Posting Through It

In this episode, host Jared Holt talks about "Lil' Tay" and Facebook's new dating feature. Hasan Piker of The Young Turks joins to talk about Kanye West-gate and the intersection of gaming and politics. Then we learn about Trump's secret behind-the-scenes agenda before Michael Hayden from Newsweek joins to give us an update on alt-right internet drama. Show love to Hasan:...

In this episode, host Jared Holt hopefully gives his last take on Kanye West and The Daily Beast's White House correspondent Asawin Suebsaeng joins to talk about Diamond & Silk's Congressional testimony. Also, Jared takes a look at what the extremists are up to on YouTube nowadays and offers some closing thoughts about the notion that conservatism online is a "counter culture.&q...

In this episode, host Jared Holt explores the state of online culture with Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel, freelance journalist Elizabeth King and tech reporter Noah Kulman. Show Dave some love: twitter.com/daveweigel And Elizabeth, too: twitter.com/ekingc Don't forget Noah: twitter.com/nkulw This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...

In this episode, host Jared Holt issues a definitive "fuck you" to Mark Zuckerberg for his irresponsibility handling Facebook. Paris Martineau joins to discuss the years-long trajectory of a women who shot YouTube employees and the development of the #QAnon conspiracy theory. Later, Taylor Lorenz talks about the condom snorting challenge and how teenagers are using the internet. Show Par...

In this episode, host Jared Holt explores news of the week, including Sinclair Broadcast Group's weaponization of local news stations and an online vigil supporting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after he lost his internet privileges. Later, Jordan Uhl from Rust Belt to Beltway joins the show to talk about how new legislation disarms sex workers of one of the few online tools they had to st...

In this episode, host Jared Holt and NYC Media Lab's Justin Hendrix digest news about Cambridge Analytica's use of 50+ million users' profile data and the need to regulate social media. Jared also looks at conspiracy theories surrounding last weekend's March for Our Lives rallies. Then, The District Sentinel's Sam Knight joins (with Brendan Karet riding shotgun) to help br...

In this episode, host Jared Holt explores a mysterious voicemail, the misogyny brewing online around the star of the latest "Tomb Raider" reboot, and Elon Musk's hire of The Onion staffers. Mic.com senior writer Jack Smith IV joins the show to talk about neo-Nazi's god awful week. We end the show with some musings about the rise and fall of "doggo" memes and what it s...

In this episode, host Jared Holt talks the possibility of presidential nudes, Jake Paul's efforts to end gun violence, and the way far-right internet personalities executed a devastating self-own in the UK. Jared speaks with Dan Feidt of the site Unicorn Riot, which has worked to uncover private communications of white nationalist activists, and takes and in-depth look at "Men Going Thei...

In this episode, host Jared Holt talks about reloaded Seth Rich conspiracy theories, how Trump betrayed gamers, and the overnight crash-and-burn of a social media site called "Vero." Will Sommer joins in-studio to talk about the YouTube battle between right-wing content creators and social media community moderators. Follow Will: twitter.com/willsommer This is a public episode. If you wo...

In this episode, host Jared Holt talks about Tim “Baked Alaska” Gionet’s suspension from YouTube live streaming, Buzzfeed senior tech reporter Charlie Warzel joins the show to discuss pro-Trump media’s feud with the survivors of the Parkland high school shooting and what the exchange says about internet culture at large, and the broadcast gets some unexpected interference. To wrap things up, Media...

In this episode, host Jared Holt explains how alt-right trolls punk’d the media after a shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people. He also takes a look at the “Spermgate” conspiracy theory, delivers an intimate reading of a QAnon encounter in a Fortune 500 workplace and speaks with Media Matters senior researcher Cristina Lopez about conservative social media users’ retaliation again...

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