Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrump Tours the Manosphere, Russia Funds MAGA Influencers, and Hawk Tuah Girl Cashes In
Episode 145
It’s not just supplements and energy drinks fueling the manosphere. Your favorite right-wing podcaster may be sponsored by…Vladimir Putin! Jon and Ma…
1 year, 4 months ago
How "Zola" Explains Social Media Brain
Episode 144
Has there ever been a more dramatic Twitter thread than A’Ziah King’s 2015 saga about a roadtrip turned kidnapping? Erin Ryan and Josie Duffy Rice jo…
1 year, 4 months ago
Obama's Offline Speech, Zuck Fears Trump, and the Crank Political Divide
Episode 143
Max and Jon sit down to break down a very online DNC, diving into Obama’s anti-social media convention speech, the MyPillow guy’s embarrassing troll …
1 year, 4 months ago
How “The Truman Show” Explains Life in 2024
Episode 142
Jon Lovett and Erin Ryan join Max to discuss how “The Truman Show,” predicted our current era of continuous surveillance and content mining. The movi…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Peter Thiel Became the Right’s Tech-Authoritarian Kingmaker
Episode 141
Peter Thiel isn’t as rich as Elon Musk or as notorious as Steve Bannon. But over the last 10 years he has grown from Silicon Valley’s oddball conserv…
1 year, 4 months ago
“WarGames” with Jon Lovett and Ben Rhodes
Episode 140
Jon Lovett and Ben Rhodes join Max to explore how 1983’s “WarGames” predicted the internet era. The film is a fascinating time capsule of Reagan era …
1 year, 4 months ago
Trump and Elon’s Trainwreck Interview & J.D. Vance’s Real Tech Agenda
Episode 139
Elon Musk hosted Donald Trump for a two and a half hour ramble on Twitter’s garbage live streaming platform—and if you think SpaceX flubs launches…we…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Tim Walz’s Big Dad Energy Went Viral
Episode 138
Why is Tim Walz, a 60-year-old dad from Minnesota, so internet savvy? And why is he so good at making right wingers look not just weird, but also ext…
1 year, 5 months ago
JD Vance, Project 2025, and How the Right Got Weird
Episode 137
All of a sudden, nearly every Democrat in the country has started calling out Republicans for being really damn weird. And with JD Vance’s pronatalis…
1 year, 5 months ago
Kamala Harris’ Coconut-Pilled Brat Girl Summer
Episode 136
Kamala Harris memes are bringing together leftists and wine moms, neolib shills and NeverTrumpers, political wonks and pop stars across every platfor…
1 year, 5 months ago