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 political consensus when all narratives have now become alternative?
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 episodes to debrief on the state of American politics.
Doomscroll is a podcast about internet culture and the “end of history”. This is an independent program and it only exists because of paid supporters. Seriously, every other show a...
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.
You can watch the public podcast episode on YouTube.
2025-01-22 19:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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 a...
2025-01-15 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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 histori...
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 of episodes to debrief on the state of American politics and culture.
Friendly reminder, this is a subscriber supported project. If these episodes make you laugh, cry, curl up in a fetal position, or call your mom, you can show your suppor...
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.
Watch the public podcast episode on YouTube.
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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.
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 conspiratorial threads across niche internet ideologies. Good news, that’s exactly what we’re doing this week. First, we round up some of the recent right-wing infighting on Twitter and then explore the most important story you didn’t hear about this year.<...
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 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.
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 episode diving deep into Luigi Mangione’s political ideology. We explore his possible motivations for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Most of the media coverage has treated this story very superficially. I think we do a good job of gett...
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 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 s...
2024-12-18 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDoomscroll is now available in audio form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and everywhere else. Audio episodes are coming out every week. We have an incredible line up of new guests coming up for this winter.
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?
2024-12-11 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDoomscroll is now available in audio form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and everywhere else. Audio episodes are coming out every week. If you’re in the giving spirit this holiday season, please rate the show and leave a review on Apple podcasts. Its free and helps u...
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 "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.
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 subcultures are and be fully aware of their political goals.
Doomscroll is now available in audio form on podcast feeds and rss. Find it on: 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 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.
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 public.
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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.
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 politics and culture. This conversation might help us to zoom out and see the larger timeline we’re now on.
If you appreciate this series, you can show your support by subscribing. This helps me to keep doing the show and to build a platform fo...
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 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.
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 greatest meme ever made.
There’s been a lot of talk in the past week about the need for progressive podcasts to reach an audience of young men. I have an idea for a new show— its called “having a platform of universal social democrat...
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 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.
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 and consideration it deserves.
This show covers a wide array of topics, everything from social media to philosophy and real world politics. My hope is that these conversations will help us better understand the complex links between the onlin...
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 social atomization as a political project and agree that taking the friend pill is the best advice you can find.
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 (yes, I am reading the comments on YouTube lol). This episode is a comprehensive overview of our unique cultural and political moment. I’m excited to share it with all of you.
If you like this series, enjoy the topics we discuss or have ...
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 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.
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 a niche discussion between artists and creatives, into a public forum for new ideas and theories of online culture.
My independence is what allows me to have these conversations. Your support helps me to keep doing this work and to make new...
2024-10-22 21:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post