Knowledge Fight

In the first level of Knowledge Fight Country, Dan and his guest adventurer Molly Conger set out to understand the context around Tucker Carlson's interview with a welder who is mad about algebra. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2016 was a pivotal year for Dan Friesen. It's the year he became fascinated with Alex Jones, and began watching the election of Donald J. Trump through the lens of Jones' show Info Wars. This obsession led to ten years of podcasting and a thousand episodes trying to answer one question: was Alex Jones as awful a person as he appeared if you actually watched his entire show? The answer was yes. In...

Knowledge Fight Country is a platform where Dan Friesen and his guests can chew over the biggest and best ideas being disseminated in right wing media. Through a focus on Alex Jones and figures similar to him, this show will provide a humorous and fun layer on top of discussing the context on why liars lie and how they do it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello wonks.  Dan here, swinging in to hijack the feed to drop the first episode of my new podcast Show Me State Of Mind.  I'm posting the debut here, but to catch episodes in the future, you can find them at this link .  I hope you enjoy the show!

In this installment, Dan and Jordan close things out with a discussion about a particularly whiny but musical day in Alex's career, live from Two Brothers Roundhouse.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan decide that it is time to put the podcast to rest.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan get a second opinion from another Infowars employee about the news that the Onion was taking over their business, plus Alex literally and figuratively loses his shirt.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan discuss Alex's show from the day where he learned that the Onion had once again bought his business.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan watch Tucker respond to Trump tweeting weird stuff about Jesus and fighting with the Pope by dipping his toes into Holocaust denial.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan have their minds blown by Alex capturing a miracle on air, Trump releasing a scathing diss on Alex, and everyone at Infowars trying to deal with the aftermath.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan brace for impact as Alex goes deep on the origins of the human species, pitches the idea that Trump may have dementia, and discusses the time he might have seen some vampire Men In Black in Washington DC.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan lose their faith as Alex starts to give up on Trump, rambles about orbs, and denies his lord and savior multiple times.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan take a moment to discuss how a critical piece of Alex's fake version of Trump was destroyed, perhaps fittingly by the not-fake Trump.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan hang out in the past to learn about how disappointed Alex is with the response to his Charlie Sheen interview, and how everyone just doesn't like Sheen because he's not gay.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan catch up on how things have been on the road, and discuss Alex's return to the studio where he has to deal with the Trump administration saying they use bombs as diplomacy, and seem to want to replace teachers with robots.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan catch up about how the road has been going, and then discuss the time back in 2006 when Alex met Charlie Sheen and they were blissfully unaware of how bad the intersection of their careers would end up being. (The episode begins at about 45:00)

In this installment, Dan and Jordan are bewildered by a recent podcast hosted by Alex's son, featuring an interview with Owen Shroyer, a guy who Alex has declared war on.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan look on in fear as Alex almost drunkenly dies live on air on Tim Pool's podcast. Get tickets to the live show here

In this installment, Dan and Jordan dip back to the past to see what Alex was up to exactly 20 years ago, and find him promoting local pop punk bands, interviewing antisemitic folks, and bragging about his role in A Scanner Darkly.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan look on as Alex continues to struggle to spin Trump's attack on Iran, JD Vance talking about a New World Order, and allegations that Jared Kushner is the antichrist.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan check in with Alex's recent appearance on Joe Rogan's friend's podcast where they learn about how Bohemian Grove was more gay than satanic, and how your pets are psychic.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan watch the unfolding tragedy of Alex's coverage of Trump starting a war in Iran and hear dire warnings about snakes in holes.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan tune in to see how Alex responds to Trump attacking Iran and killing the Ayatollah.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan vacation in the past to find Alex angrily joining MySpace, bragging about his own popularity, and having a friendly interview with someone who runs a group he thinks is a Soros front.

In this installment, Dan and Jordan see how Alex is doing in the present day, and find him rambling about cannibalism, complaining a lot about Trump, and seeming on the cusp of turning on Steve Bannon again.