Jeremy Boreing on the Rise of Grift and Conspiracy Media

February 27, 20261h 20m

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Show Notes

After a break from public life, Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing joins PragerU CEO Marissa Streit to reflect on how the reinvention of conservative media impacted America’s culture. They examine how social media fuels tribalism and rage, why political “Christianity,” conspiracy culture, and grift media are gaining ground, and what influential voices are ultimately trying to build with their rhetoric. Chapters:

0:00 Jeremy’s 10-month Sabbath + what changed while he was gone

1:15 How the Right learned to win online (and why it worked)

2:40 The downside: algorithms reward engagement over truth

4:42 Losing cultural literacy: no shared story, no shared reality

6:26 Conservatives and new tech: from social media to AI panic

23:51 Reactionary “online Christianity” as tribal politics

26:00 “Rhetorical statue-toppling”: conspiracies that erase trust

36:43 Grift mechanics: influencers, fame, and “human algorithm” behavior

46:16 The post-Trump fight: power, populism, and revolutionary instincts

1:00:36 The antidote: agency, responsibility, family—and rebuilding meaning

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