Episode

8/30 The Making Of A YouTube Radical w/ Caleb Cain

August 30, 2019

Caleb Cain (@faradayspeaks) is a self-described “gamer who fell down the alt-right rabbit hole” before eventually making his way back to the left. He joins Sam to discuss the YouTube personalities who drove his radicalization as a young college dropout, what helped bring him back, and his current project of de-radicalizing white nationalists and far-right ideologues.

Past Episodes

Sam and Emma are joined by Rachel Cohen, lawyer formerly of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, to discuss the country’s largest law firms bending the knee to Donald Trump. First, they run through updates on today’s elections in Wisconsin and Florida, Trump’s attack on the US public ...
It’s Monday! Sam and Emma are joined by Dave Weigel, politics writer at Semafor, author of the "Americana" newsletter to preview the first round of major elections after the Trump/Musk regime’s DOGE overhaul. First, they run through updates on Trump’s tariffs, a return of stagflation, the ...
It's Friday! Sam and Emma welcome Heather 'Digby' Parton back to the program for a look at another very busy week in news. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on HHS’ mass firings, Dem lawmakers’ demand for the release of the abducted Tufts student, Trump’s tariffs, Trump’s targeting of ...