A Trump Troll Faces Trial in New York

Even if Douglass Mackey evades criminal charges, he’s already lost the larger game

Suspending disbelief in political media

Or, a theory of why people let themselves be demeaned and lied to by political media figures

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#186: StewAnon (with 'Did Nothing Wrong', feat. Mike Rothschild)

This one is a bit different than the usual episodes

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#185: CPAC 2023 and doxing neo-Nazis (feat. Christopher Mathias)

Christopher Mathias joins the show to talk about his experience at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, a.k.a. CPAC. Jared and Chris talk about the event's lacking attendance, surrounding scandals, and attacks on trans people. Then, Chris tells us about the latest "Terrorgram" propagandist to have had their

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A vibe shift in the field of misinformation studies and reporting

How do our conversations about online harms change as we understand the problems as systemic?

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#184: The chatbots are here. What could go wrong? (feat. Ed Zitron)

Ed Zitron joined the show to talk about Microsoft and Google's planned rollouts of AI chatbots into their search engines and the risks of applying the technology across people's lives recklessly. Ed's Twitter:@EdZitron Ed's Newsletter: https://ez.substack.com/p/degenerative-ai Ed's favorite thing online: i am not kidding

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Elon Musk wants to make Twitter like an airline

Making content to sell ads against? That’ll cost you

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#183: Alex Jones is living in hell (feat. Michael Hayden)

Michael E. Hayden joins the show to talk about text messages the Southern Poverty Law Center obtained from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The messages reveal a conflict between the on-air persona that Jones embodies and the real Jones that lives in "hell." Mike’s favorite thing online: @goth_videos It's

The big platforms are ready to forgive Trump

Our ‘former guy’ is logging back on to Facebook and Instagram. More platforms are sure to follow.

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#182: Flounder with Crowder (feat. Amanda Moore)

Amanda Moore joins the show to talk about Steven Crowder's contract drama, her latest article for Talking Points Memo about Nick Fuentes and Ye, the conservative gas stove freak-out, and more. Amanda has spent extended time undercover in far-right MAGA communities and uses her first-hand observations from that time to

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New Year, New Mailbag (feat. You)

Thanks to everyone for calling/texting in to the mailbox. In this episode, I sat down and reacted to your questions and comments. Find Your Podcast Player Newsletter subscribers: Use the "Find Your Podcast Player" page to locate this episode or click the headline in this email to listen on

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Sic Simmer Tyrannis

The gas stove moral panic, farming out my newsletter to AI, and more

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#181: They worked on the Capitol riot investigation (feat. Meghan Conroy & Alex Newhouse)

Meghan Conroy and Alex Newhouse worked for the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol as investigator and investigative analyst, respectively. They join Posting Through It on the second anniversary of the Capitol riot to talk about the work they did in the Congressional

New Year call-In episode number and details

To call and leave a question or comment, dial: ‪(202) 630-0580‬. The number will kick you into a voicemail inbox. (It will still ask for a message under the podcast's former name, SH!TPOST.) Please leave your message after the tone. You can also text this number. Every message (that

Winter Break announcement

Hey everyone! I'm writing to say that I'm taking a break from Posting Through It until I record the annual New Year's call-in episode. I'll send details for that later. Thank you for another amazing year of this podcast/newsletter. I still remain in awe of what this experiment has

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#180: Christian nationalism logs into America (feat. Dr. Anthea Butler)

Dr. Anthea Butler is a historian of African American and American religion who serves as the Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She joins the show to discuss the influence of Christian nationalism in American politics and how it expresses itself online. Host Jared Holt and Dr.

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The Wasted Potential of 'The Twitter Files'

The much-anticipated "Twitter Files" have demonstrated a pattern of overreach by woke liberals. Wait, no they haven't.

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#179: Are the kids all Right? (feat. Kyle Spencer)

Inside the groups trying to produce right-wing teens

Matt Taibbi whiffs as he licks the boot

ON FRIDAY NIGHT around 6 p.m. Eastern Time, a period sometimes dubbed trash day by public relations professionals, Elon Musk hyped and apparently outsourced a set of internal Twitter emails to formerly celebrated journalist Matt Taibbi that he claimed would reveal the truth about Twitter's suppression of a 2020

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A white nationalist, antisemitic rapper, and former president walk into a golf resort…

Where have we heard this one before?

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#178: 2022 midterms and the chaos that wasn't (feat. Alyssa Kann and Max Rizzuto)

Max Rizzuto and Alyssa Kann are researchers at the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) who Jared used to work with. They join the show to talk about the anti-climactic passing of midterm elections. Is election denialism still as potent as it was in 2020? Were fears overblown? Have threats to

Internet brain poison didn’t deliver a ‘red wave’

Outrage clickbait can get a political hopeful further than it should, but it didn’t finish the job when it mattered

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#177: Will Elon Musk actually destroy Twitter? (feat. Adam Kovacevich)

Is Twitter about to burn to the ground? Probably not, Kovacevich argues

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Democrats Are Pursuing Another Noble Defeat

Republicans have a big advantage over the only other electorally viable party: They’re willing to win.

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#176: Kanye, alt-right superheroes, and 'mule' hunters (feat. Will Sommer)

No one man should have all that power