The media environment morphs with dizzying speed year after year, and the rise of political streamers is just the latest arc of the digital age. How do we explain the rise of streamers in the context of rising inequality and atomization? And what do we make of the popularity of many such streamers among a predominately male audience? And what exactly is a debate bro? Popular Twitch streamer and libertarian socialist Ian 'Vaush' Kochinski joins Taya Graham and Stephen Janis for a special discussion in a series on new media for The Inequality Watch.

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Vaush on inequality, young men, and the 'debate bro' movement