Posting Through It

Jared and Mike catch up on the latest content from Malaysian lolcow Ian Miles Cheong, who is not at all upset about someone creating a fake tweet to make fun of him. The guys move onto the likelihood that Trump will pursue a third term in office and question why so many pundits are waiting for the bad thing to happen–when it’s fairly obviously already here. They talk about Nick Fuentes and Tucker...

Jared and Mike bring back resident New Yawk correspondent Robert Silverman to discuss the forthcoming mayoral election in the Big Apple — one that has major implications for the future of the Democratic Party and the fight against the MAGA agenda. Join them for a guided tour of the scandal-ridden NYC political landscape where Zohran Mamdani emerged as a frontrunner and why Trump is “big mad” about...

Everywhere you turn these days, it seems there’s another Republican staffer glazing Hitler. Jared and Mike break down why exactly this keeps happening – from the big GOP group chat, the Nazi flag caught on camera, and Paul Ingrassia’s faceplant in D.C. – and then check out some fresh apologist spin from repeat PTI offender Katherine Dee. The hosts also take a look at the "No Kings" ralli...

Jared and Mike catch up on MAGA’s witch hunt for "Antifa" terrorists and find that it isn’t going particularly well. The White House has leaned on laughable influencers to persuade the public that Antifa actually exists and that protesters wearing Cookie Monster and Barney the Dinosaur costumes are proof of the problem. The guys play audio from an insane hype reel created by the White Ho...

Mike and Jared discuss the Red Scare podcast, a terrible GQ article about Nick Fuentes, and MAGA's taste in awful 90s rock music. They also submit their own audition tape for the TPUSA "All American Halftime Show." Sign up for our Patreon to listen to the full episode: https://patreon.com/PostingThroughIt

Laura Loomer has not-so-quietly emerged as one of the most influential figures in MAGA media, but who the hell is she and where did she come from? This episode seeks to explain how a person who is now known for eating dog food on camera came to wield so much power over one of the most powerful countries in the history of the world. Will Sommer, a reporter for The Bulwark, joined Jared and Mike to...

Jared and Mike discuss the cohort of right-wing influencers who have flocked to Portland to help the Trump Administration manufacture outrage against anti-ICE protesters resisting the federal occupation of their city. They take a closer look at Nick Sortor, who the White House has elevated as a mini-martyr. The guys also talk about sombrero memes, the straightest man in DC, and more. Patreon: http...

Gillian Branstetter  joins to talk about MAGA's hyper-fixation on transgender people and the movement's warpath against them. We discuss right-wing media's use of trans people as scapegoats, false claims that trans people are radical and violent, and more. https://patreon.com/PostingThroughIt Links for Gillian: Sign up for her newsletter,  The Autonomy Follow her on  Bluesky  and  X Tr...

Jared and Mike read from what may end up being the most batshit insane column of 2025–The Daily Caller’s “Enough is enough… I choose VIOLENCE” by “writer, drinker” Geoffrey Ingersoll. The guys pair Ingersoll’s words with the reporting on real life violence from ICE. They also break down Trump’s new fascination with so-called med beds, check in on the growing conspiracy theory that Erika Kirk kille...

Christopher Mathias , a longtime friend of the show and a journalist who has covered far-right movements in the United States, joins to talk about the origins of the right-wing panic surrounding antifascist activism in the United States. We also talked about the Trump's executive orders targeting "antifa," a questionable study claiming that left-wing terrorism is rising in the US, an...

To listen to the full episode, sign up for our Patreon: https://patreon.com/PostingThroughIt In an absolutely jam-packed premium episode, Jared and Mike lay out the biography of Dave Rubin, the ex-progressive turned reactionary internet performer and tequila salesman. The guys examine the phenomenon of this unsavory flavor of grifter, answer listener questions, and report out what we know about th...

Mike and Jared discuss how the Trump Administration and its allies have escalated their efforts to censor and criminalize their opponents in wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. They also talk about the ways leaders in business and media – even “anti-hate” nonprofits – have been spooked into self-censorship. Then, Jared shares an interview he did with Kelly Jensen. She’s a former librarian and wr...

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Charlie Kirk went from a heavily mocked “lolcow” with astroturfed appeal to a hardened MAGA loyalist and bonafide celebrity known for publishing heavily edited debate-style clips to social media. On September 10, a man assassinated him, shooting him dead in front of a large crowd at Utah Valley University. This episode examines both how Kirk died and how he lived. We talk about how Kirk created TP...

To get access to the RSS feed with the full episode, sign up to support our show on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/PostingThroughIt Mike and Jared covered the far-right's latest obsession: the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, North Carolina. They also discussed "Chorus" and shared an excerpt of their conversation with Luke Savage about the secretive dark money dispenser payin...

Luke Savage , a writer and political analyst who has written for outlets like Jacobin and The New Statesman, joined the show to talk about none other than Matt “Matty” Yglesias, the influential, centrist pundit with a habit of getting things wrong. Matty also changes his opinions–sometimes abruptly. The “leftist hater brigade” also discussed the current state of liberal punditry and why it feels l...

To get access to the RSS feed with the full episode, sign up to support our show on Patreon: patreon.com/PostingThroughIt We covered false rumors that Trump died, California Gov. Gavin Newsom emulating the president's social media stylings, and right-wing media outrage over a proposed change to Cracker Barrel's logo. We also examine a great work of conservative column writing: " Elon Musk, AI porn...

Marisa Kabas , an independent journalist, joined the show to talk about the ongoing military occupation of Washington, DC, and Trump's threats to dispatch troops to other American cities like Chicago and New York City. The trio also discussed the concept of "performative cruelty" as it applies to the Trump Administration's actions surrounding federal layoffs, immigration enforcem...

Anthony Cumia was once one of radio's most prolific shock-jocks, best known for co-hosting "Opie and Anthony" from 1995 to 2014. In recent years, however, you're more likely to find Cumia mulling around the white nationalist movement. This episode examines Cumia's life and career, exploring the significant impacts he had on comedy, entertainment, and politics during his profe...

Hannah Gais is a researcher and journalist who covers far-right extremism. She joins the show to look back on the white nationalist “alt-right” movement, eight years after the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia. While the movement today is a shadow of its former self, the ideology that drove it seems as mainstream as ever. On this episode, we explore an...

Mehdi Hasan , a journalist renowned for confronting power directly and dismantling opponents in political debates, joined Posting Through It to reflect on his viral appearance on "Surrounded" — a YouTube debate show that recruited him to argue against 20 "far-right conservatives." Over nearly two hours, his opponents took turns sitting across from him and espousing racist bigot...

Anna Merlan is a senior reporter at Mother Jones who covers disinformation, technology, and extremism. She joined us to discuss the Trump Administration's efforts to address the "Epstein Files" controversy and why calming supporters' anger over this issue has proven particularly challenging. We also explored how right-wing media has sought to downplay Ghislaine Maxwell's role...

Dave Portnoy has leveraged his digital media empire — Barstool Sports — to amass so much political influence that there’s a term for it: " Barstool Conservatism ." This episode retraces the story of Portnoy’s life and career to explain how he made millions combining sports entertainment, reactionary politics, and pizza reviews. It also reflects on Portnoy’s influence within the broader M...

Ben Lorber is a senior research analyst at Political Research Associates. He joined the show for a discussion about the pro-Israel groups cheapening the real antisemitism affecting Jewish people by doing things like pick fights against children’s entertainers like Ms. Rachel and Elmo. How do we keep our moral compass steady against those who seek to wield it as a bludgeon to silence critics of the...

Will Sommer is a senior reporter at The Bulwark, where he authors the newsletter “ False Flag .” A longtime chronicler of right-wing media, Will joins the show to discuss the fallout facing the Trump Administration as it backs off its promise to release the “Epstein Files.” After years of promising to unveil new information about one of the highest profile pedophiles in United States history, the...