My guest is Grimes, an artist and musician. Her new single, Artificial Angels, explores our unique technological and cultural moment on the eve of AI. We discuss the profound impacts of social media, her new album and the role of art during periods of political transformation.
In the 20th century, artists served as an avant-garde. Movement...
2025-10-30 21:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
We explore Taylor’s background, how she became politicized and her vision for a free and open internet. I am playfully trolling about the techno-deterministic teleological inevitability of StateBook — its monarchy vs WeChat and there’s nothing in between. I don’t make the rules.
2025-10-27 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome Doomscroll. My guest is Dr. Mike Israetel, a PhD in Sport Physiology and a co-founder of Renaissance Periodization.
RP is among the largest fitness channels on the internet. In 2023, Dr. Mike launched his own politics and philosophy channel to ...
2025-10-21 21:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is TaylorLorenz, a journalist and content creator. She is the author of “Extremely Online”. We discuss social media influencers, the Democratic party and dark money. How does today’s memetic landscape help to shape real world politics? Can we preserve freedom of speech in an increasingly authoritarian environment?
You ...
2025-10-20 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss the darker elements of the New Right and a variety of niche thinkers and ideologies. We explore the woke black lash, tariffs and the brewing conflict between crypto and nationalism. Later, we speculate about 21st century exit politics and the “internet driver’s license”.
2025-10-13 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently streamed with veteran soldier of the culture war, Ben Mora, on his new video series: Interior Motives.
Find me on Apple, 2025-10-06 21:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Emily Jashinsky, a political commentator and a co-host of Breaking Points. We discuss the shifting factions of the America right; Fusionism, Populism, Monarchy, Trad, MAHA, Catholicism, Crypto-anarchy and more. Many viewers will be familiar with the infamous “Bernie to Trump” pipeline but less will be aware of the Trotsk...
2025-10-06 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, new readers. This weekend, as you might have seen, I had a profile in The New Yorker. Writer Chris Wiley does an amazing job at capturing the spirit of this project:
We discuss Kyle’s early origins on YouTube, the New Atheism movement and his formative encounters with the work of Noam Chomsky and Richard Dawkins (this is real). Later, we explore the peculiar landscape of YouTube and how platforms shape political factions today.
2025-09-29 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Kyle Kulinski, a YouTuber and political commentator. He is the host of the Kyle Kulinkski show. We discuss the success of the online right and ask what the left might learn from right-wing shitposters. We explore the breakdown of liberal norms and the shattering of the Overton window. American politics has become increasingly radical...
2025-09-22 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week’s horrific events have sent a shock wave through our politics, media and culture. We want to acknowledge the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk. He is mentioned briefly in this episode that was recorded at an earlier date.
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2025-09-16 22:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss Kyle’s early origins on YouTube, the New Atheism movement and his formative encounters with the work of Noam Chomsky and Richard Dawkins (this is real). Later, we explore the peculiar landscape of YouTube and how platforms shape political factions today.
You can watch the public episode on YouTube.
2025-09-16 19:19:08 +0000 UTC View Post
We explore the looming threat of AI, transhumanism and solve “the Elon Musk situation”. We ask; what is the left-wing version of tariffs? And why should the left support economic protectionism?
You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: 2025-09-15 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Krystal Ball, a political commentator and a co-host of Breaking Points. We discuss the seismic shift of American politics and our hard breaks to the right and left. We explore Zohran Mamdani's historic win in NYC and the ways in which the internet beco...
2025-09-08 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Doomscroll. This episode marks the first year of the show! I’m excited to kick off our fall program with a very special guest: Krystal Ball, a political commentator and a co-host of Breaking Points.
My guest is Krystal Ball. We explore the looming threat of AI, transhumanism and solve “the Elon Musk situation”. We ask; what is the left-wing version of tariffs? And why should the left support economic protectionism?
You can watch the public episode on YouTube.
2025-09-02 19:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Ana Kasparian. We dive into Ana’s background and formative experiences on TYT. We discuss the horseshoe theory meme and I float a strategic argument: “the neoliberal case for single payer healthcare” lol.
You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: 2025-09-01 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Ana Kasparian, a host and executive producer of The Young Turks. We discuss her political journey from progressive to "independent and unaligned". Last year, Kasparian’s commentary took an editorial turn away from left echo-chambers and towards a gene...
2025-08-25 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Yancey Strickler. We discuss the theory and practice of content moderation on big platforms. Today, the “terms of service” also necessarily set the parameters of debate and have profound downstream effects on political reality.
Later on, we discuss Yancy’s background as a music critic, his early online record label and h...
2025-08-22 14:49:28 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Yancey Strickler, an author and former music critic. He is a co-founder of Metalabel as well as a co-founder and previously the CEO of Kickstarter.
We discuss the new shape of online culture. Dark Forest spaces are gated digital communities, often curated around a specific niche or field of expertise. They represents a retreat ...
2025-08-18 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Crazy to say this but—we are coming up on 1 year of the show. I published the first episode of Doomscroll on Sept 3rd in 2024. You can now find audio episodes on Apple 2025-08-12 21:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Ana Kasparian. We dive into Ana’s background and formative experiences on TYT. We discuss the horseshoe theory meme and I float a strategic argument: “the neoliberal case for single payer healthcare” lol.
2025-08-12 19:30:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is Tim Heidecker. We discuss his background in music and DIY creative scenes as well as our shared admiration for artist and documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis.
2025-08-11 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Tim Heidecker, a comedian, musician and actor. He is a host of Office Hours. You can find him performing live music as 'Tim Heidecker and The Very Good Band'.
His video work pioneered the style, affect, and genre of new media alt-comedy. We discus...
2025-08-04 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Aella. We discuss the psychological and social origins of sexual fetishes, the dark side of internet pornography, and we bring clarity to the online debates around race and IQ. Due to TOS, some of these topics can’t be included on the YouTube episode. Other topics are better kept off of public channels.
2025-08-01 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Doomscroll. My guest is Yancey Strickler. This is a long awaited episode and I’m glad to finally put it out into the world.
This project is fully supported by subscribers. If you want to get my book recommendations, syllabus and access...
2025-07-29 21:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Yancey Strickler. We discuss the theory and practice of content moderation on big platforms. Today, the “terms of service” also set the parameters of debate and have significant downstream effects on political reality.
Later on, we discuss Yancy’s background as a music critic, his early online record label and his unconve...
2025-07-29 19:08:56 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Aella, a writer, blogger and sex worker. She writes the highly popular blog Knowingless. She is a member of the online community LessWrong.
We discuss the emergence of AI, the sex industry (online and offline), robot gfs and libertarian transhumanism. Aella describes her evangelical religious upbringing and how she learned to ...
2025-07-28 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest is Francis Fukuyama. We discuss the research background of Doomscroll and competition between the United States vs China in the 21st century.
You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshu...
2025-07-21 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Audio episodes are now available on the podcast feed. Find the show on Apple, Spotify<...
2025-07-15 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post