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DOOMED with Matt Binder

275 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 405 ratings

QAnon, white supremacists, Proud Boys, the alt-right...host Matt Binder guides you through all the conspiracy theories, far right groups, fake news, misinformation, reactionary movements, and more on DOOMED, a leftist politics and culture show for our terrible times.

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74: A Debate Without Debate?: ABC Democratic Debate Post-Game Show (w/ Nomiki Konst)

September 13, 2019 09:19 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Nomiki Konst, activist, Bernie Sanders 2016 surrogate, and former candidate for New York City Public Advocate joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the third Democratic Debate, hosted by ABC, and the first debate to feature the top 10 polling candidates on the same stage. We discuss how this debate failed at being a debate, how Republican and Democratic debates differ, how Democrats are clinging onto civility even in their Democratic primaries, the framing from the moderators throughout th...

73: Bedbugs & Bret Stephens (w/ Dave Karpf)

September 04, 2019 14:26 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB

Dave Karpf, an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss calling conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens a metaphorical bedbug and the "feud" that has now sprung out of it. Dave shares with us what happened when Stephens emailed him and his provost, the MSNBC interview after Stephens quite Twitter when "Bretbug" began trending, what's going on at the NY Times?, the piece Stephens publishe...

72: The Patriot Prayer Spy, Andy Ngo Caught on Camera, and the Proud Boys in Portland (w/ Alex Zielinski)

August 30, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

Alex Zielinski, news editor at Portland Mercury, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss her bombshell story about the undercover progressive spy who infiltrated and secretly filmed Patriot Prayer, how one of the videos is going to play out in a court case, what happened at Cider Riot, Andy Ngo's Proud Boy pact and exit from Quillette, Alex's on the ground account of the Proud Boys rally a few weeks ago, why this is all happening in Portland, and more! Plus in the patron only half of the sho...

71: The Next Net Neutrality Fight?

August 23, 2019 12:04 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB

Support the show @ http://patreon.com/mattbinder! On this episode of DOOMED with Matt Binder, Matt takes a look at what's gearing up to be the next net neutrality-like fight for the web. ICANN, which basically runs and manages the internet, is removing the longstanding price caps from its contracts with the domain name registry that runs .org, and its looking to do the same for .com and .net soon too. Will this eventually create a tiered-like system for content creators and startups trying to...

70: A White Nationalist in the State Department (w/ Michael Hayden of SPLC / Hatewatch)

August 15, 2019 08:41 - 1 hour - 75.6 MB

Michael Edison Hayden, senior investigative reporter with the Southern Poverty Law Center / Hatewatch, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his explosive investigative report about Matthew Q. Gebert, a white nationalist working for the U.S. State Department. We discuss Gebert's radicalization, which known figures of the white nationalist movement he was in touch with, the Mike Peinovich connection, the "Coach Finstock" online handle, his wife Anna Vuckovic aka “Wolfie James” involvement, ...

69: 8chan Down: The History of Hatechan (w/ Dale Beran)

August 09, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 74.2 MB

Dale Beran, writer and author of It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the history of 8chan in the wake of the El Paso shootings, why the website is the posting grounds of choice for three white supremacist shooters just this year, how it came from popular imageboards 2channel and 4chan, who is its founder Fredrick Brennan and the site's new owner Jim Watkins, the huge GameGate connection, the...

68: All Out Centrist Brawl: CNN Dem Debate Night 2 (w/ Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report)

August 01, 2019 15:59 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB

It's the DOOMED with Matt Binder Democratic debate livestream post-game show night 2! Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report joins the show following the second night of the CNN debates featuring Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, Michael Bennet, and Bill de Blasio. Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

67: Bernie and Warren Tag Team the Moderates: CNN Dem Debate Night 1 (w/ Bad Praxis)

July 31, 2019 07:16 - 1 hour - 94.3 MB

It's the DOOMED with Matt Binder Democratic debate livestream post-game show night 1! Kennedy, Chi, and Bob of the Bad Praxis podcast join the show following the first night of the CNN debates featuring Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke, John Delaney, Tim Ryan, Amy Klobuchar, John Hickenlooper, and Steve Bullok. Support the show at http://patreon.com/mattbinder

66: Inside Trump's Social Media Summit (w/ Will Sommer of The Daily Beast)

July 18, 2019 22:52 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Will Sommer, tech reporter at The Daily Beast, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to bring us inside President Trump's social media summit last week at the White House. We discuss some of the names that were invited such as Carpe Donktum, Bill Mitchell, Ali Akbar, and Tim Pool, as well as what cartoonist Ben Garrison did to get uninvited. We also discuss the hubbub surrounding Carpe Donktum's real name and what consists as doxxing, the "send her back" chants directed at Ilhan Omar at Trump's lates...

65: "Antifa" Journalists, Conservative "Journalists" (w/ Jared Holt of Right Wing Watch)

July 08, 2019 22:50 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Jared Holt, investigative reporter at Right Wing Watch and host of the Sh!tpost podcast joins the show to discuss the "antifa" journalist list that was published by a number of conservative outlets, such as Quillette. We discuss the problem with the list, the right wing troll "progdad" who is behind the list, Quillette's defense of publishing the list, Quillette editor Andy Ngo's recent viral run-in with antifa, "cement milkshakes," and much more! PLUS for patrons: your questions, comments, a...

64: First 2020 Dem Debates Post-Game Show! (w/ Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report)

June 28, 2019 07:42 - 1 hour - 93.4 MB

Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to breakdown the best and worst of the first two Democratic debates, featuring 20 of the Democrats running in the 2020 primary. Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Butigieg, Andrew Yang, Marianne Williamson, and more are discussed! (Special thanks to Jonathan Mann for the Marianne Williamson closing remarks remakes outro song!)

63: The Mysterious Disappearance of "Alexander Slavros" and his neo-Nazi Iron March (w/ Michael Edison Hayden)

June 21, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 77.8 MB

Michael Edison Hayden, senior investigative reporter with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the disappearance of "Alexander Slavros," the mysterious founder of the influential, since shut down neonazi forum, Iron March. What happened to Slavros? Why was Iron March closed? Michael Hayden brings us what we know about Slavros, how he's different than people like Richard Spencer and Tommy Robinson, the creation of Iron March, and why Iron March ...

62: Straight Pride: Far Right Fools on Parade (w/ Peter Berard & Kitty Pryde of Boston DSA)

June 14, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB

Support the show @ patreon.com/mattbinder! Activists and organizers Peter Berard and Kitty Pryde of Boston DSA joins the show to discuss the "Straight Pride Parade" being planned in Boston that went viral this month, the far right group behind it "Resist Marxism" and their rebrand as "Super Happy Fun America," the organizers of the event: John Hugo, Mark Sahady, Chris Bartley, Samson Racioppi, how "Based Stickman" Kyle Chapman is involved, the planned Solidarity Against Hate counterprotest, a...

61: #VoxAdpocalypse Now: YouTube Demonetization and the Steven Crowder Grift (w/ Ford Fischer of News2Share)

June 07, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

Ford Fischer, an independent journalist with News2Share, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what the #VoxAdpocalypse is, the YouTube controversy involving Vox's Carlos Maza and right wing "comedian" Steven Crowder, the video platform's relationship with the LGBT community, how the News2Share YouTube channel got swept up in YouTube's policy changes and demonetized, and is this all yet another big right wing grift?! Also! Your questions, comments, and much more!

60: Censorship in the $#*!@% Digital Age (w/ Matthew Billy of Bleeped)

May 31, 2019 22:45 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MB

Matthew Billy, host of the Bleeped podcast, a new upcoming show about censorship, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss, well, censorship! We talk the Trump administration's new social media reporting tool and what its true purpose is, what's the deal with conservatives and crying censorship, an insane story of how Facebook censored drag queens on its platform and then invaded their privacy in and effort to "fix" the issue, other notable cases of cenorship involving big agriculture, prison...

59: Far Right Carnies and the Social Media Circus (w/ Ben Collins)

May 09, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Ben Collins of NBC News joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Facebook banning "dangerous" users like Alex Jones, Laura Loomer, Milo Yiannopoulos, and others. We take a look at how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the internet in general is radicalizing the next generation of the far right, how the right wing grifters are the real life modern day manifestation of the cliche carny, the future of fake news and deepfakes, and more. Plus, in the patron only half of the show: your questions, com...

58: Holocaust Deniers Debunked (w/ Dr. Andrew E. Mathis)

May 03, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 70.9 MB

Dr Andrew E. Mathis, an Adjunct Professor of Humanities at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia who tracks the Holocaust denying conspiracy theorists at his website Holocaust Controversies, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the history of Holocaust denial, the background of some of the biggest names in the movement like Arthur Butz, Robert Faurisson, and Carlo Mattogno. Also we discuss the fundamental difference between Holocaust deniers and nazis / white supremacists, Holoca...

57: The Mueller Report / Biden Checks In (w/ Parker Molloy)

April 26, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 86.7 MB

Parker Molloy of Media Matters joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what's inside the Mueller Report, what the media got right and wrong, the role of cable news in the discourse, the Trump Tower meeting, Russiagate skeptics, Joe Biden jumps into the Democratic primary, Twitter is and isn't real life, YouTube monetization plus your questions, comments, and more!

56: From Beto to Bernie (w/ Autumn Lanning and Bryant Young)

April 19, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 56 MB

Autumn Lanning and Bryant Young, two young activists who worked for Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss why they now support Bernie Sanders for President, what they found out about Beto that turned them off, what young Texas progressives are up to and how they view the 2020 Democratic primary field, and more! Also, Matt discusses the Mueller Report on the day it was released. Plus in the Patreon subscriber only show: more on the Mueller Report, your quest...

55: The Russiagate Debate (w/ Aaron Maté)

April 13, 2019 22:52 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Aaron Maté of The Nation joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the Russiagate debate: how the media got it wrong, Donald Trump...no collusion?, the ridiculousness of the social media and Internet Research Agency trolls, who hacked the emails?, Russiagate skeptics and their reaction, and more. ALSO, Julian Assange is arrested and pulled out of Ecuador's embassy in London.

54: Right Wing Propaganda, Conspiracy Theories, Trump Resignations...It's Our Annual WrestleMania Special, Of Course! (w/ David Bixenspan)

March 30, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 73 MB

David Bixenspan, wrestling reporter at Deadspin and Mel Magazine and co-host of Between the Sheets, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to talk WrestleMania week! We discuss: Linda McMahon's resignation from the Trump administration, Big Show vs. Betsy DeVos over Special Olympics funding, progressive indie wrestler David Starr vs. pro-Trump outlet Sinclair Broadcasting, Roman Reigns and the conspiracy theories around his battle with cancer, and more! Plus for Patreon subscribers: David Bixenspan jo...

53: This One is Actually About Ethics in Journalism (w/ Walker Bragman)

March 22, 2019 22:55 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

Walker Bragman, independent journalist who wrote a piece in Paste Magazine called “The Atlantic Accused David Sirota of Secretly Working For Bernie Sanders. But Where's the Evidence?” and spoke to the Sanders campaign, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss progressive journalist Davis Sirota joining the Bernie Sanders campaign, Edward-Isaac Dovere's piece, advocacy journalism, and whether there is any truth to the conspiracy that Sirota was doing hit jobs on Beto O'Rourke and other 2020 ca...

52: A Beto is No One (w/ Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report)

March 15, 2019 22:50 - 1 hour - 80 MB

Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Beto O'Rourke's big announcement that he's running for president. However...who is Beto O'Rourke? The two discuss Beto's Senate run in 2018 against Ted Cruz, who he said he was then, who he's saying he is now, what he stands for, how much will he raise, his conservative record as a Congressman representing El Paso, Texas, and much more! Plus in the patron only half of the show: Matt's big "personal news" announceme...

51: Debunking Joe Rogan and Tim Pool: Anti-Conservative Bias on Twitter?!

March 09, 2019 23:50 - 2 hours - 112 MB

Joe Rogan recently invited Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and its head of legal, policy and trust and safety Vijaya Gadde on the show to discuss the social media platform's anti-conservative bias. In order to best discuss the issues on the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan invited "independent journalist" Tim Pool on to help. But, who is Tim Pool? On this of DOOMED with Matt Binder we take a look at his history, Pool's far right and alt-right ties, and debunk Rogan and Pool's arguments.

50: CPAC's Existential Crisis (w/ Jared Holt)

March 02, 2019 04:59 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

Jared Holt of Right Wing Watch and the Sh!tpost podcast joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his on the ground experience live from the right wing’s largest annual gathering, the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference. We discuss how CPAC has changed over the years, Turning Point USA's large presence there, TPUSA's after party, NRA's disappearance from the event, who "stole" the show, as well as discussing specific personalities such as Candace Owens, Sebastian Gorka, Donald Trump ...

49: He's Running: Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Campaign

February 20, 2019 23:50 - 2 hours - 129 MB

As Cardi B says "vote for Daddy Bernie, bitch!" In this episode recorded on the night of Bernie's announcement that he's running for president, DOOMED with Matt Binder takes calls from listeners to discuss Bernie's record breaking donation haul, what the 2020 primary has in store for the left, an overview of whose running in the 2020 Democratic primary so far, a look at Bernie's announcement videos and his interview on CBS announcing his run, and much much more!

48: Lyndon LaRouche is Dead, But What About His Cult? (w/ Jay, Brother of a LaRouchie)

February 16, 2019 23:45 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

Conspiracy theorist Lyndon LaRouche died on February 12, 2019 at 96 years old. The perennial presidential candidate ran a movement for decades that many say is a cult. Longtime anti-LaRouche activist, Jay, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what its like to have a sibling become a "LaRouchie" and join the movement effectively cutting off family members. Jay discusses who Lyndon LaRouche is and what he believes. Jay discusses his personal experience with his sibling and what happens to t...

47: Learn to Code: Actually, It's About Ethics in Harassing Journalists (w/ Talia Lavin)

February 08, 2019 23:50 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

Writer Talia Lavin (aka @chick_in_kiev) joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the latest right wing harassment campaign: Learn to Code. We discuss how "learn to code" became a right wing harassment campaign targetting laid off journalists, how #GamerGate was ground zero for so much of this, the "actually, it's about ethics in gaming journalism" gaslighting, Tucker Carlson's bizarre coverage of this on his show, and more! Plus we listen to a #LearnToCode clip from Red Elephants' Vincent Jam...

46: Gab is a Nugget (w/ Michael Edison Hayden)

February 01, 2019 23:30 - 1 hour - 74.1 MB

Michael Edison Hayden of Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Gab dot com, white supremacists' favorite social network. We discuss the tweets sent from Gab to Matt right before the show where they insist they are just a "free speech" social network, Michael's experiences using Gab, how he has been banned from the site, its CEO Andrew Torba, how companies like GoDaddy cut ties with the website, the type of people found on Gab such as Pittsburgh Synag...

45: The Criminal, The Cuck, The Coup (w/ Michael Brooks)

January 26, 2019 19:50 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

Michael Brooks of The Majority Report & The Michael Brooks Show joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Roger Stone's arrest, Donald Trump caving in on the government shutdown thanks to labor, right wingers like Ann Coulter turning on Trump over his falure to "win" the shutdown fight, a rundown of the Venezuela situation, + the breaking report during the show that Bernie Sanders is preparing to run for president in 2020! Plus, in the member's only show your questions, comments, and much more!

44: Mutiny Inside Turning Point USA! (w/ Kevin Martin)

January 19, 2019 17:00 - 2 hours - 128 MB

Conservative activist Kevin Martin joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the mutiny occurring within Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA group, his opposing group of TPUSA dissidents "Heal Our Voice," the events that occurred at the group's recent Student Action Summit, his feelings on Candace Owens and her new group Blexit PLUS! a debate between Matt and Kevin on healthcare, education, Black Lives Matter...and it looks like Kevin might not be as conservative as he thinks!

43: The State of the QAnon (w/ Travis View)

January 12, 2019 01:02 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Travis View of the QAnon Anonymous Podcast (and possible controlled opposition) joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the latest happenings in the world of the QAnon conspiracy, JFK Jr...ALIVE?, the Golden Globes is dragged into the conspiracy thanks to the Fiji Water girl, Seattle QAnon follower Buckey Wolfe kills his "lizard" brother with a sword, how YouTube plays a roll in the spread of the QAnon conspiracies, what's with QAnon's appeal to the boomer generation, will the movement move ...

42: Rollin' with the Doomies (The Last DOOMED of 2018!)

December 31, 2018 04:59 - 2 hours - 132 MB

In the last DOOMED of 2018, Matt Binder listens to a clip from Judge Jeanine Pirro's Fox News show featuring Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, and Katrina Pierson, conservatism is the new punk, the conservative grifter who raised money off being turned down by potential roommates, the future of DOOMED in 2019, Matt discovers how to grow his Patreon, all your YouTube livestream comments and questions, listeners name Matt's new cat "Michael Brooks" (which absolutely will not stand), a call from list...

41: It's the Most Wonderful Bans of the Year!: A Look Back at Deplatforming in 2018 (w/ Rachel Kraus)

December 21, 2018 04:59 - 1 hour - 88.7 MB

Let's take a look back at all those we lost to deplatforming in 2018! Rachel Kraus of Mashable joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss deplatforming, tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube having so much power over our lives, the posterboy proving that deplatforming works: Milo Yiannopoulos, the Tucker Carlson advertiser boycotts, bad cases of deplatforming like Tumblr with porn, and then finally...a "in memoriam" and look at the year in deplatforming: Alex Jones, Gavin McInnes a...

40: Night of the Living Deadnamers (w/ Parker Molloy)

December 14, 2018 04:59 - 2 hours - 122 MB

Parker Molloy, editor-at-large of Media Matters For America, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss deadnaming and misgendering of the trans community, Twitter's new policy banning 'deadnamers' from the platform, how this makes the platform a freer place especially for transgender people, some of the worst of the worst deadnamers are not only conservatives but self-proclaimed "feminists" and "progressive" too, and the Trump administration trying to redefining transgender out of existence. W...

39: We Live in a (Flat Earth) Society: Inside the Flat Earth Conference (w/ Kelly Weill)

December 01, 2018 04:59 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB

Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast joins the show to take us inside the Flat Earth Conference, the world's biggest gathering of flat earthers. We discuss the early days of the flat earth conspiracy and the Flat Earth Society, how YouTube changed the game for flat earthers, Logan Paul's appearance and how it created a riff within the flat earth community. Also, we try to make sense of some flat earth beliefs! All that plus Laura Loomer handcuffs herself to Twitter's headquarters in protest of her ...

38: Amazon? I Wish They Would Amazoff. (w/ Lena Afridi)

November 16, 2018 04:59 - 1 hour - 83.9 MB

Lena Afridi, director of economic development policy at ANHD: Assosication for Neighborhood and Housing Development joins DOOMED to discuss the Amazon HQ2 deal, how it will effect the people of New York and specifically the people of Queens, New York (and even more specifiaclly Matt Binder), some of the weirdest terms of the deal (Jeff Bezos helipad?!), some amazing little known facts and figures about NYC and why the HQ2 location is such a big deal, the second HQ2 location in Arlington, Virg...

37: Apps Against the Machine: How Tech Can Lead to Future Progressive Wins (w/ Leo Sussan)

November 09, 2018 04:59 - 2 hours - 118 MB

Leo Sussan, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's technology director for her 2018 campaign and the co-founder of the Reach app, joins DOOMED to discuss the app he helped create that's changing the way progressives campaign. We discuss how canvassing is broken, how Reach fixes it, what the future holds for tech and progressive campaigns, as well as preview the state of affairs after the Midterms and looking forward at 2020. Also! Your livestream comments and questions!

36: Superkicked in the Crown Jewel: WWE's Deal with Saudi Arabia (w/ David Bixenspan)

November 02, 2018 11:23 - 1 hour - 77.1 MB

David Bixenspan, a reporter covering pro wrestling for Deadspin, Mel Magazine, and most recently for The Nation, joins DOOMED to discuss the controversy surrounding WWE's 10 year deal with Saudi Arabia, the propaganda at Greatest Royal Rumble, Vince McMahon's decision to go ahead with the Crown Jewel event after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, which wrestlers bailed on the event and why, the additional layer of Hulk Hogan returning at this event, your comments and questions and much more!

35: Slender Man & Donald Trump Walk Into a Bar: Urban Legends, Fake News, & How They Spread (w/ Lynne McNeill)

October 31, 2018 03:59 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Dr. Lynne McNeill, a folklorist at Utah State University, author of Folklore Rules and co-author of Slender Man Is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet joins the show for a very special Halloween edition of DOOMED! We define and discuss folklore, urban legends, and fake news, how they spread both online and offline, the role we play in sharing scary stories or political misinformation and conspiracies, and we take a look at the origin of one of the internet's most famo...

34: The Hunt for Red Bot-tober (w/ Josh Russell)

October 26, 2018 03:38 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB

Josh Russell hunts bots. You may have seen him profiled on CNN's Declassified. On this episode of DOOMED, we're talking bots. How does Josh find them, how are they set up, what are they doing to push fake news, spread misinformation, and sow discord in the U.S. We take a look at specific examples of Russian, Iranian, and Saudi bots on Twitter and Reddit. Also on the show: technical difficulties! the pipebombs sent to Democrats! your questions and comments on the YouTube livestream! and much m...

33: The NPC Meme aka The Right Learns A New Way To Say "Sheeple" (w/ Cecilia D'Anastasio)

October 20, 2018 03:58 - 1 hour - 81 MB

Cecilia D'Anastasio of Kotaku joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss how the 'NPC' meme tries to dehumanize 'SJWs', the origins of the "non-playable character" meme, who is using it? (it's not just 4chan edgelords and the right!), isn't it just another way of saying "wake up, sheeple"?, video game and meme culture, and the conservatives' dying cries extending into both. Also! Your questions and comments, the pro-Saudi Twitter bot campaign meant to control the Jamal Khashoggi narrative, and ...

32: YouTube & the White Supremacists (w/ Chauncey Alcorn)

October 12, 2018 01:26 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

Chauncey Alcorn of mic.com joins us to discuss the white supremacist Rise Above Movement, the four RAM members who were just arrested for their role in Charlottesville, the spread of white supremacists, white nationalist, and alt-right propaganda on YouTube, is YouTube following their own policies on hate speech?, the differences between right wing and left wing "extremists," RAM raising money for bail via GoDaddy, what does it take for these tech companies to take action against hate, and mu...

31: End the Status Cuomo (New York Primary 2018 Edition)

September 13, 2018 06:15 - 1 hour - 74.4 MB

It's a special New York Primary Eve edition of DOOMED! If you're listening to this as a podcast (and not the livestream), it's likely September 13, 2018...which means it is now Primary Day in New York. GO OUT AND VOTE! On this episode: Vote Cynthia Nixon for Governor, who else to vote for (Juamaane Williams, Zephyr Teachout, and more!) in the New York primary, Andrew Cuomo's dirty tricks with his antisemtic smear mailer, an update on the last week in a half in news including Congress' soci...

30: You're a Corporation! The Nixon vs. Cuomo: NY Gov Debate

August 30, 2018 10:15 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB

Joined DOOMED with Matt Binder as we watch a replay of the New York Governor Debate between Andrew Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon, complete with color commentary on the night of the debate. (This was aired as a last minute late night YouTube Livestream, so please excuse any sound level issues. We'll have this fixed for any of these type of future livestream commentary shows we do.) Plus your live questions and comments!

29: We Are (Despite Trump's Tweet, Not Genociding White South African) Farmers bum ba dum bum bum bum (w/ Cristina Lopez)

August 28, 2018 04:03 - 1 hour - 78.9 MB

Cristina Lopez, Media Matters' deputy director for extremism, joins the show to discuss how Donald Trump came to tweeting about a long time white supremacist trope about white farmers in South Africa, how Tucker Carlson and Fox News spread white supremacy to our dumb President, right wing extremists like Lauren Southern and Mike Enoch who fed this conspiracy, plus...in case the media is wondering, our flags are all at half-staff. All this and much more including your comments and questions on...

28: Unite the Right 2 or Damn Nazis, Back At It Again With the Failed White Supremacist Rally (w/ Kelly Weill)

August 14, 2018 02:05 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast joins the show to give us a first-person account from her trip to both Charlottesville and Washington DC for the anniversary of the white supremacist rally that left one antifascist protester dead and to cover the nazis' second take of that event: Unite the Right 2. We discuss how we got here, what the communities most affected have gone through in the past year, the sad life of Jason Kessler, militarized police, mainstream media's handwringing over antifa, YouT...

27: Bye Bye Black Helicopters: Alex Jones Banned From YouTube, iTunes, Facebook (w/ Jared Holt)

August 07, 2018 04:41 - 1 hour - 72.3 MB

Alex Jones and InfoWars have been banned from YouTube, Apple iTunes, Facebook, even Pinterest! Jared Holt of Right Wing Watch and the Sh!tpost podcast join DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what Alex Jones has done to earn these bans, why these tech companies made the move now, what these bans mean to the broader internet and much more. Also! Jared tells us about his trip to Portland to cover the Patriot Prayer / Proud Boy march this past weekend. Plus your YouTube comments, questions, and m...

26: Who Trolls the Alt-Right Trolls? This Guy. (w/ Nathan Bernard)

July 28, 2018 00:40 - 1 hour - 98.2 MB

Meet the man trolling the trolls of the alt-right: Nathan Bernard of BernardMedia.org. Nathan joins DOOMED to discuss the various different ways he's trolled the right wing – from Twitter bots to Cernovich / Milk Leaks to Bernard Media. We discuss his work with Vic Berger, how these right wing reactionaries operate, and much more! Plus your YouTube livestream questions and comments!

25: Right Wing Conspiracy Christmas in July (w/ Will Sommer)

July 19, 2018 01:43 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB

Will Sommer of The Daily Beast and RightRichter.com joins us to rundown all the latest in right wing conspiracy theories. It's like a right wing conspiracy Christmas in July! But first, we discuss Will's run-in with the crew of the insane right wing movie Roe v. Wade. We also discuss the Conservatives vs. Facebook hearings, the Russia DNC hacking indictments, Seth Rich, QAnon's latest, #WalkAway, Jack Posobiec, plus much more! Also your comments and questions and a discussion about whether DS...