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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 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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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

Transition music is “Space Song” by Beach House.

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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.

Follow Caleb Ecarma: https://twitter.com/calebecarma
Follow Juliet Jeske: https://twitter.com/JulietJeske
SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/corona-boys-3-24-20-ft-caleb-ecarma-juliet-jeske/

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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.

Follow Hannah Gais: https://twitter.com/hannahgais

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.

Follow Will Sommer: https://twitter.com/willsommer

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.

Follow Molly Jong-Fast: https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast
Follow Lindsey Ellefson: https://twitter.com/ellefs0n

SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/cpac-and-signs-3-3-20-ft-molly-jong-fast-lindsey-ellefson/

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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.

Follow Taylor Lorenz: https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz

SHOW NOTES: https://shtpostpodcast.com/memes-like-bloomberg-2-25-20-ft-taylor-lorenz/

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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.

Follow Cari: https://twitter.com/eatinginmycar
Follow Jordan: https://twitter.com/JordanUhl

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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