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Things are getting stupid out there, thanks to Web3 — the grift-crazy era of crypto and the A.I. slop. Our friend Hannah Gais joins the show to talk about her experience at a Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, D.C., where people were encouraged to drain their wallets betting on the news and shrug off the possibility that our government is engaging in insider betting on the platform. We also discuss the death of Sora, OpenAI’s video platform, and what that says about the field. Jared, Mike, and Hannah then struggle to make sense of the influx of videos focused on A.I. fruits cheating on one another — and stage their own play inspired by the genre.Come for the slop; stay for check-ins on two of the greatest freaks of the era: Forgiato Blow and Nick O’Neil.

If you’re alive in America today, you’ve seen the ads — on TV, at bus stops, and on your phone. We have a gambling problem in this country, and it’s getting worse by the minute. With a rapid, billion-dollar boom in sports betting already underway, we now have to reckon with the next phase of this trend: betting on news events.Journalist and author Danny Funt joins Posting Through It for a conversation about online gambling at a time where the culture around it is tightening its grip on everyday life, mutating into something that goes beyond prototypical American capitalism and imposes consequences that affect us all.Check out Danny's book: Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling (2026)Transition Music: "School" by Great Wealth

Posting Through It says farewell to two of the worst websites to have ever existed: The Daily Stormer and Infowars. Andrew Anglin and Alex Jones have claimed their respective demises before, but something feels markedly different this time. Both are facing declining revenue and mounting debts from lawsuits and dwindling web traffic. Meanwhile, the MAGA movement that once supported them has largely moved on—absorbing their tactics, their bits, and their bigotry. Join Jared and Mike for a trip down memory lane with two of the worst characters from the earliest days of MAGA as they simultaneously (and finally) bid adieu.

MAGA is at an existential crossroads right now. If that sounds strange to you, you haven’t paid much attention to the movement’s struggles with antisemitism, which exploded after the assassination of Charlie Kirk at a college speaking event last September. Our guest, investigative reporter and author Art Levine, recently covered the GOP’s crisis with antisemitism in the Washington Spectator.It’s arguably the biggest issue facing the conservative movement today, and what happens next may determine their future—and ours.Link for Art Levine:Washington Spectator: Inside the MAGA Meltdown Over Antisemitism"Mental Health, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens"Links for us:Join us in Washington, DC, for the release of Mike's first book, "Strange People on the Hill": Politics & Prose, April 11 @ 5pm (Free)Transition Music: "Swaying Palms" by High Tides

Mike and Jared took a break from Iran War coverage to look back on "Lady Ballers": a feature-length film The Daily Wire released in 2023, at the height of MAGA's efforts to stoke an anti-transgender moral panic over women's sports. The guys reexamine the movie as an artifact that helped deliver the MAGA movement we see in 2026 and an example of conservatives' efforts at counter-programming against a dominant liberal culture.We've never tried an episode like this before. Here at Posting Through It headquarters, we're curious what people will think. But we never forget the sage wisdom of Coach Rob: "Winners are just losers who win."Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://patreon.com/PostingThroughIt

In this intimate, two-handed edition of Posting Through It, Jared and Mike try to figure out whether the MAGA movement is actually faltering, as some news coverage would suggest. The short answer is yes: poll numbers are sagging, the economy is slumping, influencers are turning on one another, and the rhetoric has grown so absurd that less-online working people can no longer follow it. The more nuanced answer is that while the MAGA movement may be faltering, it could also be more dangerous than ever — precisely because of that chaos. The hosts close out the episode with a look at a corner of 4chan that serves as a "factory floor" for AI deepfake pornography.It’s a weird time. But at least the Dow is over 50,000... right? Links:Jared's latest at Open Measures: This 4chan Board Became a Factory for Explicit AI ‘Deepfakes.’ Nobody Is Stopping It.Join us in Washington, DC, for the release of Mike's first book, "Strange People on the Hill": Politics & Prose, April 11 @ 5pm (Free)Tra

Well, we are at war. It doesn’t matter what MAGA calls it tomorrow — it’s war. Jared and Mike may not be foreign policy analysts , but they know enough to recognize who else isn’t, either. The hosts wade into a Caspian Sea of bad takes in this premium episode, running through the propaganda of Zionist extremists, antisemitic extremists, and, in some cases, people so stupid you'd consider it extreme. Stick around to the end to find Malaysian website personality Ian Miles Cheong riding a bomb over the skies of Dubai like Major T.J. “King” Kong. It’s an Iran-filled episode that only the ghost of John McCain could truly love.Support the show and gain access to weekly bonus episodes: patreon.com/postingthroughit

Jared and Mike dive into the growing world of contrarian punditry that seeks to downplay Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex abuse and discourage audiences from drawing conclusions about his connections to some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people. They take a closer look at one online personality, Michael Tracey, to unpack this surreal and alarming trend.Later, they’re joined by Ileana Justine, a journalist and content creator whose analysis of how Epstein and his powerful friends shaped the world millennial women were raised in recently went viral on Instagram and TikTok. They discuss the importance of confronting the impact of the Epstein Files on women, the harm encouraged by contrarian punditry that dismisses it, and which children’s movies have the best soundtracks.Links for Ileana:Instagram (@ileana.justine) TikTok (@ileana.justine)Links for us:Join us in Washington, DC, for the release of Mike's first book, "Strange People on the Hill": Politics & Prose, April 11 @ 5pm (Free)Tr

In this episode, Jared and Mike rewind to Florida’s razor-thin 2018 midterms to break down a often-overlooked test run of “Stop the Steal,” years before it became synonymous with the 2021 riot at the United States Capitol. As recounts unfolded in the high-stakes Senate and governor’s races, longtime GOP operative Roger Stone and a network of MAGA activists mobilized protests in Broward County, amplifying fraud claims and pressuring officials while influencers pushed the hashtag into the mainstream. Could we see a replay of this playbook in 2026? Will it be worse? Our hosts also dug into the State of the Union — its racism and subtle backpedaling — and, of course, they had to talk about their favorite jet-setting FBI director: Kash Patel. We’ll see you in Valhalla, folks — just as soon as the pilot gets the plane ready.Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

By now, you've probably seen it: someone you follow making a joke about "maxxing" or getting "mogged" on your timeline. These terms come from a terminally online subculture spun off of the so-called "manosphere" known as "looksmaxxing." It's hyper-focused on the shallowest dimension of masculinity: physical appearance.Clavicular, the subculture's breakout star, has been popping up everywhere lately, including in The New York Times. But most of this discourse has overlooked the toxic roots of "looksmaxxing" and the misogynist ideology at its core.This week, researcher Annie Kelly joins Jared and Mike to help fill that gap. Strap in for an unexpectedly philosophical, "ethereal-tier" episode of Posting Through It, as we relentlessly mog your other favorite podcasters and unpack the complexities of romantic love.Links for Annie Kelly:-Listen to the first episode of “Truly Tradly Deeply”-Check out QAA’s 10-part series: “MANCLAN”-Bluesky: @annieknk.bsky.social / X: @AnnieKNKOther links:-Read Mike’s latest story for

We hope you had a good Valentine's Day last week. If not, there's always the new Free Press matchmaker offshoot from Bari Weiss — and if that doesn't work out either, come join us while we try to make sense of what is happening with A.I.Specifically, we dig into the strange situation surrounding Scott Adams' post-death A.I. talk show, which has cropped up on social media somewhat mysteriously in recent weeks. His family hates it. Who is it for? Why is everything getting so weird? We also get into the feminized A.I. Scott Adams avatar that some of his fans are, shall we say, developing feelings for. (Really.)After that, we turn to social media's latest betrayal of humanity — a quiet willingness to collaborate with DHS in handing over information about anti-ICE protesters.Finally, we take a look at the biggest crashout of 2026 so far: Elijah Schaeffer.It’s a lovesick premium edition of Posting Through It. Bring your chocolates and LSD.Listen to the full episode on Patreon

Grassroots organizers have increasingly used the messaging app Signal to coordinate responses to MAGA authoritarianism. It remains the best messaging app available, but the “ICE Out” protests in Minneapolis demonstrated how regime propagandists and corrupt law enforcement can attack and exploit it. Influencers entered public-facing Signal chats and ferried the information there to Kash Patel’s FBI. In this PTI Bulletin, Bill Budington of the Electronic Frontier Foundation joins Jared and Mike to explain how Signal’s originated, how the app works, and how to use it effectively on America’s increasingly volatile streets.>> Learn more about the Electronic Frontier Foundation>> Learn more about Signal

Midterm elections are approaching and early polling shows it's poised to be a bloodbath for the MAGA movement. But Americans may be in for a wild November, thanks to a crew of brain-rotted election denialists now working inside the US government. (One of them happens to be the president.)Hunter Walker, an investigative reporter at Talking Points Memo, has been following the MAGA movement's efforts to upend American democracy for more than a decade. He joins Mike and Jared to talk about the Trump Administration's recent raid of an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, and the wacky cast of characters who set it into motion. He warns listeners that we have to take efforts to undermine elections seriously, no matter how insane some of these people sound.Remember to disinfect your “poisoned" sodas with a touch of alcohol, because Americans are likely to see elections come under direct threat this November.Links for Hunter:Talking Points Memo: Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in

Bawitdabadabangdadangdiggydoogy, our name is Postiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin' THROUGH IT. Jared and Mike have covered the TPUSA halftime show from its inception and despite insistence from their individual psychotherapists they see no reason to stop now. Hear the hosts breakdown how the event happened, what TPUSA wanted to accomplish and what they actually accomplished—a very grim, objectively stupid representation of a racist alternative reality where brain poisoned freaks need to go to hide from people speaking Spanish. Like Kid Rock, we are definitely not lip syncing this ep. And no, we are not juicing our view counts either. This is the raw, unfiltered country-fried world where we cut our grass, feed our dogs, and wear our boots.Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

This edition of Posting Through It's acclaimed "Who the Hell?" series profiles right-wing podcast host Steven Crowder. Jared and Mike are joined by Byron McKoy, co-host of the podcast Louder Than Crowder, to explore how Crowder emerged as one of the Trump-era's flagship media programs and how his career started to unravel in recent years.Together, they retrace the arc of Crowder's life and career to explain how the Canadian-raised kid with dreams of a career in acting and stand-up comedy went on to create one of the most-successful right-wing podcasts to exist. This episode presents a wealth of in-depth research, contextualized with the host's insights and commentary, to construct one of the most-comprehensive timelines of Crowder's life you'll find online.Links for Byron:​Listen to Louder Than Crowder on Apple, Spotify, and everywhere else podcasts are found. You can also join the show's "Shrug Club" on Patreon to get exclusive breakdowns of Steven Crowder'

The Jeffrey Epstein story will never die. Jared and Mike report back on the many scandals embedded in the latest drop, while paying acute attention to Epstein’s relationship to MAGA and the radical right. (Unlike Nick Fuentes, our podcast is not selling Jeffrey Epstein branded quarter-zips.) The hosts move on to talk about TPUSA’s alternative Super Bowl halftime show, which features a few names you'll definitely forget a few minutes after you hear them. Then, they dives into President Trump’s hot, sweaty diaper to find that our Dear Leader may have had himself a sloppy mudpie. Rounding things out, the hosts revisit talking dog Katie Miller and her podcast, where she presents whatever remains of Nicki Minaj's brain matter to the world. Remember, if his name isn’t in Epstein’s emails, it’s nothing but hearsay.Sign up for our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

Jared and Mike speak with seasoned national security reporter Ken Klippenstein about the expansion of national surveillance programs targeting anti-ICE activists and community organizers, alongside others they consider threats to the MAGA political agenda. While DHS denies that the agency maintains databases of so-called "domestic terrorists," Ken's reporting revealed that to be plainly untrue.Ken shares what he's learned about the watchlists and databases ICE uses, how advancements in technology them more threatening to civil liberties, and how they sit in America's history of secretive domestic surveillance programs. The guys also get Ken's take on Kash Patel's tenure as FBI director.You'll want to fire up the Paramount+ and place that Uber Eats order for this one, but don't forget to look cool while doing it. After all, you never know who might be watching.Links:​Ken Klippenstein: Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans​Ken Klippenstein: ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them​Ken Klippenstein: Ex

Minneapolis has changed America in ways we can’t even process yet, but in the short term it has sent the MAGA movement into a spiral of lying, propagandizing, and coping—the likes of which we haven’t quite seen before. Jared and Mike dip into some grim polling numbers for Trump and ICE before pivoting to the shit they’re currently selling: Antifa boogeymen, entirely nonexistent paid protesters, and whistles. Yes, whistles. A crew of MAGA’s “High IQ” posters have sought to form an equivalence between blowing a whistle and shooting a gun, and Curtis Yarvin wants to know whether whistles might even trigger a hardworking blogger to kill a man. The hosts round out the show with a look at Libby Emmons’ new podcast, which sounds like someone poured human words into a slop siphon.Join us—and imagine if blogging was a job where your wife wasn’t sure you’d come home at night!Listen to weekly premium episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

Jared and Mike welcome media columnist and reporter Justin Baragona. They discuss the latest execution by ICE agents in Minneapolis and initial reactions from MAGA media before turning their focus to what's been going on at CBS News under the direction of its new ideologically driven leader: Bari Weiss. Since the network's owners hired Weiss to be its editor in chief in October 2025, she's been slowly remaking CBS News in her own image — unflinchingly pro-Israel, fervently anti-woke, and shamelessly sucking up to the rich and powerful. With newsroom morale flagging and ratings struggling, Justin explains how Weiss landed in this position and what we can expect from her tenure going forward.Plug in your headphones, grab your gloves, and brace yourself for some snow shoveling. It's cold out there, but Tony Dokoupil's whiskey set is hotter.Links for Justin​Bluesky: @justinbaragona.bsky.social​X: @justinbaragona​The Independent: ‘60 Minutes’ broadcast with delayed ‘Inside CECOT’ report pulls in abysmal ratings ag

[Black metal voice] KRRRRRRAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!It’s time for something cringe! No, it’s not wearing corpse paint. It’s far worse: Nick Fuentes, the Tate Brothers, Clavicular, Sneako, the ever insufferable Myron Gaines and a list of random orbiters infested a Miami Beach club to bang Ye’s pro-Hitler rap anthem. Jared and Mike talk about that bullshit, alongside Fuentes' alleged monster deal to hawk gold, and his new pivot to Jeffrey Epstein apologia. The hosts also talk about “Nick Sordid,” the new Andy Ngo in town and why he sounds palpably unhinged. And, finally, Mike presents to the class on the genre of black metal, with an emphasis on the Norwegian variation of it. Jared doesn’t like it but he learns something new. That has to be worth at least seven figures, don’t you think?Unlock this episode by signing up for our Patreon: https://patreon.com/PostingThroughIt