Posting Through It

Posting Through It

By: Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden

Language: en

Categories: News

Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden take a critical look at news, politics, and technology to better understand our modern social disorder. patreon.com/PostingThroughIt

Episodes

048: How Zohran Mamdani and NYC Became MAGA’s Obsession
Oct 27, 2025

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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Duration: 02:11:30
047: Sir, Another Nazi Group Chat Story Has Hit the Timeline [Preview]
Oct 23, 2025

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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Duration: 00:10:33
046: Looking for Terrorists Under My Bed feat. Kelvin Pierce
Oct 20, 2025

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 histo...

Duration: 01:23:39
045: Rockin' Out for MAGA Clout [Preview]
Oct 16, 2025

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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Duration: 00:09:00
044: Who the Hell is Laura Loomer? feat. Will Sommer
Oct 13, 2025

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...

Duration: 02:46:24
043: Who Are These Freaks on My Screen? [Preview]
Oct 09, 2025

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

Duration: 00:09:50
042: What Did Trans People Ever Do to You? feat. Gillian Branstetter
Oct 06, 2025

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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Links for Gillian:

Sign up for her newsletter, The Autonomy

Follow her on Bluesky and X


Transition Music: "I'm Just Saying" by Dyke Drama

Duration: 01:15:15
041: 'Disproportionate. Violent. Action.' [Preview]
Oct 02, 2025

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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Duration: 00:12:04
040: What the Hell is Antifa? feat. Christopher Mathias
Sep 29, 2025

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...

Duration: 02:04:27
039: Dave Rubin and the Turncoat Grift [Preview]
Sep 25, 2025

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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 Ki...

Duration: 00:06:31
038: MAGA’s War on Free Speech feat. Kelly Jensen
Sep 22, 2025

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 i...

Duration: 01:38:55
037: The Rise of Erika Kirk [Preview]
Sep 18, 2025

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Duration: 00:09:33
036: Who the Hell Was Charlie Kirk?
Sep 13, 2025

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...

Duration: 01:30:42
035: The Death of American Manhood [Preview]
Sep 11, 2025

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 losi...

Duration: 00:12:22
034: The Man Who's Constantly Wrong feat. Luke Savage
Sep 08, 2025

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<...

Duration: 01:06:50
033: "Is He Dead Yet?" [Preview]
Sep 04, 2025

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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."

Duration: 00:06:50
032: Capitol Punishment feat. Marisa Kabas
Sep 01, 2025

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


Transition Music: "Take" by The Beths

Duration: 00:57:24
031: Who the Hell is Anthony Cumia? feat. Matt [Redacted]
Aug 25, 2025

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...

Duration: 01:58:54
030: Did the 'Alt-Right' Win? feat. Hannah Gais
Aug 18, 2025

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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Duration: 01:14:30
029: Should Anyone Debate the Far-Right? feat. Mehdi Hasan
Aug 11, 2025

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 mi...

Duration: 01:00:57
028: Jeffrey Epstein ain't going away!! feat. Anna Merlan
Aug 04, 2025

Anna Merlan is 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...

Duration: 00:58:16
027: Who the Hell is Dave Portnoy? feat. Robert Silverman
Jul 28, 2025

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...

Duration: 02:06:21
026: How to Fight Antisemitism in 2025 feat. Ben Lorber
Jul 21, 2025

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...

Duration: 01:08:54
025: Trump Has a Jeffrey Epstein Problem feat. Will Sommer
Jul 13, 2025

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.

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Duration: 01:02:23
024: Why Does Patriot Front Still Exist? feat. Jeff Tischauser
Jun 30, 2025

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.”

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Duration: 01:37:38
023: How to Fight Fascism in 2025 feat. It's Going Down
Jun 23, 2025

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”

* Social: Bluesky / Mastodon

* Unicorn Riot: Protest ‘Peacekeepers’ Shot Two People...

Duration: 01:25:12
022: Bullshit on Parade
Jun 17, 2025

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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Duration: 00:57:20
021: Who the Hell is Nick Fuentes? feat. Amanda Moore
Jun 09, 2025

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...

Duration: 02:08:18
020: The AI Industry Wants Power feat. Edward Ongweso Jr
Jun 02, 2025

Edward Ongweso Jr, a writer and editor who covers tech, labor, and finance, joined for an in-depth discussion about the artificial intelligence tech industry and Silicon Valley’s efforts to expand its political power. Industry leaders have promised that their AI products will catapult humanity in a new era, but how might these tools be used to surveil, oppress, and harm the rest of us?

Edward’s links:

* His newsletter: “The Tech Bubble”

* His podcast: “This Machine Kills”

* His socials: X (Twitter) and Bluesky

* Articles referenced:

* Evgeny Morozov: “Th...

Duration: 01:11:00
019: State of the Unions feat. Kim Kelly
May 26, 2025

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 o...

Duration: 01:17:22
018: My Beautiful Woke Twisted Fantasy
May 19, 2025

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.)

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Duration: 00:52:57
017: Who the Hell is Candace Owens? feat. Madeline Peltz
May 05, 2025

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,”...

Duration: 02:00:44
016: How X Became 'Unusable for Normal Humans' feat. Hannah Gais & Steven Monacelli
Apr 28, 2025

Hannah Gais and Steven Monacelli join 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 @captivedr...

Duration: 01:06:17
015: Pardon My Riot feat. Teddy Wilson
Apr 21, 2025

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: @reportbywi...

Duration: 00:56:30
014: Stephen Miller’s ‘Judicial Black Hole’ feat. Nikki McCann Ramírez
Apr 14, 2025

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

...

Duration: 01:10:00
013: Who the Hell is Tim Pool? feat. Robert Silverman
Apr 07, 2025

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:

Duration: 02:27:21
012: This is Your Country on Social Media feat. Renée DiResta
Mar 31, 2025

Renée DiResta is 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/

Transition Music: “Get Dumber - feat. Jeff Rosenstock” by PUP



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Duration: 01:20:08
011: How Right-Wing Billionaires Broke Left-Wing Media feat. Eoin Higgins
Mar 24, 2025

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:

* Twitter / Bluesky

* Substack



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Duration: 01:21:24
010: The ADL Goes MAGA feat. Vegas Tenold
Mar 17, 2025

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 reporter Vegas 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 admi...

Duration: 01:05:08
009: Who the Hell is Jack Posobiec? feat. Hannah Gais
Mar 10, 2025

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’...

Duration: 02:14:04
008: What's 'Extreme’ in 2025? feat. J.M. Berger
Mar 03, 2025

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)

* Lawful Extremism (Series)

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Duration: 01:14:28
007: 'Soy Right' Rising feat. Max Read
Feb 17, 2025

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.

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Duration: 00:57:42
006: A Liberal Hulk Hogan feat. Julia Carrie Wong
Feb 10, 2025

Julia Carrie Wong joined 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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Duration: 01:01:08
005: Hawk Tuah's Got People feat. Matt Binder
Feb 03, 2025

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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Duration: 01:04:08
004: Gadsden Dress
Jan 27, 2025

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.”

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Duration: 01:02:02
003: Money, Media, MAGA feat. Parker Malloy
Jan 20, 2025

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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Duration: 00:59:08
002: The President's Precedents feat. Kevin M. Kruse
Jan 13, 2025

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

Transition music is “Get Back” by Margaret Glaspy.



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Duration: 01:15:42
001: And... We're Back!
Jan 06, 2025

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.



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Duration: 00:25:58
Thank you for six amazing years
Apr 14, 2023

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.

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#187: Ladies and Gentlemen, They Got Him (feat. Jordan Uhl)
Apr 01, 2023

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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#186: StewAnon (with 'Did Nothing Wrong', feat. Mike Rothschild)
Mar 20, 2023

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.

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Duration: 00:51:59
#185: CPAC 2023 and doxing neo-Nazis (feat. Christopher Mathias)
Mar 07, 2023

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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#184: The chatbots are here. What could go wrong? (feat. Ed Zitron)
Feb 20, 2023

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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#183: Alex Jones is living in hell (feat. Michael Hayden)
Feb 06, 2023

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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#182: Flounder with Crowder (feat. Amanda Moore)
Jan 23, 2023

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.

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New Year, New Mailbag (feat. You)
Jan 22, 2023

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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#181: They worked on the Capitol riot investigation (feat. Meghan Conroy & Alex Newhouse)
Jan 07, 2023

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

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#180: Christian nationalism logs into America (feat. Dr. Anthea Butler)
Dec 19, 2022

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.

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#179: Are the kids all Right? (feat. Kyle Spencer)
Dec 05, 2022

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.

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#178: 2022 midterms and the chaos that wasn't (feat. Alyssa Kann and Max Rizzuto)
Nov 21, 2022

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.

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Duration: 00:29:42
#177: Will Elon Musk actually destroy Twitter? (feat. Adam Kovacevich)
Nov 07, 2022

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.

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#176: Kanye, alt-right superheroes, and 'mule' hunters (feat. Will Sommer)
Oct 24, 2022

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

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#175: Trump is Q-posting his way through midterms (feat. Mike Rothschild)
Oct 10, 2022

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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#174: Web3 is the future... or is it? (feat. Molly White)
Sep 27, 2022

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
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#173: Tim Pool hates mainstream media but his operation depends on it (feat. Robert Silverman)
Sep 12, 2022

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

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Duration: 00:53:28
Election denialist roadshows touring the country and inspiring action — Trapezoid of Discovery (8/29/22)
Aug 29, 2022

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

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More like Mar-a-Lame-o if you ask me — Emmi Conley (8/15/22)
Aug 15, 2022

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.

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Duration: 00:34:22
Your January 6th Hearing Questions, Answered — Kristen Doerer (7/16/22)
Jul 16, 2022

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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Duration: 00:44:19
A QAnon crypto scheme wrecked investors — Nick Backovic & Ernie Piper (6/27/22)
Jun 27, 2022

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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Echo chambers and doom cycles — Ali Breland (6/14/22)
Jun 14, 2022

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 e...

Duration: 00:34:30
Online privacy at the impending death of Roe v. Wade — India McKinney (5/30/22)
May 30, 2022

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...

Duration: 00:36:07
Elon Musk, the crypto crash, 'Ultra MAGA' and more — Michael E. Hayden (5/16/22)
May 16, 2022

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 na...

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Flat Earth and why people will believe anything — Kelly Weill (4/12/22)
Apr 13, 2022

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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The latest in lawsuits against Alex Jones and Infowars — Sebastian Murdock (3/31/22)
Mar 31, 2022

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

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How MAGA became obsessed with 'bio labs'— Justin Ling (3/17/22)
Mar 17, 2022

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

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The US activists trying to replicate Canadian trucker protests — Sara Aniano (3/3/22)
Mar 03, 2022

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.

Follow Sara on Twitter: @coolfacejane

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Shameless celebrities are hawking cryptocurrencies to the masses — Jacob Silverman (2/15/22)
Feb 16, 2022

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

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Duration: 00:39:15
The Joe Rogan misinformation experience — Ryan Broderick (2/2/22)
Feb 02, 2022

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 misinf...

Duration: 00:27:32
Correcting Nazi history on Wikipedia — Ksenia Coffman (1/20/22)
Jan 20, 2022

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: @K...

Duration: 00:29:07
Doomed x SH!TPOST: Storming the Capitol, One Year Later
Jan 08, 2022

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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New Year's Call-In Show (1/1/22)
Jan 02, 2022

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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Songs on the Computer (12/9/21) ft/ Nick Lutsko
Dec 09, 2021

Nick Lutsko is a musician, producer, and songwriter based out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is the creative voice behind beloved Super Deluxe parody songs like “Alex Jones Rants as an Indie Folk Song” and “Donald Trump’s Speeches as an Emo Song.” More recently, you may have seen him sweaty and red, singing about his longing to be adopted by right-wing pundit Dan Bongino or his love of the Spirit Halloween chain store. He joins SH!TPOST this week to talk about his career, share his understanding of how the internet and politics interact, and more.

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Defunding Disinfo (11/26/21) ft/ Claire Atkin
Nov 26, 2021

Claire Atkin is the co-founder of Check My Ads, an organization dedicated to boosting awareness of online advertising’s financing of hate and misinformation and working to drive change against it. She joins SH!TPOST to talk about the work her organization is doing, Dan Bongino’s targeting of her co-founder Nandini Jammi, and what a better future in online advertising looks like.

Learn more about Check My Ads: https://checkmyads.org/

Read the latest ‘Branded’ newsletter: https://checkmyads.org/branded/dan-bongino-is-begging-to-be-cancelled/

Follow Claire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/catthekin

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A Year in MAGA (11/12/21) ft/ Amanda Moore
Nov 12, 2021

Amanda Moore spent a year undercover within the grassroots of the post-election Trump movement and its various subcultures, attending events and integrating herself with pockets of true believers. All along the way, she recorded what she witnessed with a hidden microphone. She joins SH!TPOST this week to share her observations and takeaways from a year living and breathing MAGA in its purest forms.

Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/noturtlesoup17

Find Amanda on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/franklin17

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Our Modern Moral Panics (10/26/21) ft/ Michael Hobbes
Oct 26, 2021

Michael Hobbes is a writer and co-host of the podcast “Maintenance Phase.” You may also recognize his voice from the acclaimed podcast “You’re Wrong About.” He joins SH!TPOST to discuss the steady stream of stories and columns from national American media about the supposed rise of an “illiberal left”—something he argues to be a modern moral panic reinforced by thin hype. Jared and Michael talk through the ways this decades-old right-wing talking point has been laundered through respectable press using the moral panic starter kit and why it’s important to push back against it.

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Airhorns4Truth (10/11/21) ft/ Vic Berger
Oct 11, 2021

Vic Berger is an acclaimed video editor and satirist. He joins SH!TPOST to talk about his path into making his bizarre edits of American culture, the parody potential of the post-Trump years, and what he’s up to these days. This interview was a long time coming and we hope you enjoy!

Vic’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/

Vic's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VicBerger/featured

Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker: https://officialofficehours.com/

Vic's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vicberger

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Duration: 00:43:02
Drums in the Distance (9/29/21) ft/ Joe Mulhall
Sep 30, 2021

Joe Mulhall is Head of Research at HOPE not hate and one of the UK's leading authorities on far-right extremism. He joins SH!TPOST for a chat about his latest book, “Drums in the Distance: Journeys in the Global Far Right.” In it, Joe provides an exhaustively researched accounting of far-right political movements around the world that he tastefully pairs with vivid recounting of his time spent infiltrating and exposing those movements.

Follow Joe Mulhall on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeMulhall_

Read the book: https://bookshop.org/books/drums-in-the-distance-journeys-into-the-global-far-right/9781785787515

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Big Disinfo (9/16/21) ft/ Joe Bernstein
Sep 17, 2021

Joseph Bernstein is a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News. He joins SH!TPOST this week to discuss the overly simplistic story of online disinformation that many American audiences have been sold. Joe encourages those interested in understanding online disinformation to pause and recognize several fundamental issues with the way some of our current conversations have been framed. These flaws, he argues, are not an end-all to the study of disinformation; rather, he hopes that addressing them will produce better work that contributes to stronger public knowledge.

Follow Joe Bernstein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bernstein

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Duration: 00:41:53
The End is Neigh (9/1/21) ft/ Vera Bergengruen
Sep 01, 2021

Vera Bergengruen is a Washington correspondent for Time Magazine who joins the show to explain why some unvaccinated people are seeking out Ivermectin as a supposed shield against COVID-19. Demand for the drug has overwhelmed many pharmacies, leaving some so desperate in their hunt that they’ve bought and ingested horse paste and other livestock drugs that contain Ivermectin as an active ingredient. At least it’s apple flavored.

Follow Vera on Twitter: @VeraMBergen

Read Vera’s fantastic reporting: How 'America's Frontline Doctors' Sold Access to Bogus COVID-19 Treatments—and Left Patients in the Lurch

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Duration: 00:35:44
Pillow Maven Mike Lindell Hosts a 'Cyber Symposium' (8/17/21) ft/ Tina Nguyen
Aug 17, 2021

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.

Learn more about Puck News here: https://puck.news/

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Follow Tina on Twitter: @tina_nguyen

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Charlie Kirk's Rage Against the Vaccine (8/5/21) ft/ Jason Campbell
Aug 05, 2021

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

Follow Jason Campbell on Twitter: @JasonSCampbell

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Duration: 00:32:18
[Fixed Audio] Tim Pool Gets His Profile (8/4/21) ft/ Robert Silverman
Aug 04, 2021

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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.

For more background on Tim Pool’s career arc, check out SH!TPOST’s interview with @TimPoolClips here:

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Tim Pool Gets His Profile (8/4/21) ft/ Robert Silverman
Aug 04, 2021

[Fixed editing errors]

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.

For more background on Tim Pool’s career arc, check out SH!TPOST’s interview with @TimPoolClips here:

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Duration: 01:02:11
CPAC in Texas (7/13/21) ft/ Zachary Petrizzo
Jul 14, 2021

(Note: Because host Jared Holt is traveling, his audio quality on this episode is less than normal episodes. He’ll be back in his home studio in August.)

Salon reporter Zachary Petrizzo joins SH!TPOST to share observations from his weekend covering CPAC’s 2021 summer gathering in Dallas, Texas. Petrizzo describes the scenes in the conservative movement’s Lonestar State gathering as an anything-goes spinoff of the national flagship event, where fringe and far-right cultural elements jockeyed for prominence over a receding movement conservatism.

Follow Zachary Petrizzo: @ZTPetrizzo

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Duration: 00:32:05
White (Nationalist) Boy Summer (6/30/21) w/ Ben Lorber
Jul 01, 2021

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.

Follow Ben Lorber: @BenLorber8

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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Duration: 00:33:20
It's Time to Mount an Information Offensive (6/19/21) ft/ Ed Zitron
Jun 19, 2021

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.

Follow Ed Zitron: @edzitron

Read Ed’s writing on Substack: ez.substack.com

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Duration: 00:44:14
Extra: Jared Holt x Matt Binder on the future of QAnon
Jun 19, 2021

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Duration: 01:30:28
Where We Go One We Go Y'all (6/2/21) ft/ Steven Monacelli
Jun 02, 2021

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 wit...

Duration: 00:45:49
Just say no to domestic terrorism laws (5/22/21) ft/ Hannah Gais
May 22, 2021

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”

Hannah’s favorite thing online right now:

T...

Duration: 00:26:30
Remote Work and Rethinking Jobs (5/6/21) ft/ Charlie Warzel
May 06, 2021

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.”

Follow Charlie Warzel on Twitter: twitter.com/cwarzel

Read Galaxy Brain: warzel.substack.com

About Charlie and Ann...

Duration: 00:37:46