of the Israeli government?
Links for Ben:
* Read his book: “Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism”
* Check out his work: Political Research Associates
* Follow his socials: X and BlueSky
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Will Sommer is a senior reporter at The Bulwark, where he authors the newsletter “False Flag.” A longtime chronicler of right-wing media, Will joins the show to discuss the fallout facing the Trump Administration as it backs off its promise to release the “Epstein Files.” After years of promising to unveil new information about one of the highest profile pedophiles in United States history, the administration has reversed course entirely — leading some MAGA movement figures to call for resignations of key administration figures.
Links for Will:
* Subscribe to his newsletter: “False Flag” at The Bulwark
* Read his book: “Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America” via HarperCollins
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Jeff Tischauser, an academic and researcher covering the “white power” movement, joins the show to talk about Patriot Front: a neofascist group known for it’s theatric flash demonstrations and plentiful propaganda. This episode walks through the early years of Patriot Front, scrutinizes its stated beliefs and objectives, sizes up what threat they actually pose, and examines why MAGA keeps alleging its members are “feds.”
Jeff’s reporting on Patriot Front:
* Patriot Front secretly using the active clubs network to sustain its influence
* Patriot Front Leader Involved in Fatal Utah Car Crash
* ‘We Will Fight!’ The Soldier Waging War Against America from Fort Liberty
* Extremist lawyer appears to be training Patriot Front members to fight
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Mike and Tom — two folks from the anarchist media collective It’s Going Down — joined the show for a conversation about translating the mass appeal of anti-Trump protests into meaningful acts of antifascism against a far-right extremist government. The crew looked back on antifascist organizing in recent decades, discussed ways that anyone can make their activism materially impactful, and considered how the role researchers play has changed in the second Trump era.
Links:
* Website: It’s Going Down
* Podcast: “The Beautiful Idea”
* Unicorn Riot: Protest ‘Peacekeepers’ Shot Two People at a March in Salt Lake City. One Died, the Other Went to Jail.
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Mike and Jared say hello to the show’s new “Groyper” listeners then talk about Trump’s military parade, the murder of a Minnesota politician, media coverage of “No Kings” protests, Terry Moran’s exit from ABC News, and Democrats’ latest ploy to win new voters.
Links:
* Molly Ivins: The Fun’s in the Fight
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Nicholas J. Fuentes is the most prolific white nationalist in America today, and he’s just 26 years old. The Chicagoland native’s nightly livestreams have earned him a cult-following of “Groypers” who have helped him push an entire generation of young Republicans toward racist and antisemitic ideologies. This episode traces notable moments in Fuentes’ life that made him what he is today.
Amanda Moore is a freelance journalist who has covered far-right extremist movements for national news outlets, including Mother Jones, The Intercept, and The Nation. Moore spent nearly a year undercover in far-right movements and draws upon that experience to inform her reporting.
Links for Amanda:
* Follow Amanda on social media: X (Twitter) / BlueSky
* Subscribe to Amanda’s newsletter: “The Turtle Diaries”
These biographical episodes take weeks to produce and involve many hours of research, fact-checking, and editing, which we do on our personal time. Support the show and get access to weekly bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/PostingThroughIt
Kim Kelly, a labor journalist and author, joined to discuss how unions and other organized worker groups are faring in today’s hostile political landscape. Kim also discussed modern metal music and current-day anarchist organizing. Before that, Mike and Jared talked about MAGA supporters souring on FBI leaders Dan Bongino and Kash Patel as they try to pivot away from “deep state” conspiracy theories, like those related to Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019.
Links for Kim Kelly:
* Her book: “Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor”
* Young reader’s edition: “Fight to Win! Heroes of American Labor”
* Her articles: inthesetimes.com/authors/kim-kelly
* Her heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io/
* Her Patreon page: patreon.com/kimkelly
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Mike and Jared return from a week off to discuss Kanye West’s pro-Hitler song, a Minnesota woman’s big payday after calling a child the n-word, Trump Administration officials supporting racist conspiracy theories about “white genocide” in South Africa, and conservative personalities debating each other’s “woke-ness.” (Note: This episode contains explicit language, more so than usual.)
And, listeners… “it's just after 10 p.m. This is the adult tour, which means you can drink if you want and we can say whatever the HELL we want.”
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Candace Owens soared to right-wing media superstardom within weeks of posting her first YouTube videos in 2017. This episode reviews Owens’ life and career arc, exploring how someone who was victimized by racial hatred in high school became one of the MAGA movement’s most prominent — and most divisive — political commentators. This episode features exclusive comments from Candace Owens, provided through a spokesperson, and includes previously unreported details about her life story.
Madeline Peltz,a longtime researcher of right-wing media, joined Mike and Jared on this episode. Peltz’s first book “PICK ME: The Right-Wing Siege of Gender and Gen-Z,” will be published by Sourcebooks next year.
Links for Madeline Peltz:
* Bluesky: @peltzmadeline.bsky.social
* X/Twitter: @peltzmadeline
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This episode took weeks to produce and involved many hours of reporting and fact-checking, which we do on our personal time. Support the show and get access to weekly bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/PostingThroughIt
Programming Note: We’re taking next week off. We’ll be back on May 19.
Hannah Gais and Steven Monacellijoin for a wide-ranging discussion about the state of Twitter (now called “X”) three years after Elon Musk first moved to purchase it. Since then, Musk has transformed the platform into a self-serving MAGA machine that is crowning a new generation of right-wing media royalty. Monacelli walks us through his reporting on one of the platform’s newer standouts — “Captive Dreamer” — as an example of who’s benefiting from the new status quo.
Links for Steven Monacelli:
* Daily Dot: “A Hitler-quoting ‘Aryan’ has the attention of JD Vance and Elon Musk—who is @captivedreamer7?”
* Bluesky: @stevanzetti.bsky.social
* Contact/Work: linktr.ee/Stevanzetti
Links for Hannah Gais:
* Bluesky: @hannahgais.bsky.social
* Newsletter: postsfromunderground.ghost.io/
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Teddy Wilson, a journalist and researcher, joins to discuss developments within the Radical Right since Trump issued pardons and commutations for every one of his supporters involved in the 2021 riot at the US Capitol Building — including extremist movement members and supporters — at the start of his second term. Mike and Jared take a trip down memory lane to reflect on the ways Republicans have come to embrace what happened that day.
Links:
* Teddy’s newsletter: radicalreports.org
* Teddy’s tracking of Capitol riot defendants: capitolriotmap.com
* Teddy’s account on Bluesky: @reportbywilson.bsky.social
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Nikki McCann Ramírez, a political reporter at Rolling Stone and co-host of the podcast “American Friction,” joined to discuss the inhumane prison system in El Salvador where the Trump administration has sent hundreds of migrants — effectively disappearing them from their families and denying them any methods of recourse. Before she joined, Mike and Jared reflected on the rising power of Stephen Miller: the architect behind the Trump administration’s most vicious immigration policies.
Links:
* Read Nikki’s piece in Rolling Stone: The ‘Judicial Black Hole’ of El Salvador’s Prisons Is a Warning for Americans
* Follow Nikki on BlueSky: @nikkimcr.bsky.social
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Tim Pool draws millions of viewers — and dollars — making political podcasts and commentary videos on YouTube. This episodes explores Pool’s evolution, from a self-proclaimed “activist” live-streaming Occupy Wall Street protests to one of today’s most-popular MAGA pundits. Along the way, we review Pool’s early media career, eventual drift into far-right politics, and rapid construction of the media empire he oversees today.
Mike and Jared were joined by Robert Silverman, a feature writer who has published what might be the world’s definitive investigative reporting on Tim Pool.
Links to some of Robert’s reporting:
* The Daily Beast: How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet
* The Daily Beast: Tim Pool’s News Site Plagiarized the Mainstream Media He Claims to Hate
* Follow Robert Silverman on Bluesky
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Renée DiRestais one of the nation’s leading researchers of social media and the author of “Invisible Rulers : The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality”: a book about the ways social media platforms are used — and abused — to reshape the way we think and behave. Renée also shared her thoughts on the government’s hostility toward researchers who study social media and some of her experiences interacting with Matt Taibbi.
You can read Renée’s emails with Matt Taibbi here: reneediresta.substack.com/
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Eoin Higgins is a historian and author who joined the show to discuss his book: “Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left.” The gang talks in-depth about Glenn Greenwald and some of the other characters featured in Eoin’s book, right-wing billionaires’ attempts to undermine the news industry, and 90s techno.
Check out Eoin’s other work:
* Substack
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The Anti-Defamation League has invited controversy for its leaders’ coziness with the Trump administration, and for its characterizations of student-led protests against Israel’s mass-killing of Palestinian civilians. Mike and Jared recap the events that got us here, the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, and why they see the ADL’s political maneuvering as cause for concern.
Later on, Emmy-nominated reporterVegas Tenold joins the show to discuss his experience working at the ADL from 2018-2020, and he offers his perspective on what the organization is doing today. Read Vegas’ post about the ADL’s coziness with the Trump administration here: https://whathappensinvegas.substack.com/p/the-fascist-and-his-little-helpers
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Jack Posobiec is one of the MAGA movement’s biggest social media stars, recently seen accompanying Pentagon officials on an overseas trip and posing for photos with Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office. This podcast explores Posobiec’s early political career and its overlaps with white supremacist movements, “Pizzagate” conspiracy theories, and hostile state influence operations — among many other things. Mike and Jared were joined by Hannah Gais, who researches and writes about the far-right.
Links:
* Read Hannah in The Baffler: Unhuman Resources: The many grievances of Jack Posobiec
* Subscribe to Hannah’s newsletter
* And follow Hannah on BlueSky and Twitter.
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J.M. Berger wrote the book on extremism — literally. The internationally renowned expert discussed methods of defining “extremism” and whether a mainstream political movement, like MAGA, could be accurately labeled that way.
Read J.M. Berger’s work:
* Extremism (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
* The Social Construction of Extremism (Dissertation)
A huge thank you to Katharine Antoun for the show’s new cover art. (Website / Instagram)
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Max Read joins to talk about the online “Soy Right” and how the MAGA movement became everything it thought it hated about “soy boy” liberals. This episode pairs well with tofu.
Programming note: We’ll be back on March 3.
Check out Max Read’s newsletter, “Read Max.”
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Julia Carrie Wongjoined the show to discuss her recent exploring comparisons between today’s Democratic Party and Vichy France: a short-lived rump state that capitulated to the German Nazi party in WWII. You can read Julia’s article here: Capitulating to Trump: why people are warning about ‘Vichy’ America.
In the wake of recent political events, the trio would also like to encourage those who are able to consider making a donation to The Trevor Project, which fights for the safety and dignity of LGBTQ+ youth. (Click here to donate)
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Matt Binder joins the show to talk about meme coins and AI chatbot romance. The trio discuss about how politicians of all stripes have cozied up to a scam economy built on false hopes about technology.
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Jared and Mike discuss a recent school shooting in Nashville, assess the vibe of Trump’s inauguration in DC, and debate investing their life savings in Trump’s cryptocurrency coin. They also review a column about a far-right DC inauguration party: “MAGA meme warriors take a victory lap with the Coronation Ball, celebrating the Trump-inspired cultural ascendancy.”
Read Mike’s article about Inauguration Day in DC
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Parker Malloy joins Jared and Mike to talk about the state of legacy media in the United States as the second Trump administration takes office. The trio also identifies a few “Winners and Losers” of modern right-wing media.
Check out Parker Malloy’s Substack
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Transition music is “Space Song” by Beach House.
Mike and Jared are joined by Kevin M. Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton University, to discuss historical parallels to the modern MAGA movement and whether today’s political perils really are as “unprecedented” as some people claim. They also revisit some of the first Trump era’s often-forgotten history.
Check out Kevin Kruse’s Substack
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Transition music is “Get Back” by Margaret Glaspy.
After more than a year away, Jared Holt returns to “Posting Through It” with a new co-host: Michael E. Hayden. The duo takes a brief look at the post-election political scene, explain why they brought the show back, and share their thoughts on the years ahead.
Six years and millions of downloads later, it’s now time for me to figure out what’s next. I don’t know what “next” means for me yet, but things will be quieter around here in the near future while I work through the details. Long live SH!TPOST. Long live Posting Through It.
I'll talk to you again soon.
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Jordan Uhl joins the show for a chat about the criminal indictment against Trump in New York. Then, Jared and Jordan talk about the Right's craven anti-LGBTQ+ response to a mass shooting at a Nashville school.
Jordan's Twitter: @JordanUhl
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This episode was made in collaboration with Did Nothing Wrong, a podcast hosted by Jay McKenzie and Griff Sombke, and features a chat with mis/disinfo researcher and author Mike Rothschild. We talk about Jim Stewartson, a self-proclaimed 'anti-disinformation activist' who has some conspiracy theories about, well, conspiracy theories. Then, we talk to Mike about the prevalence of conspiracy theories on the political left, the differences between those and right-wing conspiracy theories, and how we can spot them.
Mike Rothschild on Twitter: @rothschildmd
Jay McKenzie on Twitter: @jamesfourm
Griff Sombke on Twitter: @Grzabjj
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Christopher Mathias joins the show to talk about his experience at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, a.k.a. CPAC. Jared and Chris talk about the event's lacking attendance, surrounding scandals, and attacks on trans people. Then, Chris tells us about the latest "Terrorgram" propagandist to have had their identity revealed.
Chris' Twitter: @letsgomathias
Chris' favorite thing online: Videos of Border Collies herding sheep on Instagram
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Ed Zitron joined the show to talk about Microsoft and Google's planned rollouts of AI chatbots into their search engines and the risks of applying the technology across people's lives recklessly.
Ed's Twitter: @EdZitron
Ed's Newsletter:https://ez.substack.com/p/degenerative-ai
Ed's favorite thing online: https://twitter.com/male_wife_/status/1626825132894199811
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Michael E. Hayden joins the show to talk about text messages the Southern Poverty Law Center obtained from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The messages reveal a conflict between the on-air persona that Jones embodies and the real Jones that lives in "hell."
Mike’s favorite thing online: @goth_videos
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NYT: DeSantis/Trump poll
Vanity Fair: ‘RON DESANTIS SUCCESSFULLY BULLIES THE COLLEGE BOARD INTO TAILORING AP AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES TO THE NEEDS OF FRAGILE WHITE PEOPLE’
Reason: National Conservatives Can't Find a Good Excuse for Viktor Orbán's Inflation Disaster
SPLC: Infowars’ Alex Jones Says He Lives ‘in Hell,’ Texts Show
SPLC: Alex Jones’ Texts Highlight Infowars Overlap with Proud Boys
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Amanda Moore joins the show to talk about Steven Crowder's contract drama, her latest article for Talking Points Memo about Nick Fuentes and Ye, the conservative gas stove freak-out, and more. Amanda has spent extended time undercover in far-right MAGA communities and uses her first-hand observations from that time to inform her reporting and commentary.
Follow Amanda on Twitter: @noturtlesoup17
Read her latest in Talking Points Memo: Why The Ongoing Nick Fuentes-Ye Alliance Is So Dangerous
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Jared opened up the Posting Through It voicemail and text message inbox for listener questions and comments. In this episode, he reacts to those messages.
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Meghan Conroy and Alex Newhouse worked for the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol as investigator and investigative analyst, respectively. They join Posting Through It on the second anniversary of the Capitol riot to talk about the work they did in the Congressional investigation, particularly related to the roles social media platforms had in the attack.
Read their essay in Just Security: Insiders’ View of the January 6th Committee’s Social Media Investigation
Follow Meghan Conroy: @meghaneconroy
Follow Alex Newhouse: @AlexBNewhouse
The Where's Waldo-style Insurrectionist illustration: https://www.brianmichaelweaver.com/updates/insurrection-maze
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Dr. Anthea Butler is a historian of African American and American religion who serves as the Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She joins the show to discuss the influence of Christian nationalism in American politics and how it expresses itself online. Host Jared Holt and Dr. Butler discuss the uprising of the movement, its impacts on modern politics, and the white supremacy in its subtext.
Follow Dr. Anthea Butler on Twitter: @AntheaButler
https://www.amazon.com/White-Evangelical-Racism-Politics-Morality/dp/1469661179
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Kyle Spencer is an award-winning journalist and the author of "Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America's Ultraconservative Youth Movement." Kyle explains how political activists like Charlie Kirk have risen to power in a new era of internet-forward youth outreach by the conservative movement, bringing with them increasingly radical messages.
Follow Kyle Spencer on Twitter: @KyleYSpencer
Grab a copy of "Raising Them Right" by Kyle Spencer: CLICK HERE
Spencer's favorite thing: 'Echo 3' on Apple TV
Jared's favorite thing: 'Kleo' on Netflix
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Max Rizzuto and Alyssa Kann are researchers at the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) who Jared used to work with. They join the show to talk about the anti-climactic passing of midterm elections. Is election denialism still as potent as it was in 2020? Were fears overblown? Have threats to democracy receded? They argue no to all of the above, even if things went better than expected. If everyone on this episode sounds tired, it's because they are exhausted from working around the elections.
Follow Max Rizzuto on Twitter: @maxbrizzuto
Follow Alyssa Kann on Twitter: @AlyssaKann
Max's favorite thing: The first Fast and Furious movie posted as a Twitter thread (since struck down for copyright violations)
Alyssa's favorite thing: "The day I fell into a crevasse"
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Adam Kovacevich is the founder and CEO of the tech-funded trade group Chamber of Progress, which encourages lawmakers to take pro-tech positions in their policymaking. He joins the show to offer a hopeful view for the future of Twitter under Elon Musk at a time where many others have forecasted the platform's demise.
Follow Adam Kovacevich on Twitter: @adamkovac
Chamber of Progress website: progresschamber.org/
Adam's favorite thing online: Stephen Patula on YouTube
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Will Sommer is a reporter at The Daily Beast and the author of an upcoming book on the Qanon conspiracy theory. He also co-hosts the Fever Dreams podcast. Sommer joins the show to run down a few notable stories from right-wing internet land, including Kanye West's announced plan to buy Parler, an alt-right movie evaporating a million bucks, and more.
Follow Will Sommer on Twitter: @willsommer
Pre-order: 'Trust the Plan: The Rise of Qanon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America'
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Mike Rothschild is the author of a great book on the QAnon conspiracy theory and its cultural significance. He joins the show to discuss former President Donald Trump's promotion of content from the conspiracy theory's followers on Truth Social, what the movement has been up to in the last year or two, and what its believers have planned for midterm elections.
Follow Mike Rothschild on Twitter: @rothschildmd
Read: The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
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Molly White is the software engineer, Wikipedia editor, and independent researcher behind Web3 Is Going Just Great, a project that chronicles the not-so-fabulous drumbeat of disasters related to cryptocurrency and other web3 products. She joins the show to explain "web3" technologies and squash the hype around them. Molly and Jared talk about the political implications of web3 tech, and they also hear a few words from Molly's dog, who barks a few times in the middle of the episode.
Follow Molly White on Twitter: @molly0xFFF
Follow Web3 Is Going Just Great on Twitter: @web3isgreat
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Robert Silverman is a reporter who has published some of the most definitive reporting on pro-Trump social media personality Tim Pool to date. As much as Tim Pool may sell his offerings as better alternatives to mainstream media, Robert Silverman explains how writers at his news blog have relied almost entirely on work done by mainstream news services. Some writers, he found, have even engaged in acts of plagiarism, copying lines from mainstream outlets nearly verbatim.
Follow Robert Silverman: @BobSaietta
The Daily Beast: Tim Pool’s News Site Plagiarized the Mainstream Media He Claims to Hate
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Trapezoid of Discovery is the pseudonym used by an information security engineer who has cataloged and refuted claims from election deniers as they’ve toured around the country, drawing crowds and inspiring conspiracy-minded activism. We discuss what these traveling events have been like, why people should pay attention to what’s happening around them, and how they relate to the broader Republican activist base.
Follow Trapezoid of Discovery: @get_innocuous
The NPR article mentioned in this episode: Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state
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Emmi Conley is an extremism researcher who joins the show to talk about the far-right’s reaction to the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, the revelation that the cringe @BasedMikeLee Twitter account does in fact belong to Sen. Mike Lee, Democrats’ encounters with “Dark Brandon” memes and more.
Follow Emmi: @GamerGirlRights
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Kristen Doerer is the managing editor of Right Wing Watch, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to cataloguing the goings-on of the American far-right. (Jared used to work there, and Kristen was his boss!) Kristen joins the show this week to discuss recent January 6th Committee hearings that broached far-right extremists’ and the online communities’ roles in the Capitol riot. In the first half, Jared and Kristen talk about takeaways from the hearings so far. In the second part, they field the questions listeners sent on Substack and Twitter.
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Nick Backovic and Ernie Piper are writers at Logically who produce investigative journalism related to online disinformation and conspiracy theories. They join the podcast this week to discuss an investigation they published about a QAnon cryptocurrency scheme that scammed believers out of gobs of cash, including one who died by suicide after losing more than $100,000 in the racket. Jared and the Logically guys discuss the findings of that investigation and lessons the rest of us might glean from what transpired.
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Read their investigation: QAnon Crypto Trading Scheme Lost Investors Millions
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Ali Breland is a reporter at Mother Jones who covers online disinformation. He joins the podcast this week to talk about two of his recent essays that confront the flaws and shortcomings of conversations around disinformation, extremism, violence and other harms. Ali discusses why terms like “echo chamber” don’t adequately capture the dynamic social media platforms play in shaping political ideology. Then we talk about the infinite cycle of doom that Americans face in public life. This episode isn’t a feel-good one but we hope you’ll agree that conversations like these are important to have—and especially so when they are unpleasant.
Follow Ali on Twitter: @alibreland
Read Ali’s recent writing at Mother Jones:
Who Exactly Is Trapped in an “Echo Chamber”?
Mass Shootings and Our Never-ending Doomcycle
Ali’s favorite things online: hyper-niche meme accounts and Musical artist Bo Daddy Harris
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India McKinney is the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s director of federal affairs. She joins the podcast this week to talk about privacy and data protection at a time when many anticipate the Supreme Court will roll back reproductive healthcare rights. In this episode, India and Jared talk about concerns that online data could be used by those wanting to punish people seeking abortions. Then, they share their takes on the letter Democrats in Congress sent to Google, concerned that Google’s location tracking practices could enable that threat. Later on, India and Jared go over what average people can do to limit the data collected on them. Also, what can lawmakers and regulators do to be better advocates for internet privacy in the US?
Follow India on Twitter: @imck82
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Michael E. Hayden is a senior investigative reporter at the Southern Poverty Law Center and good friend of the podcast. Mike joins SH!TPOST this week to chat about all the stories the show missed while it was on break.
In this episode, Mike and Jared discuss Elon Musk bidding for Twitter, the far-right laundering fascist aesthetics via “Ultra MAGA”, a right-wing YouTube star who was caught on tape spewing racist and antisemitic language, cryptocurrency markets taking a tumble, white nationalist movement figures clashing over cum stains, and Rep. Madison Cawthorn getting the brunt of a nasty political smear campaign.
Follow Mike on Twitter: @MichaelEHayden
Read some of Mike’s recent reporting:
Leaked Audio Underscores Dark Side of Far-Right YouTube Subculture
Anonymous Donor Drops $2 Million in Bitcoin on Alex Jones
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Kelly Weill is a reporter at The Daily Beast. She recently published a book on Flat Earth conspiracy theory followers and what their beliefs can tell us about the ways people can arrive at absurdly false beliefs. She joins SH!TPOST to talk about her new book and its lessons for the rest of us.
Follow Kelly on Twitter: @KELLYWEILL
Get the book: “Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything” at Workman Publishing
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Sebastian Murdock is a senior reporter at HuffPost who has been covering lawsuits filed against notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his media outlet Infowars. Jared and Sebastian recount some of the latest updates in those lawsuits and what we can gather from how things are progressing. (Spoiler: Not well for Alex!)
Follow Sebastian on Twitter: @SebastianMurdoc
Read some of Sebastian’s reporting on lawsuits against Alex Jones and Infowars:
Infowars Editor Cries During Deposition About Man He Misidentified As Parkland Shooter
Alex Jones' Infowars Store Made $165 Million Over 3 Years, Records Show
Alex Jones Loses 3rd Sandy Hook Lawsuit
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Justin Ling is a freelance investigative reporter covering misinformation, conspiracy theories, extremism, and national security. He joins SH!TPOST to talk about the recent rise of Russian “bio lab” disinformation among MAGA movement figures. Ling walks listeners through the origins of these claims, why they gained overnight popularity with pro-Trump opinion makers in the US, and how governments have pushed back on the theory.
Follow Justin on Twitter: @Justin_Ling
Read Justin’s reporting on this topic in Foreign Policy:
False Claims of U.S. Biowarfare Labs in Ukraine Grip QAnon
How U.S. Bioweapons in Ukraine Became Russia’s New Big Lie
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Sara Aniano is a graduate student at Monmouth University studying communication with a focus on the rhetoric of the far-right on social media. She joins SH!TPOST to talk about US activists’ attempts to replicate Canadian trucker-themed protests stateside. In this episode, Jared and Sara examine the “People’s Convoy”: the most put-together of such efforts. They discuss who is behind People’s Convoy, what journalists and pundits are getting wrong about the effort, and how we can glean lessons from what’s happened so far.
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Jacob Silverman is a writer at The New Republic and a critic of the cryptocurrency industry. He joins SH!TPOST to talk about the ongoing wave of celebrities throwing their reputations and star powers behind the cryptocurrency industry and the potential devastation it wreak have on consumers who don’t understand the high risks involved. Jared and Jacob discuss NFTs, all those cryptocurrency Super Bowl ads, and Web3’s reliance on a sketchy promise of a future technology.
Jacob Silverman’s Twitter account: @SilvermanJacob
Jacob’s author page at The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/authors/jacob-silverman
Read Jacob and Ben McKenzie in Slate with their column ‘Not Gonna Make It’: https://slate.com/tag/not-gonna-make-it
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Ryan Broderick is a journalist covering technology and internet culture. He’s also the author of the Garbage Day newsletter. Ryan joins Jared this episode to discuss the latest standoff in ongoing debates over COVID-19 misinformation on major tech platforms. In one corner stands Joe Rogan and Spotify. On the other side of the ring is a cohort of musical artists, researchers, and dissatisfied Spotify customers. Ryan and Jared break down what’s going on, where they feel many conversations are lacking detail, and how the results of this clash could effect other platforms’ responses to pandemic misinformation.
Ryan Broderick’s Twitter account: @Broderick
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Ksenia Coffman has been contributing edits and research regarding the history of World War II to Wikipedia since 2015, taking deliberate efforts to weasel junk history out of the internet’s go-to collection of information. Ksenia recently stepped out from behind the screen to share her identity and work with Wired magazine. This week, she joins SH!TPOST to talk about her motivations for taking on this monumental task, the reactions her contributions have received in the broader Wikipedia community, and her outlook on the importance of accurate history existing online.
Ksenia’s Twitter account: @KseniaCoffman
Wired magazine’s profile of Ksenia: https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/
Ksenia’s Wiki profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:K.e.coffman
Ksenia’s email: wiki.coffman@gmail.com
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On the one year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Jared Holt and Matt Binder teamed up for a discussion of the state of play in far-right politics. This conversation originally aired live on Matt’s YouTube channel.
Jared talked about his latest report published with the Atlantic Council, which outlines the ways domestic extremist movements have evolved since January 6, 2021. You can read it here: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/after-the-insurrection-how-domestic-extremists-adapted-and-evolved-after-the-january-6-us-capitol-attack/
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On New Year’s Day, Jared took calls from listeners for about an hour and a half live on Twitch. This episode contains audio is from that session, cleaned up and edited for listening in podcast form. Here’s to another year of this god-forsaken podcast!
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Puck News national correspondent Tina Nguyen joins SH!TPOST to talk about her time covering Mike Lindell’s 72-hour “Cyber Symposium” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, last week. We’ll talk to her about what she saw, her takeaways, the dang big shrimps on the buffet bar, and more.
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Media Matters researcher Jason Campbell joins SH!TPOST to discuss GOP youth organizer Charlie Kirk’s skid into anti-vaccine misinformation and scaremongering. In recent months, the GOP wunderkind has voiced hard opposition to public health measures and spread unfounded claims meant to scare audiences away from protecting themselves against the virus.
Read Jason’s research on the topic here: https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirks-anti-vax-campaign
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Freelance reporter and The Daily Beast contributor Robert Silverman joins SH!TPOST to talk about his blockbuster profile on YouTube news performer Tim Pool, one of the most prominent right-wing aligned personalities on the platform. Robert and Jared talk about what Tim Pool’s early career reveals about his current goings-on and how the YouTuber has quietly built a media micro-empire with little criticism from media watchdogs.
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Read Robert’s latest article:How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet (https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-coward-and-phony-tim-pool-became-one-of-the-biggest-political-youtubers-on-the-planet)
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Political Research Associates research analyst Ben Lorber joins SH!TPOST for a conversation about the status of white nationalist movements in the United States six months after President Joe Biden was sworn into office. This episode will explain a particular branch of white nationalism growing popular with younger conservative audiences and gaining footholds within the Republican Party.
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Read some of Ben’s writing at PRA: https://www.politicalresearch.org/bio/ben-lorber
Ben’s favorite things online right now: The “Blowback” podcast and @the.holistic.psychologist on Instagram
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Joining SH!TPOST is P.R. guy, writer, and Joker-meme enthusiast Ed Zitron, who wrote a fantastic essay this week that confronts the ways newsrooms have failed to respond to bad-faith internet harassment campaigns against their reporters made in service of right-wing political causes. Major outlets still have no real answer to the ongoing problem and have filled in the void with public statements that often accomplish less than nothing. Ed offers a few solutions of his own.
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Read Ed’s writing on Substack: ez.substack.com
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Over Memorial Day weekend and deep in the heart of Texas, powerful MAGA political figures and QAnon believers joined together for a wild-west themed conference inside an event venue made to look like a cowboy town. Joining SH!TPOST is Protean Mag publisher and independent journalist Steven Monacelli, who spent time at the conference incognito.
Correction note from Steven: “I mentioned a salute done by Brace Belden that I erroneously described as a "Daesh" salute. That salute has broader and more general use in the Islamic world. It was effectively hijacked by Daesh and I regret associating it with them as such.”
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Steven’s favorite thing online: Ken Klippenstein tricking prominent conservatives into wishing Lee Harvey Oswald a happy Memorial Day.
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The United States is considering ways to fight the kinds of extremist movements that enabled the attack on the U.S. Capitol and some have suggested creating new domestic terrorism laws that would offer federal agencies with more avenues to address that threat. Joining SH!TPOST to talk about flaws with this kind of counter-terrorism approach to fighting white supremacy is SPLC senior research Hannah Gais.
Follow Hannah Gais: https://twitter.com/hannahgais
Read “A New ‘War on Terrorism’ Is the Wrong Way to Fight Domestic Extremists”
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As the United States inches closer toward reopening and our bosses ask us to consider returning to their fancy-pants offices, we face a unique chance to re-examine how we think of work in our lives and our approach to the 9-to-5 grind. Joining SH!TPOST to share perspective on this topic is Charlie Warzel, who co-authored a book with his partner about working from home. He’s also the author of a fantastic newsletter/blog called “Galaxy Brain.”
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About Charlie and Anne’s book, “Out of Office”: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673782/out-of-office-by-charlie-warzel-and-anne-helen-petersen/
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The QAnon conspiracy theory phenomenon is the subject of a new six-hour HBO docuseries that is as raw as it is revealing: Q: Into the Storm. If you watch it, you might even see a familiar face. Director Cullen Hoback embarked on the project three years ago and joins on us on this episode of SH!TPOST.
Follow Cullen Hoback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CullenHoback
This episode was recorded while Jared was away from his normal pro-audio recording and mixing capabilities, so this edition of the podcast is a bit rougher around the edges than most releases. The studio quality you know and love will be back in rotation in May.
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Lil Nas X sneakers, Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, and more; right-wing media in the U.S. has spent the Biden era so far hopping from manufactured outrage to manufactured outrage, riling up their audiences along the way. What was once a hallmark of YouTube grifters seeking clicks has seemingly consumed the mainstream GOP. Media Matters editor-at-large Parker Molloy has been writing about this phenomenon for years and she joins the show to explain the trends and what they mean for the rest of us.
Follow Parker Molloy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy
Read her latest: Right-wing outrage over Lil Nas X exposes the fraud of their campaign against “cancel culture”
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In Bessemer, Alabama, employees at an Amazon fulfilment center have been fighting to unionize their workplace, hoping to secure better working conditions and pay. If successful, the action will mark one of the largest labor victories of modern times and could inspire other of Amazon employees to take similar actions at their own workplaces. The fight is an existential one: labor versus a brutal, new tech-dominated economy.
Reporter Kim Kelly has been reporting from the ground in Alabama on the unionization effort and vote. She joins us during the show to contextualize and explain this historic event and its broader consequences.
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Jared is joined by TechFuture adjunct fellow Ari Cohn to examine some of the regulation proposals on the horizon headed toward Big Tech. Ari argues that most of these proposals fail to meaningfully solve the complaints they seek to answer, and some could even have adverse effects across the broader internet.
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Jared is joined by Forensic News founder Scott Stedman to detail the implosion of The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump PAC once adored by MSNBC anchors and #Resistance liberals online. How did a group that raised and spent tens of millions of dollars in the 2020 election self-destruct so unceremoniously? Did it accomplish what it set out to do? That, and more, in this episode.
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Back again, it’s another SH!TPOST x DOOMED crossover episode! This one’s about former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial and its anticlimactic end.
DOOMEDs Matt Binder and host Jared Holt share reactions to the trial, reflect on the four days of arguments, and ponder what Trump’s acquittal could mean going forward. This episode was recorded and broadcast live on YouTube on Feb. 13, 2021.
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The United States financial market temporarily turned upside-down after Reddit users collectively raised the value of GameStop (GME) shares and screwed over a Wall Street hedge fund in the process. Dan From The Internet joins SH!TPOST to explain what happened, lessons learned, and the democratization of finance.
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On January 6, pro-Trump rallygoers attacked the U.S. Capitol building in protest of the certification of electoral college results solidifying Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect. In part one of this two-part series, University of Illinois political science professor and Arc Digital senior editor Nicholas Grossman joins to discuss the fallout since the attack and the federal government’s response.
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On January 6, pro-Trump rallygoers attacked the U.S. Capitol building in protest of the certification of electoral college results solidifying Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect. In part one of this two-part series, Southern Poverty Law Center senior investigative reporter and spokesperson Michael E. Hayden joins to discuss the build-up to the attack.
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On this episode, Jared explains the origins of the “Stop the Steal” national protest movement and its far-right connections. Then, in annual tradition, he answers voicemails left in the show’s caller inbox.
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Jon Ronson is the acclaimed journalist and author behind books including “Them,” “The Men Who Stare At Goats,” and “So You've Been Publicly Shamed.” Ronson joins host Jared Holt in conversation about modern day conspiracy theorists and online public shaming in an era where “cancel culture” has become a buzzword.
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David Bixenspan joins SH!TPOST to discuss Drake Wuertz and ringboys. This conversation meshes professional wrestling and weird far-right nonsense.
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Emerson T. Brooking, resident fellow at The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), joins SH!TPOST to discuss the Trump campaign’s “October Surprise” scandal surrounding Hunter Biden and how it compares to the 2016 Wikileaks scandal.
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DFRLab: Coverage of Hunter Biden story illustrates extremes in media polarization
DFRLab: Op-Ed: In the United States, the threat of election disinfo is mostly home-grown
Emerson’s favorite thing on the internet: Brunch discourse
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The researcher behind @TimPoolClips, a Twitter account dedicated to monitoring and analyzing content produced by prolific YouTube personality Tim Pool, joins SH!TPOST to discuss how a notable innovator in the news industry turned into a leading right-wing news pundit.
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The good news is we talk about Proud Boys in this episode. The bad news is we recorded it before the debate and wish it weren't so relevant. This week Jared Holt talks with Eat the Rich about the Proud Boys, white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement, and the election.
This episode was recorded on Sept. 27. It originally aired for Eat the Rich, which you can subscribe to here: https://www.patreon.com/EatTheRich
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Spencer Sunshine, PhD, a counter-far-right researcher, writer, activist and analyst, joins SH!TPOST to discuss the latest edition of “40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists.” The guide contains legal, nonviolent methods for combating far-right organizing at the community level.
Read the guide here: https://spencersunshine.com/2020/08/27/fortyways/
Follow Spencer Sunshine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/transform6789
Spencer’s favorite thing online: Conspiracy theories and hoaxes about “antifa,” including this one spread by a Clackamas County sheriff’s deputy.
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As neo-Nazi collaborator and disinformation specialist Jack Posobiec celebrates achieving 1,000,000 followers on Twitter, Southern Poverty Law Center senior investigative reporter Michael E. Hayden joins SH!TPOST to discuss his investigative reporting series on Posobiec’s collaborations with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and anti-Semites.
Read the SPLC investigative series here: https://www.splcenter.org/splc-investigation-far-right-oann-anchor-jack-posobiecs-rise-tied-white-supremacist-movement
Mike’s favorite thing on the internet: the Twitter account @brisk_god
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Host Jared Holt joins Matt Binder of DOOMED for post-game summary and analysis of the Republican National Convention’s third day on Aug. 27, 2020. This episode was originally broadcast live on YouTube.
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Host Jared Holt joins Matt Binder of DOOMED for post-game summary and analysis of the Republican National Convention’s third day on Aug. 26, 2020. This episode was originally broadcast live on YouTube.
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Host Jared Holt joins Matt Binder of DOOMED for post-game summary and analysis of the Republican National Convention’s second day on Aug. 25, 2020. This episode was originally broadcast live on YouTube.
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Host Jared Holt joins Matt Binder of DOOMED for post-game summary and analysis of the Republican National Convention’s first day on Aug. 24, 2020. This episode was originally broadcast live on YouTube.
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Host Jared Holt sits down with The Daily Beast political reporter Will Sommer and QAnon Anonymous host Travis View to discuss the week that mainstream press seemed to decide that this QAnon stuff was actually a serious threat to democracy. The gang recounts their experiences covering QAnon from its early days to now, the all-but-certain election of a QAnon believer into the U.S. Congress, where the conspiracy theory movement is headed, and what—if anything—there is to be done about it.
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Will Sommer, The Daily Beast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/willsommer
Right Richter newsletter: http://www.rightrichter.com/
Travis View, QAnon Anonymous
Twitter: https://twitter.com/travis_view
QAnon Anonymous podcast: https://www.qanonanonymous.com/
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Host Jared Holt appeared on Minion Death Cult for an episode about the sudden right-wing focus on child trafficking and pedophilia as a counter narrative to the popular BLM and #MeToo movements, the different subsets of the right wing and their specific reasons for employing this campaign, and how it's trickling into normie corners of social media
Also, far-right Christians respond to Jerry Falwell Jr. stepping down as president of Liberty University.
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Host Jared Holt interviews journalist and author Shane Burley, who has been covering protests in Portland, Oregon, on the ground. Demonstrations in the Rose City have taken place for 70 consecutive nights, drawing the attention of national press and the brutality of federal officers. Burley explains the scene at the protests, what some national media coverage is missing, and the problems with right-wing media spin about what has happened so far.
Burley is the author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End Itand his work has appeared in publications including NBC News, Jacobin, The Daily Beast, Political Research Associates, and more.
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Read some of Shane’s recent work:
If We Don’t Want Armed Feds Occupying Our Cities, We Must Hit the Streets (Truthout)
Inside the battle for Portland with the independent journalists on the streets (Waging Nonviolent)
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Alex and Tony from Minion Death Cult join host Jared Holt to take a look at COVID-19 pandemic skeptic Alex Berenson and the larger cottage industry of media figures who have found success offering counter-narratives to public health recommendations and media coverage of the disease. Then, the crew examines arguments about coronavirus being passed around the right-wing internet.
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Stories Referenced:
With little clarity on coronavirus, Americans crowdsource how to live in a pandemic (The Washington Post)
An Ex-Times Reporter. An Ohio Wedding Provider. Covid Contrarians Go Viral. (The New York Times)
Here Are the Questions the Right's Favorite Coronavirus Truther Isn't Willing to Answer (Vice)
An Ex-New York Times Reporter Has Become the Right’s Go-To Coronavirus Skeptic (Vanity Fair)
Elon Musk calls for Amazon breakup after Covid-19 skeptic claims it censored his book (CNBC)
What Alex Berenson’s new book gets wrong about marijuana, psychosis, and violence (Vox News)
Tucker Carlson Tries To Blame Marijuana For Mass Shootings (The Fresh Toast)
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Jordan Uhl, co-host of The Insurgents, joins to discuss being banned from the U.S. Army’s Twitch chat and predatory military recruitment methods happening via e-sports. Alex Kotch and Walter Bragman talk about their upcoming nonprofit news app, OptOut.
Jordan Uhl: https://twitter.com/JordanUhl
Listen to The Insurgents: https://theinsurgents.substack.com/podcast
Read: The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens (The Nation)
Alex Kotch: https://twitter.com/alexkotch
Walker Bragman: https://twitter.com/walkerbragman
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On this episode of SH!TPOST, we’re joined by Media Matters senior researcher Alex Kaplan to discuss the 62 congressional candidates who have, to varying degrees, voiced support for the QAnon conspiracy theory movement. We'll also touch on news stories of the week, including the #StopHateForProfit campaign and Trump administration's potential TikTok ban.
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Show Notes: https://shtpostpodcast.com/cqngress-7-7-20-ft-alex-kaplan/
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On this episode of SH!TPOST, we’re joined by co-host of Eat the Rich, Dwight, to discuss the TikTok teens and K-Pop stans in American politics, Rep. Matt Gaetz's son Nestor, conspiracy theories about fireworks in major cities, and more.
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On this episode of SH!TPOST, we're joined by the host of DOOMED!, Matt Binder, to talk about ongoing civil unrest in the United States and the online conspiracies that have come with it.
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On this episode of SH!TPOST, we are joined by our meltdown meteorologist, August, who has been keeping track of the annual series of public Twitter spirals dubbed "Meltdown May."
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On this episode of SH!TPOST, we talk to Vice News reporter Tess Owen about the uptick in "Boogaloo Boys" memes and real-life activists. Then, we're joined by The Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer to talk about "Plandemic," the viral coronavirus conspiracy video that seemed to take over Facebook.
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On this episode of SH!TPOST, we’re talking to Jason Wilson about his reporting at The Guardian about "ReOpen" statehouse protests and the people behind them. Then, we're joined by Alex Kotch, who explains the failures of online payment processors and merchants in dealing with white nationalist hate groups.
SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/reopen-shtpost-4-28-20-ft-jason-wilson-alex-kotch/
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On this episode of SH!TPOST, we’re talking to Naomi Burton and Nick Hayes, the co-founders of the world’s first co-op streaming service, Means TV.
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This episode is half coronavirus, half profile. Host Jared Holt speaks to Vanity Fair reporter Caleb Ecarma about whether Trump's conspiracy theories about the coronavirus have doomed his strongest base of supporters. Then, he's joined by Juliet Jeske, an amateur researcher responsible for exposing and crippling Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys. Jeske has not revealed her role publicly until now.
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We take a break from the pandemic sweeping the world to speak with SPLC's Hannah Gais about Kevin DeAnna, a highly influential white nationalist who operated behind pen names until the release of her series on Hatewatch.
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SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/james-and-gregory-3-17-20-ft-hannah-gais/
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This one is all about the coronavirus. Jared talks to The Daily Beast’s Will Sommer about the right-wing response to the Trump’s administration’s handling of the global pandemic.
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SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/quarantine-crew-3-10-20-ft-will-sommer/
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Jared talks to The Daily Beast editor-at-large Molly Jong-Fast about this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and its attacks against socialism--a boogeyman seemingly around every corner. Then, media reporter Lindsey Ellefson joins to speak about astrology's growing intersection with politics and the 2020 Democratic candidates.
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Jared talks to New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz about Mike Bloomberg's meme outreach campaign and how it might shape the future of online politics.
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Jared talks to Cari Hernandez and Jordan Uhl about the Iowa Caucus and what it can tell us about where online politics and real life politics do and don’t sync up. Also discussed: Jeff Bezos being awful, Baby Nut, and an investigative piece published on Right Wing Watch.
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Stories Referenced:
Hiding in Plain Sight: The White Nationalist Who Toiled Inside a Right-Wing Media Powerhouse (Right Wing Watch)
Twitter boots Planters’ Baby Nut meme accounts for violating its rules (The Verge)
Cars Outside Jeff Bezos' DC House Racked Up Nearly $17,000 in Parking Tickets During $12 Million Renovation (Gizmodo)
Washington Post Threatened Another Star Reporter Over His Tweets (The Daily Beast)
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Jared talks to "I Don't Speak German" co-host Daniel Harper and First Vigil creator Emily Gorcenski about the arrest of neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell and the very, very bad year white supremacists have been having so far.
SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/the-arrest-of-chris-cantwell-1-27-20-ft-daniel-harper-emily-gorcenski/
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Jared talks to HuffPost senior report Sebastian Murdock about Monday's contentious gun rally in Richmond, Virginia. Then, the hosts of QAnon Anonymous stop in to talk about their trip to a pro-Q rally in Tampa, Florida.
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Jared leads a jam-packed news segment, catching you up on the biggest stories of the last few weeks. Then, The Daily Beast reporter Kelly Weill joins SH!TPOST to discuss her piece: “What Do You Do When Neo-Nazis Crash Your Anti-War Rally?”
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Jared is joined by guest co-host Jordan Uhl to honor LA Chargers RB Justin Jackson, to shame an ICE detention center captain outed as a Nazi, and say “f*ck you” to Alex Jones after he is ordered to pay $100,000+ in court sanctions. Gizmodo writer Tom McKay to fill us in on the information overload that happened after the U.S. killed a top Iranian military leader.
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Jared is joined by guest co-host Jordan Uhl to walk through impeachment, whether Minions have spinal structures, the fall of a shitposter, and whether we can ever rescue ourselves from Amazon’s corporate claws. We’re joined by Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans, the creators of the viral “Moves Like Bloomberg” satirical video, which was treated as legit by members of our nation’s political press for some dumb reason.
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Jared issues a moratorium on Baby Yoda memes and then speaks to BuzzFeed News senior tech reporter Ryan Mac about Elon Musk's courtroom success against a defamation lawsuit filed against him by a British diver whom Musk called a "pedo guy." Later, we're joined by the author of the blog The Seventh Degree for a closer look at Jordan B. Peterson's awful new content platform.
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I took a critical look at Jordan Peterson's new "Thinkspot" social media site, and folks is it bad. This interview includes a portion of a conversation I had with one of my favorite people on this earth, SPLC senior investigative reporter Michael Edison Hayden, about his reporting on 900+ emails that White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller sent a Breitbart News editor in 2015 and 2016. Subscribe to our Substack page to hear the full interview.
SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/79-quid-pro-post-11-26-19-ft-michael-edison-hayden/
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Jared is joined by a shitposter who sent Dave Rubin into a rage spiral by posting a fake image that suggested Rubin had Googled and shared a picture of a steak to prove he wasn't mad after he was owned by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It appears that Rubin did, in fact, cook a steak, but what happened will forever exist in Rubin lore.
Our Guest: https://twitter.com/L0G1c9UY
SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/78-steakgate-11-18-19-ft-l0g1c9uy/
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We're taking a look at the #MAGAChallenge, then we'll talk to Matthew Sheffield via phone about the far-right protesters disrupting "conservatism incorporated" events. Then, we'll talk to Fredrick Brennan about his attempts to prevent 8chan from coming back online, and the lengths that the sites' current owner is going to save the cesspool.
Links to stories referenced/read from and more can be found in our show notes: https://shtpostpodcast.com/77-magachallenge-11-11-19-ft-matthew-sheffield-fredrick-brennan/
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The presidential dog meme, Facebook re-brands, and a secret "covefe" meaning. I talk to Adriel Hampton on his decision to run for governor of California in order to run false Facebook ads, and then I speak with Sam Seder about the latest right-wing goings on.
SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/76-faceboomer-11-4-19-ft-adriel-hampton-sam-seder/
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I’m still traveling and spending time with family and friends, but I didn’t want to leave you hanging this week. Here’s a run down of the latest too-damn-online news to get you started this week.
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On this episode, Jared Holt speaks to Slate technology writer April Glaser about Mark Zuckerberg's speech to Georgetown University about free speech on Facebook. Then, Holt is joined by The Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer to chat about the state of MAGA in wake of the impeachment inquiry.
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SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/75-mods-mods-10-21-19-ft-april-glaser-will-sommer/
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I spoke to Michael Bueckert, a Canadian graduate student and writer who does excellent work covering the far-right in his country and abroad, on October 2, 2019. We chatted about a then-recent event where American “liberal” podcaster Dave Rubin and other figures associated with Glenn Beck’s BlazeTV network traveled across the northern border for an event with far-right Canadian political leader Maxime Bernier.
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Learn about the “free speech” activist suing Michael for accurately calling him “alt-right”:https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fees-for-free-speech
And Michael’s favorite thing online is…
F R A S I E R W A V E
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This week’s episode is all about the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Joining me to discuss is Sam Knight, a co-host of District Sentinel Radio.
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On this episode, Jared Holt is joined by a trio of guests. Molly Conger talks about the federal arrest of Daniel McMahon (aka "Jack Corbin") after McMahon spent years as a blood-lusting Nazi. Osita Nwanevu joins to talk to us about the phenomenon of "Cancel Culture." Then, Ali Breland chats with us about "r/The_Donald" as a MAGA organizing hub and recent turmoil in its ranks.
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SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/73-canceled-9-23-19-ft-molly-conger-osita-nwanevu-ali-breland/
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On this episode, I’m joined by the hosts of the podcast QAnon Anonymous, who I recently met when they came to D.C. to experience a pro-QAnon rally in the nation’s capitol. But before that, we have to talk about Milo getting turned away from a furry convention.
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On Episode 71, we talk about Jacob Wohl's arrest warrant, Milo's financial and audience size woes, and Facebook dating. TYT investigative reporter Ken Klippenstein (at 14:20) joins us to talk about a film pitched to humanize child detention centers at the border and to debrief us on the saga relating to the Harrys of Cherry.
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SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/71-shaggy-prunus-9-9-19-ft-ken-klippenstein/
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Some platform news, a talk with David Karpf about recent bedbug infestations in the New York Times, and a chat with Luke O’Neil about Boston’s “Straight Pride” Parade.
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Niiiiiiiiiice! We have some news, an Iraqi Dinar market update, an interview with Rob Rousseau about avoiding burnout in our trying times, and your calls.
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SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/69-nice-8-26-19-ft-chris-rob-rousseau/
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On Episode 68 of sh!tpost, Jared Holt runs through a few news items before we speak with Vice News’ Tess Owen, who fills us in on the scuttlebutt surrounding last weekend’s far-right rally in Portland, Oregon. Then, we’re joined for an extended interview with Michael E. Hayden, senior investigative reporter for SPLC’s Hatewatch, who walks us through the story of a white nationalist organizer identified working in the U.S. State Department.
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SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/68-the-state-department-neo-nazi-8-19-19-ft-tess-owen-michael-hayden/
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On Episode 67 of sh!tpost, Jared Holt talks about the death of Jeff Epstein, the blacklisting of 8chan, and the second anniversary of Unite the Right. We're joined by writer Aaron Freedman to learn about how the Intellectual Dark Web's favorite publication got tricked by a hoax, then we'll speak to the hoaxster himself! Later in the program, we're joined by Madeline Peltz of Media Matters to talk about Tucker Carlson's sudden "vacation" after claiming on air that white supremacy is a "hoax."
Our Guests
Aaron Freedman: https://twitter.com/freedaaron
'Archie Carter': https://twitter.com/ArchieOfQueens
Madeline Peltz: https://twitter.com/peltzmadeline
SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/67-quillette-owned-8-12-19-ft-aaron-freedman-archie-carter-madeline-peltz/
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On Episode 66 of sh!tpost, Jared Holt has a bad voice, but that doesn't stop him from working through the news of the day. Later in the podcast, we're joined by Julian Feelds of the podcast QAnon Anonymous to talk about the arrest of Jeff Epstein.
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On Episode 65 of sh!tpost, Jared Holt walks through news updates on the president’s racist tweets, Proud Boys, QAnon, and the smear that Rep. Ilhan Omar secretly married her brother. We’re joined by HuffPost reporter Luke O’Brien for a debrief on the state of neo-Nazi blogger Andrew Anglin and his website The Daily Stormer, which were recently ruled against in court to the tune of $18,000,000 in damages to two plaintiffs. O’Brien will walk us through the lawsuits, what’s happened since, and where the world’s most-trafficked Nazi blog goes from here.
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On episode 64 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt travels to the Netroots Nation political conference in Philadelphia and speaks with activists, journalists, and change-makers in the left-of-center political world about the work they're doing and how people can get involved.
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On episode 63 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt is joined by The Daily Beast's Will Sommer to discuss the July 6 far-right "Demand Free Speech" rally in Washington, D.C. This episode also includes a preview of a conversation that Jared had with Matt Binder of the DOOMED podcast about an "antifa journalist" list circulated in right-wing media circles.
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On episode 62 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt is joined by Matthew Hodges to give an oral history of drug subculture as it relates to the development and creation of the broader internet. (Disclaimer: This episode is not an endorsement or encouragement of drug use.)
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On episode 61 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt is joined by countering violent extremism researcher Samantha Kutner, who fills us in on the latest efforts the Proud Boys have been making to plug themselves back into the mainstream GOP.
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In episode 60 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt runs through the week’s most pertinent stories inloving OJ Simpson, Alex Jones, 8chan, law enforcement, and a deceased state senator. We’re joined by AdWeek reporter Shoshana Wodinsky to learn about a federal search warrant filed against internet image board 8chan. Later we’re joined by Caleb Cain, who was radicalized on YouTube and now works to help others walk away from racist politics.
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In this bonus interview, which paid subscribers to SH!TPOST get an exclusive first listen to, I speak with Caleb Cain—a young man radicalized and then de-radicalized on YouTube—about one of the questions I get most often. If you meet someone who has been radicalized online, how do you reach out to them?
I include the caveat that the responsibility of de-radicalization is not one that every person should take upon themselves; depending on the individuals involved, it can sometimes put folks in harm’s way. But for those up to the task, Caleb shares some tips on talking to people who are in a spot he found himself when he was at his most extreme.
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In episode 59 of sh!tpost, we are joined by BuzzFeed Senior Reporter Ryan Broderick to discuss the meltdown inside, outside, and on YouTube following the roll-out of policies targeting extremist content. Later we’re joined for a casual conversation with reporter Alex Thomas, who spoke with Ed Krassenstein after he and his brother, Brian, were banned from Twitter. Alex will share what he learned, and we sarcastically muse on their possible next steps.
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This episode is a bit more laid back than usual. Joining us are members of the Twitter small accounts’ union Posters Local 69420. Many bits and riffs are had.
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In episode 56 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt is joined by journalist Judd Legum, host of the podcasts Popular Info newsletter. Judd did some stellar reporting on the financial apparatus supporting 8Chan. They talk about rising extremism in America and what that means going forward. Later we’re joined by Hope Not Hate senior researcher Joe Mulhall for an update on U.K. far-right politics.
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In episode 56 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt is joined by journalist Robert Evans, host of the podcasts Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here on the How Stuff Works podcast network. They talk about rising extremism in America and what our fate could look like going forward.
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In episode 55 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt attempts to tackle the dynamics between our IRL and online selves. New York Times writer-at-large Charlie Warzel joins us to discuss the disconnects people feel in our new digital world, and where we can go from here. Garrett Davis joins to talk specifically about the idea that moderation can save the internet and why that may not be the best place to put our bets.
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In episode 54 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack discuss THE REPORT, changes coming to KickStarter and Indiegogo, and a resurgence in accelerationist thinking among racist extremists. Anna Merlan joins us from the desert (where we presume she is hunting aliens) to talk to us about her new book about conspiracy theories in America.
We’re going to a brief break next week, so we’ll see you in May.
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We’re making some changes to the show starting in May, and we’re taking next week off (April 29) but plan to return the next week (May 6). Thank you everyone who got us to this point, and we hope to take this show to the next level.
Tomorrow night’s episode is still on the menu, but after that, we’ll see you on the flip side.
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In episode 53 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack discuss Julian Assange's arrest, new photos of a black hole, and a shoddy Capitol Hill hearing featuring TPUSA's Candace Owens. The Daily Beast's Kelly Weill joins us for a two-part interview. First, we discuss threats against Rep. Ilhan Omar. Then, we chat about flat earth conspiracy theorist drama.
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In episode 52 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack discuss Fox News losing advertisers, white nationalism on Facebook and the point of Dave Rubin's "classical liberalism." Acadian Driftwood debriefs us on Canadian politics and Michael E. Hayden gives us the skinny on the latest dumb meme “honking” around the web.
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In episode 51 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack discuss news of the week, including the firing of DC McAllister, Alex Jones' sworn deposition, and the burn of World Net Daily. Matt Binder from DOOMED joins us for an extended interview exploring the ethos, pathos, and logos of the right-wing internet (or at least it starts like that).
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In episode 50 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt discusses THE MUELLER, new Apple releases, a Fox News/QAnon pipeline, and other stories of the week. Josh Russell joins us to debrief us on foreign disinformation in the 2016 campaign and what we can do to stay vigilant in 2020. The Bulwark's Christian Vanderbrouk talks to us about the mainstreaming of civil war rhetoric in the GOP and paths forward.
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This one begins pretty grim. In episode 49 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack discuss the New Zealand terrorist attack carried out by a white supremacist. Data & Society research affiliate and Stanford PhD student Becca Lewis joins us to talk further about networks of extremism online. We then move on to some lighter topics like Egg Boy, Shane Dawson's cat-sex denial, and Rep. Devin Nunes' LOLsuit against Twitter shitposters.
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In episode 48 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack talk about Megan McCain crying on national television, why people are throwing cheese at infants, and those Tucker Carlson archive tapes. Twitter user and resident expert @Tankie_Vaciedo joins us to talk about "was bappin?" and Dan from Knowledge Fight helps us break down news that Paul Joseph Watson is leaving Infowars.
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In episode 47 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack talk about the "Momo Challenge," Notch supporting QAnon, and of course CPAC. The Intercept's Aída Chávez and HuffPost's Christopher Mathias join us to share their takeaways from the annual conservative conference.
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In episode 46 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt talks about Roger Stone apologizing for posts, the Blippi bombshell, and a Mar a Lago pastry chef's support for QAnon. Chris James of Not Even a Show joins the show to talk to us about pranking right-wing radio hosts.
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In episode 45 of sh!tpost, hosts Jared Holt and Jack unpack Candace Owens' Hitler comments, the unmasking of a neo-Nazi podcaster, and the arrest of a prominent Gamergate icon. We're joined by Luke O'Neil, who is our guide through Hell World (support his newsletter here), and HuffPost senior reporter Sebastian Murdock, who got in a Twitter fight with Cool Cat.
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Episode 44 of sh!tpost examines the internet with guest host Jordan B. Uhlerson. We feature an interview with Taylor Lorenz about the world record egg.
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Episode 43 of sh!tpost examines the posting Pope, more YouTube headaches, and Roger Stone's indictment. Jack fills us in on Shaggy memes and Jared speaks with David Neiwert and Lindsey Ledford.
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Episode 42 of sh!tpost examines Ben Shapiro's comments about killing baby Hitler, a viral video showing MAGA teens mocking a native american demonstrator, and that Gillette ad. Talia Lavin joins us to talk about channeling rage for political action and justice.
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Episode 41 of sh!tpost tackles the growing online popularity of the yellow jacket protests in France, travels with Beto O'Rourke to the dentist, and features a conversation with a leftist Twitter all-star who made a congressman mad.
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We're back from the break with episode 40 of sh!tpost, with your hosts Jared Holt and Jack. We talk about data breaches, WikiFeet, and Mafia memes. Jared talks to Krang T Nelson about horny MAGA grandpa reply guys and Connor Golden about the new year of leftist shit-posting.
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Ian Madrigal, who became an internet fixture for their mockery of the Google hearing in Congress on December 11, joins the show to talk about internet activism and the problem with tech monopolies.
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Tucker loses an advertiser, Gavin McInnes is still doing Proud Boys initiations, and WaPo debuts a bottomless Pinocchio. Ashley Feinberg talks about Poster's Disease and Mike Rothschild talks about debunking conspiracy theories.
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Why you swell with glee at the sight of cute animals, the Minecraft community pays tribute to Dan Bongino, and Anthony Scaramucci apparently voices support of QAnon. The Verge's Julia Alexander joins us to break down news and reactions to YouTube megastar "PewDiePie" and his promotion of a YouTube channel containing racist and anti-Semitic content.
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No more porn in Starbucks, the big cow, brain pills and Laura Loomer's Twitter protest stunt. Travis View from the QAnon Anonymous podcast joins us to break down the patch worn by a law enforcement officer while photographed greeting Vice President Mike Pence and all things QAnon.
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Bitcoin is free-falling, (another) new Trump social media site and a very Shrek rapid fire. Will Sommer from The Daily Beast joins the show to mourn the suspension of Laura Loomer, to chat about a Dinar scam duping Trump supporters, and to discuss the #ThotAudit online.
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In episode 35, host Jared and co-host Jack mourn the Honda social media accounts taken over by The Grinch, talk about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Twitter game, and answer the burning question: are birds real? Matt Bors, editor and cartoonist at The Nib, joins Jared as this week's fallen poster.
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In episode 34, host Jared engages in robust debate with the founder of Millennial Capitalists of America and honors fallen poster Karen Geier. We talk about Juul rollbacks, Amazon HQ2, and the comeback of Vine as "Byte."
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In this episode, host Jared takes on a job from Surefire Intelligence. To complete this mission he must team up with Agent @CockSailor, an absolute posting legend.
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In this episode, host Jared talks about witches cursing Kavanaugh, YouTube education measures, and Jake Paul. Emerson Brooking joins us for an extended sit-down about a book he co-authored, "LikeWar."
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BONUS: The Daily Beast's Will Sommer joins Jack and Jared to discuss the movie "Dummycrats."
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In this episode, host Jared and Jack look at the BetterHelp scam(?), the latest data breach from bit tech, and the FDA's strict order to not put erectile dysfunction drugs in vape juice. Justin Baragona of The Contemptor joins us to chat about Fox News' influence online in the Trump era and the state of right-wing media.
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In this episode, host Jared shares audio from his talk with The Daily Beast's Will Sommer at Princeton University. TYT investigative reporter Ken Klippenstein joins to talk about a story surrounding the body-double conspiracy theory conservatives used to defend Brett Kavanaugh from sexual assault allegations.
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In this episode, host Jared and Jack explore the day's news and MOTH MEMES!!! Matt Rivitz of Sleeping Giants joins the show to talk about advertiser awareness campaigns.
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In this episode, host Jared and Jack explore the day's news and break down a couple fresh memes off the block. Luke Barnes, of ThinkProgress, joins Jared to talk about a report he and Jared wrote about tech companies processing payments to hate groups and then briefly dive into Euro politics.
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In this episode, host Jared and Jack explore the day's news. The author behind Russia without BS, Jim Kovpak, joins us to set the record straight on Russian influence posting.
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In this episode, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack explore the day's news. Ken White (a.k.a. Popehat) joins us to talk First Amendment law and Alex Jones. Then, Travis View breaks down how QAnon went unhinged after it hit the mainstream.
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In this episode, host Jared Holt and co-host Jack explore the day's topics. After that Michael Bueckert helps us understand why Western far-right activists have become obsessed with South Africa and how Trump's tweet legitimized a fringe movement.
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SH!TPOST host joins the host of "Knowledge Fight" for a crossover episode. Keep up with their work: knowledgefight.com
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"Drone Chomsky" joins us to talk about his Twitter dot com suspension, Jordan Uhl talks about his dream to meet the Krassenstein brothers, and Max Tani talks streetwear culture. This episode is co-hosted by Jared Holt and Jack.
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Sludge money-in-politics reporter Alex Kotch joins us to answer the question, "Ben Shapiro owns the libs ... but who owns him?" Hosts Jared Holt and Jack talk about the Proud Boys being booted from Twitter, Unite the Right 2, and Alex Jones de-platforming.
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Observer magazine writer and hobbyist magician Davis Richardson joins host Jared Holt to explain how magicians gather online and the state of magic culture.
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DOOMED is "a leftist politics and culture podcast for our terrible times." On this episode of DOOMED, Jared Holt joins host Matt Binder to discuss Alex Jones' recent ban from Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and iTunes. Later, Holt and Binder talk about last weekend's Patriot Prayer rally in Portland, Oregon.
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In this episode, host Jared Holt takes a look at the "Keke Challenge," new proposals to regulate social media, and Elon Musk parody accounts. We're joined by Kelly Jones, who is enduring a nasty custody battle against her ex-husband, who happens to be Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Then, we cringe at Owen Benjamin's latest PragerU video and run through rapid-fire news bits.
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In this episode, host Jared Holt examines the latest controversy surrounding Juul e-cigs, Mark Zuckerberg's Holocaust denial sympathies, and the reason everyone is talking about pedophilia online. HuffPost reporter Luke O'Brien joins us to talk about The Daily Stormer, Twitter harassment, and the right-wing "Proud Boys" gang.
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In this episode, Jack co-hosts with Jared Holt. Together, Jack and Jared break down the resuscitation of a Gamergate subreddit, address conspiracy theories on Facebook and induct The Washington Post into the SH!TPOST Hall of Fame. Nester, a media facilitator for anti-fascist action in Nebraska, walks us through the extensive discography of pro-fascist parody songs on YouTube. Then, Elisa Hategan shares her story as a former right-wing extremist.
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Elisa, too: twitter.com/elisahategan
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In this abbreviated episode, host Jared Holt runs down the news you missed while the podcast was on pause. This episode includes a deep look at a new fleet of QAnon activists emerging from the cult of MAGA. An extended episode is on deck for next week to celebrate 20 editions of SH!TPOST!
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Host Jared Holt is joined by co-host Jack to talk about Instagram's pivot to... television? The Wrap's Jon Levine joins to break down the ways that national news outlets botched their chances to have a meaningful discussion about immigration last week. Later, The Daily Beast's Will Sommer breaks down the Joe Rogan/Alex Jones breakup. Finally, we take a call from Robert!
Jon: https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan
Will: twitter.com/WillSommer
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Host Jared Holt talks about the unjust treatment of Walugi, a patent Uber filed to find out if you're calling a car while drunk, and disturbing audio of children crying after ICE agents separated them from their parents (unearthed by Propublica). The Daily Beast's Max Tani joins to talk about Dennis Rodman's North Korea trip and Natalie Martinez guides us through all things Sharknado.
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Show Max some love: twitter.com/maxwelltani
Also Natalie: twitter.com/natijomartinez
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In this episode, host Jared Holt mourns the death of net neutrality and offers a non-shitposty message about mental health in the wake of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade's suicides. Alex Thomas joins to talk about Trump tagging the wrong people in tweets and The Daily Beast's Kelly Weill explains how an online alt-right activist achieved elected office IRL.
Show Alex some love: twitter.com/alexthomasdc
Don’t forget Kelly: twitter.com/kellyweill
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In this episode, host Jared Holt gives a rundown on the latest online culture news. Buzzfeed’s Charlie Warzel joins to talk about Roseanne Barr’s crazy tweet and Elon Musk, the online boy. Then, writer Rob Rousseau shares his story being at the center of a right-wing outrage mob and offers tips for listeners who find themselves in similar situations. After that Michael Bueckert helps us understand why Western far-right activists have become obsessed with farm murders in South Africa.
Show Charlie some love: twitter.com/cwarzel
Don’t forget Rob: twitter.com/robrousseau
Michael, too: twitter.com/mbueckert
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In this episode, host Jared Holt fills you in on news about net neutrality laws, whether Tinder helps get you laid, and the death of the Laurel/Yanny meme. We profile Chris Caesar in a SH!TPOST Profile In Courage and then sift through the cesspool before wraping things up with some rapid-fire news.
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In this episode, host Jared Holt fills you in on some news that the machines are one step closer to killing us all. Amanda Marcotte, a senior political writer at Salon and author of the new book "Troll Nation" joins to talk about the decline of conservative discourse. This week's episode also features an excerpt of my conversation with Matt Binder of DOOMED! last week.
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SH!TPOST host Jared Holt joins DOOMED! host Matt Binder.
link to our chat: https://youtu.be/2GB88jsJ5N8
link to DOOMED!: doomedpod.com
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In this episode, host Jared Holt talks about "Lil' Tay" and Facebook's new dating feature. Hasan Piker of The Young Turks joins to talk about Kanye West-gate and the intersection of gaming and politics. Then we learn about Trump's secret behind-the-scenes agenda before Michael Hayden from Newsweek joins to give us an update on alt-right internet drama.
Show love to Hasan: twitter.com/hasanthehun
And Michael: twitter.com/michaelehayden
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In this episode, host Jared Holt hopefully gives his last take on Kanye West and The Daily Beast's White House correspondent Asawin Suebsaeng joins to talk about Diamond & Silk's Congressional testimony. Also, Jared takes a look at what the extremists are up to on YouTube nowadays and offers some closing thoughts about the notion that conservatism online is a "counter culture."
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In this episode, host Jared Holt explores the state of online culture with Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel, freelance journalist Elizabeth King and tech reporter Noah Kulman.
Show Dave some love: twitter.com/daveweigel
And Elizabeth, too: twitter.com/ekingc
Don't forget Noah: twitter.com/nkulw
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In this episode, host Jared Holt issues a definitive "fuck you" to Mark Zuckerberg for his irresponsibility handling Facebook. Paris Martineau joins to discuss the years-long trajectory of a women who shot YouTube employees and the development of the #QAnon conspiracy theory. Later, Taylor Lorenz talks about the condom snorting challenge and how teenagers are using the internet.
Show Paris some love: twitter.com/parismartineau
And Taylor, too: twitter.com/TaylorLorenz
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In this episode, host Jared Holt explores news of the week, including Sinclair Broadcast Group's weaponization of local news stations and an online vigil supporting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after he lost his internet privileges. Later, Jordan Uhl from Rust Belt to Beltway joins the show to talk about how new legislation disarms sex workers of one of the few online tools they had to stay safe.
Show some love to Jordan Uhl: twitter.com/JordanUhl
Check out Pam Vogel's work uncovering Sinclair: mediamatters.org/authors/pam-vogel/288
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In this episode, host Jared Holt and NYC Media Lab's Justin Hendrix digest news about Cambridge Analytica's use of 50+ million users' profile data and the need to regulate social media. Jared also looks at conspiracy theories surrounding last weekend's March for Our Lives rallies. Then, The District Sentinel's Sam Knight joins (with Brendan Karet riding shotgun) to help breakdown right-wingers' claims that the Left "can't meme."
Show some love to Justin Hendrix: https://twitter.com/justinhendrix
and Sam Knight: https://twitter.com/samknight_one
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In this episode, host Jared Holt explores a mysterious voicemail, the misogyny brewing online around the star of the latest "Tomb Raider" reboot, and Elon Musk's hire of The Onion staffers. Mic.com senior writer Jack Smith IV joins the show to talk about neo-Nazi's god awful week. We end the show with some musings about the rise and fall of "doggo" memes and what it says about the state of online culture.
Show Jack Smith IV some love: https://twitter.com/JackSmithIV
Mic, too: mic.com
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In this episode, host Jared Holt talks the possibility of presidential nudes, Jake Paul's efforts to end gun violence, and the way far-right internet personalities executed a devastating self-own in the UK. Jared speaks with Dan Feidt of the site Unicorn Riot, which has worked to uncover private communications of white nationalist activists, and takes and in-depth look at "Men Going Their Own Way"--a fringe men's separatist movement online.
Check out Unicorn Riot's work at: https://www.unicornriot.ninja/
Their work uncovering alt-right organizing behind the scenes: https://www.unicornriot.ninja/2017/charlottesville-violence-planned-discord-servers-unicorn-riot-reports/
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In this episode, host Jared Holt talks about reloaded Seth Rich conspiracy theories, how Trump betrayed gamers, and the overnight crash-and-burn of a social media site called "Vero." Will Sommer joins in-studio to talk about the YouTube battle between right-wing content creators and social media community moderators.
Follow Will: twitter.com/willsommer
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In this episode, host Jared Holt talks about Tim “Baked Alaska” Gionet’s suspension from YouTube live streaming, Buzzfeed senior tech reporter Charlie Warzel joins the show to discuss pro-Trump media’s feud with the survivors of the Parkland high school shooting and what the exchange says about internet culture at large, and the broadcast gets some unexpected interference. To wrap things up, Mediaite reporter Caleb Ecarma sits in to talk about the IRL shitpost that has become CPAC in the Trump era.
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Caleb, too:
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In this episode, host Jared Holt explains how alt-right trolls punk’d the media after a shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people. He also takes a look at the “Spermgate” conspiracy theory, delivers an intimate reading of a QAnon encounter in a Fortune 500 workplace and speaks with Media Matters senior researcher Cristina Lopez about conservative social media users’ retaliation against perceived censorship.
Show Notes: shtpostpodcast.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/episode-two-the-alt-right-is-at-it-again-2-19-18-ft-cristina-lopez/
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