Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella

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Doomscroll 23: Catherine Liu

<html>My returning guest is Catherine Liu,‬ a professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. She is the author of "Virtue Hoarders: the Case Against the Professional Managerial Class". We explore the psychological significance of “trauma” and “care” within the liberal discourse today. Liu describes a moral panic among elites where the language of personal therapy attempts to right social and historical wrongs. These topics will be part of her forthcoming book "Traumatized!", to be published by Verso Books early next year.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

Jun 16, 20251h 20m

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 22.5: Jen Pan

<html>This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jenpan" target="_blank">Jen Pan</a>, the author of <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/2919-selling-social-justice?srsltid=AfmBOorzmWQftnM9x-bUF8sGyL-2gzsQuO7XkPVG8E2Nczc_-ZnME_1J" target="_blank">Selling Social Justice</a> (2025). Jen and I breakdown these topics further and speak candidly about our frustration with elite institutions. I also share one of the more ridiculous political horseshoe stories from my social media research…You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

Jun 9, 202511 min

Doomscroll 22: Jen Pan

<html>My guest is Jen Pan, formerly a host of The Jacobin Show and a staff writer at the New Republic. She is the author of “Selling Social Justice” — out now from Verso Books. We discuss the DEI industry, the New Deal, American inequality and why the rich love anti-racism. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, The Atlantic, Dissent, and Damage Magazine.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

Jun 2, 20251h 3m

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 21.5: Anthony Fantano

<html>My guest is Anthony Fantano. We dive deeper into the ethics of criticism, the role of politics in “good art” and the extractive economic model of Spotify. Where did subculture go after platforms took over the internet?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

May 26, 20259 min

Doomscroll 21: Anthony Fantano

<html>My guest is Anthony Fantano, a music critic and the voice behind The Needle Drop. We discuss the role of politics in art and music, his origins in the anti-war punk scene and the strange state of American counter-culture today.Music scenes used to serve as a gateway to anti-establishment politics. It was once common to find DIY anarchist zines at the local punk show. Now these political subcultures exist almost entirely online and have dissolved into the newsfeed.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

May 19, 202559 min

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 20.5: Vivek Chibber

<html>This is a subscriber’s only episode. Professor Chibber and I dive deep into the history of the left and explore its transformation over the course of the 20th century. After the cultural turn, the march through institutions, and our current media environment, we ask — where did things go wrong?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

May 12, 202510 min

Doomscroll 20: Vivek Chibber

<html>My guest is Vivek Chibber, a professor of sociology at New York University. He is the author of Confronting Capitalism, The Class Matrix and Postcolonial Theory &amp; the Specter of Capital. Chibber is the editor of Catalyst Journal and the host of the Confronting Capitalism podcast.We discuss the cultural turn, the rise of identity politics and the crisis of academia. Chibber is deeply committed to a material analysis and is unflinching in his critique of class tourism on the political left. He describes the early theoretical foundations for socialism as it relates to liberal philosophical ideals.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

May 5, 20251h 10m

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 19.5: Andrew Callaghan

<html>This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is Andrew Callaghan. We explore Andrew’s background in music and online subcultures, the ethics of publishing or "risk-for-harm", and his plans for the future of Channel 5 and more. Plus a few behind the scenes and personal stories that we could not include in the public version.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

Apr 28, 202516 min

Doomscroll 19: Andrew Callaghan

<html>My guest is Andrew Callaghan, a documentary filmmaker and the host of Channel 5. He is the director of This Place Rules (2022) and Dear Kelly (2025), an in-depth portrait of a man he met at a ‘White Lives Matter' rally. We discuss the breakdown of consensus reality and how deplatforming can often lead to greater political extremism. Andrew describes his early origins in the anarchist movement and his participation in a group called Seattle Solidarity. His work explores the decline of the American dream along with the rise of political radicalism online and IRL.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

Apr 21, 20251h 8m

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 18.5: Ezra Klein

<html>This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is Ezra Klein. We discuss the emerging political faction known as Degrowth, the carbon crisis and the policy arc of the neoliberal period.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

Apr 14, 20258 min

Josh's Theory of Radicalization

<html>I recently spoke with documentary filmmaker and host of Channel 5, <a href="https://youtu.be/lf-x7T-fFc0?si=BXKsPiIgEP_3Di20" target="_blank">Andrew Callaghan on Doomscroll #19</a>. In the episode, we discuss “Andrew’s Theory of Radicalization” which he outlines in the introduction of his new film Dear Kelly (2025). Briefly summarized, Callaghan argues that political radicalization occurs when individuals lose access to three core needs:<ul><li>Security — material safety such as the home and other necessary goods for survival like food and energy</li><li>Significance — the ability to participate in meaningful work that gives us a sense of purpose in society at large</li><li>Connection — strong social bonds that create a sense of belonging such as family or in-person community ties</li></ul>During our conversation, I mention my own theory of radicalization that I will describe in more detail in today’s newsletter. If you value these discussions and want to support this project, you can become a paid subscriber and get access to all bonus episodes of Doomscroll, My Political Journey and more:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">Support the show!</a><h3>Radical Content</h3>In recent years, media coverage has focused on the unintended consequences of algorithmic recommendation and ignored the socioeconomic drivers that cause people to seek out political content online. Radical messaging has existed across all eras and forms of media but it relies on real political crises to find a receptive audience.Radicalization is often described through the metaphor of a funnel — an informal network of diffuse messaging that is spread out over time and across channels. Viewers will often begin at large mainstream programs and, over the course of several years, move through successive channels as they descend into more isolated or extreme views. As they dive deeper into radical content, the broad reach of this messaging is refined into a more niche ideological worldview that primes viewers for political action and recruitment.The metaphor of ‘the funnel’ draws on two key sources. Primarily, it refers to marketing diagrams that measure the reach of advertising media, click through rates and eventual sales. These comparisons of reach and conversion rates help to measure the effectiveness of a certain campaign, slogan or idea. In the advertising industry this ratio is commonly referred to as “eyes to buys”. Secondly, the metaphor of the funnel is borrowed from the field of counter-terrorism, in which researchers attempted to map and generate predictive models for radical Islamic attacks during the Global War on Terror. In these studies, researchers would measure the reach of radical media from extremist groups and attempt to narrow down what portion of that audience was a risk for committing real world violence. In the example of extreme political groups broadcasting over YouTube or other platforms, this dual application of the funnel became a useful and largely accurate way to describe the phenomena of online extremism.One notable study in this field is <a href="https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DS_Alternative_Influence.pdf" target="_blank">Alternative Influence</a>, authored by Becca Lewis and published by Data &amp; Society in 2018. Lewis maps the process of online far right radicalization on YouTube. These familiar content pathways became known as “pipelines” in popular media and commentary.Funnels and pipelines form the basis of our analysis for online politicization. Funnels refer to the broad reach of media messaging. Pipelines describe the most common pathways through these networks. In the past few years, much of my work has been an exploration into these phenomena and a proposal for how these processes could be utilized toward more progressive ends.At the top of the funnel one can find popular channels with varied content and low conversion rates. Going further “down the rabbit hole” means encountering more niche or politically radical content; overall view numbers go down but conversion rates go up. As viewers descend into the deepest levels, they can discover more extreme views. Radicalization is a process of clarifying ideological inconsistencies and it requires that viewers are slowly acculturated to extreme ideas over time.Importantly, these funnel and pipeline analogies suggest that belief systems are always in motion. In an era of h

Apr 9, 202512 min

Doomscroll 18: Ezra Klein

<html>My guest is Ezra Klein, an opinion columnist at the New York Times, the host of The Ezra Klein Show, and a co-founder of Vox Media. Klein is a co-author, along with Derek Thompson, of a new book titled Abundance. We discuss his promethean, energy-rich vision for the future, polarization in the attention economy and the end of the neoliberal consensus. The authors propose a policy platform for environmental sustainability in the 21st century. We explore our new political era and the rise of superpower competition between the US and China.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

Apr 7, 202555 min

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 17.5: Adam Friedland

<html>This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is Adam Friedland. We discuss the ethics of platforming and the art of the talk show interview.</html>

Mar 31, 20258 min

Doomscroll 17: Adam Friedland

<html>My guest is Adam Friedland, a stand up comedian and podcaster. He is the host of The Adam Friedland Show. We discuss the influence of alt-media, a farewell to Cumtown (RIP), the ideas &amp; inspiration behind The Adam Friedland Show and his many social media controversies. How did comedians become recast as public intellectuals for the digital age?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella</a></html>

Mar 24, 202559 min

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 16.5: Briahna Joy Gray

<html>This is a subscriber’s only episode. My guest is Briahna Joy gray. We discuss irony politics, the alt-media to organization pipeline, and our shared admiration for Star Trek utopia.</html>

Mar 17, 20257 min

Doomscroll 16: Briahna Joy Gray

<html>My guest is Briahna Joy Gray, a lawyer, journalist and political commentator. She is the host of the Bad Faith podcast. We discuss the crisis of the Democratic party, online fact checkers vs. freedom of speech on social media, the mixed politics of populism and third parties in the USA.</html>

Mar 10, 20251h 29m

[PREVIEW] Deep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 3.5

<html>I’ll be honest — I wasn’t going to publish this part but I’m just a huge <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jc_dentun/" target="_blank">JC Dentun</a> fan and this has got to be the some of the greatest 13 minutes of podcasting that absolutely blows my mind. Check out JC’s podcast: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/pneumatic-materials/id1614005665" target="_blank">Pneumatic Materials</a>.</html>

Mar 6, 20254 min

[PREVIEW] Deep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 3

<html>Deep Research is a mini-series collaboration with <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/Otherworld/posts" target="_blank">Otherworld</a>.In the final episode, Josh speaks to the researcher "JC Dentun" about the vast cosmology and beliefs of Robert Monroe and the circle of people around him that we learned about in Part 1.Jack writes:<blockquote>A big thank you to Joshua Citarella for going above and beyond with this series. He started exploring this many months ago, and quite frankly, I had no idea what he was working on. I was amazed when he came back with an entirely new perspective on the Gateway saga and Monroe's connection to the military. Although it’s just a theory, I personally love the idea of these guys convincing the government to fund their own spiritual research. That's exactly how I want my tax dollars spent!</blockquote>Follow on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/otherworldpod/?hl=en" target="_blank">Otherworld</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jc_dentun/" target="_blank">JC Dentun</a></html>

Mar 3, 20255 min

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 15.5: Quinn Slobodian

<html>My guest is Quinn Slobodian. We discuss the crisis of the 1970s and the 2020s. Of all the open theoretical debates, these periods are by far the most consequential. The analysis we take away from these periods will help determine whether neoliberalism was a project of class war (something that can be reversed) or an inevitable development within capitalism (a persistent feature that cannot be changed). The primary obstacle to any New Deal program, green or otherwise, will be to resolve these debates and bring an end to decades of unnecessary austerity.</html>

Feb 27, 20255 min

Doomscroll 15: Quinn Slobodian

<html>My guest is Quinn Slobodian, a professor of international history at Boston University. He is the author of "Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism". Neoliberalism is the most misused word in today's political discourse. In this episode we discuss the origins of the ideological movement. What is neoliberalism? When did it begin? How did it transform global politics?</html>

Feb 24, 20251h 16m

[PREVIEW] Deep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 2

<html>In this episode, Josh talks to three individuals who have done the Gateway tapes Chelsea, DJ, and Charlie. This mini series is a collaboration with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/otherworldpod/?hl=en" target="_blank">Otherworld</a>. In the next and final episode, Josh speaks to a researcher who uses the pseudonym "JC Dentun" to explore Monroe's vast cosmology of the astral realm.</html>

Feb 17, 20255 min

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 14.5: Will Menaker

<html>This is a subscriber’s only episode. My guest is Will Menaker. We discuss “based populism”, the power of comedy in politics, and the realignment of counter-culture in America.</html>

Feb 13, 20255 min

Doomscroll 14: Will Menaker

<html>My guest is Will Menaker, a host of the ‪Chapo Trap House‬ podcast. We discuss the failures of working within the Democratic Party, the role of alternative media and a certain state in a certain part of the world. Can humor help us find truth within the online landscape?</html>

Feb 10, 202547 min

[PREVIEW] Deep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 1

<html>Joshua Citarella begins his deep dive into the history and teachings of the Monroe Institute ("the worlds premiere organization for studying human consciousness"), starting with an expert interview with artist and acoustics expert <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carmelopampillonio/" target="_blank">Carmelo Pampillonio</a>. This mini series is a collaboration with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/otherworldpod/?hl=en" target="_blank">Otherworld</a>. This is the first part of a three part series. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 coming soon.</html>

Feb 3, 20255 min

[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 13.5: Dasha Nekrasova

<html>This is a subscriber’s only episode. My guest is Dasha Nekrasova. We discuss Trump’s historic victory, counter elites, the class interest of precarious freelancers and the state of creative industries today.</html>

Jan 30, 20255 min

Doomscroll 13: Dasha Nekrasova

<html>My guest is Dasha Nekrasova, an actor, director and host of the Red Scare podcast. We discuss Trump’s historic win, Luigi Mangione and Dasha's political journey from a Bernie Sander’s supporter in 2016 to a Trump voter in 2024. What happens to political consensus when all narratives have now become alternative?</html>

Jan 27, 202553 min

Against Platforms w/ Mike Pepi

<html>Mike Pepi is the author of “Against Platforms”, a bold critique of the hidden costs of digital life – and a manifesto for a better future. He is also one of my best friends and someone I have been in conversation with for over a decade.In this episode, we discuss our shared history in working to develop a new institutionalist critique of emerging technologies and platforms. The vast expansion of platforms during the 2010’s, which now encompass nearly all aspects of social life, represented a blindspot for the political left. To understand how this happened, we need to retrace the history of the 60’s counter-culture and the embrace of libertarian philosophies amongst the New Left.Since 2011, Mike Pepi, Brad Troemel, myself and other artists and writers have been engaged in an on-going dialogue that explores the ideological roots and design of platform technologies. Mike writes:<blockquote>“We have been taught that digital technologies are neutral tools, transparent, easily understood, and here to serve us. The reality, is that they are laden with assumptions and collateral consequences – ideology, in other words. And it is this hidden ideology that must be dismantled if we are to harness technology for the fullest expression of our humanity.”</blockquote>Get the book: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761644/against-platforms-by-mike-pepi/" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761644/against-platforms-by-mike-pepi/</a></html>

Jan 15, 202548 min

[PREVIEW] Are We Seeing a Political Realignment?

<html>These are confusing times. Familiar divisions between left and right fail to map onto today’s political landscape. The culture war has absorbed all aspects of media. Elon Musk is setting world records in Diablo IV (completing Pit level 150 in 1 minute, 56 seconds!) and soon he promises to speed clear the United States discretionary budget with DoGE (the Department of Government Efficiency).We’re living through an important social transformation. In the 2024 election, we saw historic margins of the working class vote for a party that has traditionally represented the interests of capital. To understand the process that is now taking place, we need to look back and learn exactly how we got here. During the 1970’s, advanced economies in the western world experienced a period of stagflation. Stagflation is an economic phenomena where stagnant wages occur alongside inflation. Amidst this crisis, the capitalist class seized an opportunity to remake political common sense among elites.Under the post-war Keynesian consensus, the predominant economic theory of the era, originating from the British economist and philosopher John Maynard Keynes, an anomaly like stagflation was considered to be impossible. The observable reality of the 1970’s lent credibility to a previously minority opinion among economists; a political theory called neoliberalism. Emanating from the Chicago school, elites of the era concluded that the Keynesian model must be theoretically flawed. Neoliberals presented a bold and compelling vision to restore growth and set the economy back on track.The late 1970’s marked a break in the post-war compact between labor and capital, the tacit arrangement following World War II where businesses compromised with labor unions in exchange for stability and economic growth. In 1980, we saw the overwhelmingly popular elections of Ronald Reagan in the US and Margaret Thatcher in the UK. At home, Paul Volker, chairman of the Federal Reserve, increased interest rates to a unprecedented 20%. Volker chose to tighten the money supply to fit within the theoretical models proposed by neoliberal ideologue Frederich Hayek (as far back as the 1930’s). For a brief period, profitability was restored and capitalism could continue.Importantly, the dawn of neoliberalism represented a period of unity and solidarity among the capitalist class. In this moment, the economic interests of the ruling class aligned. In the words of David Harvey, author of A Brief History of Neoliberalism (2007), this was “class war from above”. Today, politics appears strange because the interests of the capitalist class have become fractured. Republicans and Democrats now represent different aspects of the ruling class. Broadly, Republicans represent the interests of manufacturing, while Democrats represent the interests of finance. Certain economic activities, like selling physical goods and speculating on markets, will often have divergent goals and conflict with one another.This intense competition for profits, between finance-capital and productive-capital, represents the basic structure of today’s political opposition. Blue-aligned interests seek to globalize investment in order to extract greater profits from developing markets. Red-aligned interests fight to keep capital investments at home where they can access a slice of the shrinking pie. Both groups compete for legislation and preferential treatment from the state. Neither group represents the interests of workers and we now find ourselves in an historically significant split.The results of the 2024 election are not just a product of today’s culture war. The economic interests of some, admittedly few, workers now align more closely with the Republican party. This fracturing of the interests of the capitalist class is currently transforming our social values and political landscape. These developments help to explain the rise of cultural and economic nationalism across the advanced world. How might this crisis resolve?Thomas Pikkety, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), notes that the rate of return on capital, i.e. lending and financial speculation, now exceeds the rate of economic growth, i.e. the value of goods produced. While these economic sectors are always in competition, there is an inherent instability to financial speculation. As far back as 1894, in chapter 25: “Credit and Fictitious Capital” of Capital: Volume III (yes, we are really abo

Jan 12, 20252 min

Doomscroll 12: Daniel Keller

<html>My guest is Daniel Keller, an artist whose work and research has inspired me for over a decade. We discuss tech monopolies and their cozy relationship to state power, the artificial intelligence race, the chips war, network states and geopolitical competition between the US and China. These are the defining conflicts of the 21st century.</html>

Jan 2, 202544 min

Doomscroll 11: Jack Wagner

<html>My guest is Jack Wagner, a writer &amp; director, host of the Otherworld podcast and one of my all time favorite posters. We discuss his experience of creative life on the internet and explore the many esoteric belief systems that have grown out of social media. We see a trend of increasing irrationality in a complex world. At the end we pay homage to one of the greatest memes ever made.</html>

Dec 26, 202440 min

Doomscroll 10: Caleb Cain (aka Faraday Speaks)

<html>My guest is Caleb Cain or Faraday Speaks as he is known online. In 2019, Caleb Cain posted a video on YouTube called “My Descent into the Alt-Right Pipeline”. In the video, he described his first person experience of online radicalization. It quickly went viral. Soon after, Cain was profiled in The New York Times in a piece titled “The Making of a YouTube Radical”. In 2020, he was featured again by the New York Times in the popular Rabbit Hole podcast. Today, he joins us to tell his side of the story.</html>

Dec 18, 20241h 42m

Doomscroll 09: Amber A'Lee Frost

<html>My guest is Amber A'Lee Frost, a writer, organizer, co-host of the Chapo Trap House podcast and the author of Dirtbag (2023). We discuss today's dysfunctional left, elite overproduction, online political subcultures and the emergence of “youth” as a counter-cultural and consumer demographic. Is the New Right support for labor real? What does it mean for American workers?</html>

Dec 11, 20241h 18m

Doomscroll 08: Matty Healy

<html>My guest is musician Matty Healy of The 1975. He joins me to discuss internet culture and the strange aesthetics of our time. We explore the inspirations behind his work, including the writing of cultural theorist Mark Fisher. Matty describes the "slow cancellation of the future" by comparing distinct styles of pop music across various decades. Fisher links these cultural moments to larger economic shifts that are often felt but rarely seen.</html>

Dec 4, 20242h 32m

Doomscroll 07: Yung Chomsky

<html>Yung Chomsky is the producer of the TrueAnon podcast, creator of the mobile app Phomo, and a natural athlete with 16 years of experience. We discuss his personal journey of learning to lift online while exploring exercise subcultures via forums and message boards. We sort the facts from fictions and discuss the tenuous connections between weight lifting and far right politics. This is the lifting episode. We’re all gonna make it.</html>

Nov 27, 20241h 29m

Doomscroll 06: Peter James Fowler

<html>My guest is comedian Peter James Fowler. He joins me to discuss his political meme account that he ran at age 11. I’ve spent the last few years interviewing young people who make radical posts online. Peter shares his journey from growing up in evangelical Christianity, to new atheism, and from Trump to Bernie.</html>

Nov 20, 20241h 22m

Doomscroll 05: Trevor Paglen

<html>My guest is artist and geographer Trevor Paglen. His groundbreaking work links new technological developments to larger political issues that are often secret or unseen. We discuss the emerging paradigm of "psyops capitalism", the history of the CIA's MK Ultra psychological operations and how magic shapes our perception of reality. These technologies culminate to form a new economic order of private surveillance, manipulation and financial extraction.</html>

Nov 13, 20241h 3m

Doomscroll 04: J.J. McCullough

<html>My guest is ‪JJ McCullough a YouTuber who was previously a TV political commentator and columnist at the Washington Post. We discuss generational shifts from the political left to right, explore the state of alternative media and debate the origins of right-wing populism. While we disagree on some core issues, we always grant each other the space to fully argue an idea. My analysis and understanding is strengthened through our on-going dialogues.</html>

Nov 6, 20241h 48m

Doomscroll 03: Jreg

<html>My guest is Jreg or Greg Guevara as he is known offline. Jreg is a popular YouTube creator who explores online radical politics. He joins me to discuss our shared fascination with incredibly niche ideologies that only exist online. We explore social atomization as a political project and agree that taking the friend pill is the best advice you can find.</html>

Oct 30, 20241h 22m

Doomscroll 02: Catherine Liu

<html>My guest is Catherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. She is the author of 'Virtue Hoarders: the Case Against the Professional Managerial Class'. We discuss the origin of trauma studies, self branding on social media and the ideology of the professional class. Liu has an unwavering commitment to historical materialism and a fierce critique of elitist academies. She explores the intense moralism of our times as it relates to the Freudian super-ego.</html>

Oct 23, 20241h 36m

Doomscroll 01: Brace Belden

<html>My guest is Brace Belden, an organizer, an infamous shitposter and co-host of the TrueAnon podcast. I’ve spent the last few years interviewing young people who make radical posts online and later find their way into real world politics. Irony and humor play a huge role in this process. For the first episode, I wanted to talk to one of my favorite posters who has also lived his politics in the real world.</html>

Oct 16, 20241h 21m

[PREVIEW] 240820: Mixed Ideology Extremism

<html><a href="https://x.com/adamcurtisbroll/status/1821370178925465602" target="_blank">https://x.com/adamcurtisbroll/status/1821370178925465602</a><a href="https://x.com/acpmain/status/1815163137164754960?s=46&amp;t=9Oro7F7thSCgYZqbvnpVjQ" target="_blank">https://x.com/acpmain/status/1815163137164754960?s=46&amp;t=9Oro7F7thSCgYZqbvnpVjQ</a><a href="https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/the-new-style-of-artist-career-2522541" target="_blank">https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/the-new-style-of-artist-career-2522541</a><a href="https://news.gab.com/2024/07/gabs-emergency-request-from-the-fbi/" target="_blank">https://news.gab.com/2024/07/gabs-emergency-request-from-the-fbi/</a><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/alt-jihad-rising-social-media/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/alt-jihad-rising-social-media/</a><a href="https://youtu.be/PaVjQFMg7L0?si=xqFi-InTXEeDgMfM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/PaVjQFMg7L0?si=xqFi-InTXEeDgMfM</a></html>

Aug 27, 20245 min

[PREVIEW] The Zynternet with Max Read

<html>Max Read joins me to discuss "the Zynternet", a newly emergent youth subculture online. We explore the For-You-Pagification of social media, the revenge of the normies and the future of online subcultures.Max is one of my favorite writers on Substack. I highly recommend checking out this piece and following his newsletter: <a href="https://maxread.substack.com" target="_blank">https://maxread.substack.com</a> <a href="https://maxread.substack.com/p/hawk-tuah-and-the-zynternet" target="_blank">https://maxread.substack.com/p/hawk-tuah-and-the-zynternet</a></html>

Aug 20, 20245 min

[PREVIEW] My Political Journey: V

<html>This week’s guest is a 17 year old Left Communist from the Bay Area. He was a right-wing troll at age 13. We explore niche political subcultures, generational posting styles and the value of electoral politics.</html>

Aug 14, 20245 min

[PREVIEW] Alex Hochuli on the End of History

<html>Alex Hochuli is a co-host of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast and a co-author of "The End of the End of History: Politics in the 21st Century". He joins me to discuss universalisms, organization and the difficult way forward.Follow:<a href="https://x.com/bungacast" target="_blank">https://x.com/bungacast</a><a href="https://x.com/Alex__1789" target="_blank">https://x.com/Alex__1789</a></html>

Aug 1, 20245 min

[PREVIEW] 240723: Nothing Ever Happens, ACP, Mogwarts?

<html>Links:<a href="https://x.com/swannmarcus89/status/1812376707191411179?s=46&amp;t=jW_xfAX0j6Fjiv2ObgRGRg" target="_blank">https://x.com/swannmarcus89/status/1812376707191411179?s=46&amp;t=jW_xfAX0j6Fjiv2ObgRGRg</a><a href="https://youtube.com/@demolitionranch?si=eI6BMpCPzPyyb35a" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/@demolitionranch?si=eI6BMpCPzPyyb35a</a><a href="https://x.com/acpmain/status/1815450980915245145?s=46&amp;t=jW_xfAX0j6Fjiv2ObgRGRg" target="_blank">https://x.com/acpmain/status/1815450980915245145?s=46&amp;t=jW_xfAX0j6Fjiv2ObgRGRg</a><a href="https://x.com/acpmain/status/1815163785134436404?s=46&amp;t=jW_xfAX0j6Fjiv2ObgRGRg" target="_blank">https://x.com/acpmain/status/1815163785134436404?s=46&amp;t=jW_xfAX0j6Fjiv2ObgRGRg</a><a href="https://youtu.be/92X6GIvJCPI?si=fYysFY1PyXg9brER" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/92X6GIvJCPI?si=fYysFY1PyXg9brER</a><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/mogwarts-looksmaxing" target="_blank">https://www.gq.com/story/mogwarts-looksmaxing</a><a href="https://www.mogwarts.net/" target="_blank">https://www.mogwarts.net/</a></html>

Jul 25, 20245 min

[PREVIEW] Deep Research: Tartaria

<html>Otherworld presents Deep Research. This week, we’re covering “Tartaria”. Tartaria is a conspiracy theory that suggests the existence of a vast, advanced civilization that supposedly existed in ancient times but has been intentionally erased from historical records. Proponents of this theory often claim that Tartaria was a highly developed and technologically advanced empire with a global influence, surpassing the conventional understanding of history. They argue that evidence of Tartaria's existence is hidden or manipulated by a secretive global elite. The conspiracy theory often incorporates a variety of historical events, architectural anomalies, and symbols to support its narrative. Research links:<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/comments/wggxfa/itsmorganfr_on_tiktok_explaining_tartaria/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/comments/wggxfa/itsmorganfr_on_tiktok_explaining_tartaria/</a><a href="https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp78-02771r000200090002-6" target="_blank">https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp78-02771r000200090002-6</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jonlevichannel" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@jonlevichannel</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MindUnveiled" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@MindUnveiled</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tartarianarchitecture/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/tartarianarchitecture/</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/</a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@watch_the_rabbit_hole/video/7197053113310661890?lang=en" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@watch_the_rabbit_hole/video/7197053113310661890?lang=en</a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@auntytateana2/video/7161746777069145350?lang=en" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@auntytateana2/video/7161746777069145350?lang=en</a><a href="https://youtu.be/4N-GDmlDMts?si=LH4ot7FLSsgzdd3Y" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4N-GDmlDMts?si=LH4ot7FLSsgzdd3Y</a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@zacharydenman/video/7193705054363258117?lang=en" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@zacharydenman/video/7193705054363258117?lang=en</a><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-04-27/inside-architecture-s-wildest-conspiracy-theory" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-04-27/inside-architecture-s-wildest-conspiracy-theory</a><a href="https://youtu.be/dtU_M0Sjd9Y?si=LOds3f6Nj-KXktMQ&amp;t=332" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/dtU_M0Sjd9Y?si=LOds3f6Nj-KXktMQ&amp;t=332</a>Follow:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/otherworldpod/?hl=en" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/otherworldpod/?hl=en</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Otherworld" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/Otherworld</a></html>

Jul 18, 20245 min

Catherine Liu: Workers of the Culture Industry Unite (lol) Live at Montez Press Radio

<html>I sat down with Catherine Liu, author of Virtue Hoarders (2021), professor of Film &amp; Media Studies at UC Irvine, for her new series at Montez Press Radio. Catherine writes, “This series, Workers of the Culture Industry Unite! (LOL) tries to address the problems of artists' work in the age of finance capitalism… At a time when the corporations and institutions that support artists are suffering from endless crises of legitimacy, how can we have better conversations about what artistic and aesthetic freedom really look like.”Follow:<a href="https://cliuanon.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://cliuanon.substack.com/</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/montezpressradio" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/montezpressradio</a></html>

Jul 2, 20241h 17m

[PREVIEW] US Psyop Meme Campaign Spreading Anti-Vax Disinfo (real)

<html><a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/</a></html>

Jun 25, 20245 min

[PREVIEW] A Cyber Archaeology of Checkpoints w/ Ruby Thelot

<html>Ruby Thelot is a designer, cyber-ethnographer and artist. He is a professor of Design and Media Theory at NYU. We discuss his new book: A Cyber Archeology of Checkpoints (2024) a poignant tribute to a vanished online community.Get the book: <a href="https://www.irrelevantpress.com/store/pre-sal…s-ruby-thelot" target="_blank">www.irrelevantpress.com/store/pre-sal…s-ruby-thelot</a>Follow: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/being_on_line/?hl=en" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/being_on_line/?hl=en</a> <a href="https://gate.sc?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fbeing_on_line%3Flang%3Den&amp;token=bd7e57-1-1718718997171" target="_blank">x.com/being_on_line?lang=en</a></html>

Jun 19, 20245 min

[PREVIEW] My Political Journey: X

<html>My guest is a Post-Marxist. We explore political subcultures such as Post-left Anarchy, Unconditional Accelerationism, Anarcho-Primitivism and more.</html>

Jun 12, 20245 min

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