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.
2025-01-30 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2025-01-27 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Doomscroll. Episode #14 with guest Will Menaker is out today. As we enter this new and historic era of Trump 2.0, we’re releasing a collection of...
2025-01-22 22:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
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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.
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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 ...
2025-01-12 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Doomscroll is back. Episode #13 with guest Dasha Nekrasova is out now. As we enter this new and historic era of Trump 2.0, we’re releasing a collection...
2025-01-08 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
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...
2025-01-02 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
and the most important story you didn't hear about this year.
Welcome back to the Sunday edition of Josh’s newsletter. This usually involves me getting zooted out of my mind on coffee and nicotine while desperately pulling at conspiratoria...
2024-12-29 14:25:57 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Jack Wagner, a writer & 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 o...
2024-12-26 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTrueAnon #425: The Blue Light Killer. I recently sat down with my favorite internet sleuths for a 3 hour e...
2024-12-19 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2024-12-18 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDoomscroll is now available in audio form on Apple Podcasts, 2024-12-12 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2024-12-11 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDoomscroll is now available in audio form on Apple Podcasts, 2024-12-08 19:58:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2024-12-04 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis week we are looking into a popular narrative that has recently emerged online and in legacy news outlets. If we are going to base our analysis of the election results on the influence of alt-media, we should be clear about what those internet...
2024-12-01 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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 an...
2024-11-27 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Doomscroll. This week, my guest is a dangerous political extremist who is a legitimate threat to the United States government. We discuss universal policies that have a broad appeal and overwhelming support from the pub...
2024-11-26 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2024-11-20 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Doomscroll. This is episode #12 with artist Daniel Keller. In the last few weeks we’ve seen an historic shift in American politi...
2024-11-19 22:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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 C...
2024-11-13 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Doomscroll. I’m excited to announce episode #11 with Jack Wagner. Today we’re revisiting the classics and paying homage to the...
2024-11-12 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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 orig...
2024-11-06 11:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Caleb Cain or Faraday Speaks as he is known online. Episode #10 is out now. This is an important conversation. I hope you will give it the time an...
2024-11-05 22:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2024-10-30 10:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Doomscroll. Episode #09 with guest Amber A’Lee Frost is out now. I know there’s been a lot of anticipation for this video...
2024-10-29 21:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2024-10-23 10:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Doomscroll. I’m excited to announce episode #08 with guest Matty Healy. In the past few years, this project has grown from ...
2024-10-22 21:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post