Posting Through It

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: @coolfacejaneRead the newsletter: postingthroughit.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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: @SilvermanJacobJacob’s author page at The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/authors/jacob-silvermanRead Jacob and Ben McKenzie in Slate with their column ‘Not Gonna Make It’: https://slate.com/tag/not-gonna-make-it Read the newsletter: postingthroughit.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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 misinformation.Ryan Broderick’s Twitter account: @BroderickSubscribe to Garbage Day: https://www.garbageday.email/ Read the newsletter: postingthroughit.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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: @KseniaCoffmanWired magazine’s profile of Ksenia: https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/Ksenia’s Wiki profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:K.e.coffmanKsenia’s email: wiki.coffman@gmail.com Read the newsletter: postingthroughit.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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/If you’d prefer to watch this episode, you can find it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/9Pnz1FWzI90Reposted on this feed with permission from Matt Binder. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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!shtpost.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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.Follow Nick on Twitter: twitter.com/NickLutskoNick’s vinyl campaign to press some of his songs from Twitter onto LPs: nicklutsko.bandcamp.com/campaign/more-songs-on-the-computerNick Lutsko’s Patreon: patreon.com/nicklutskoNick’s favorite things online: HEI Network: heinetwork.tvVic Berger’s latest series for VICE: youtu.be/9E0NcmcGdSIArtist Brielle Garcia: twitter.com/tacolamp This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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 Like what you heard? Consider supporting this project with a subscription! You’ll get access to a newsletter that goes out between episodes! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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/noturtlesoup17Find Amanda on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/franklin17 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

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.Follow Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmarkListen to Michael on “Maintenance Phase: http://maintenancephase.com/Read Michael’s writing mentioned during the show: michaelhobbes.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com