Best podcasts reporting on MRA/RedPill/Alt-right
March 30, 2018 12:26 PM Subscribe
Can you please recommend the best podcasts reporting on or following the MRA or RedPill or Alt-right "movements"?
Response by poster: Analyze the movement! I am NOT looking for MRA or Alt-right podcasts.
posted by OmieWise at 1:08 PM on March 30, 2018
posted by OmieWise at 1:08 PM on March 30, 2018
Chapo Trap House is often good for a piss-take of that sludge. As a comedy podcast it doesn't strike a journalistic or analytical tone, but it does contain some reportage and analysis all the same.
posted by Beardman at 1:10 PM on March 30, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Beardman at 1:10 PM on March 30, 2018 [2 favorites]
Sh!tpost? I’ve never listened to it but the host is one of the better reporters covering these movements. Will Sommer’s newsletter Right Richter is also good.
posted by otio at 2:00 PM on March 30, 2018
posted by otio at 2:00 PM on March 30, 2018
It isn’t exclusively focused on alt-right, but With Friends Like These is an interview podcast based on talking to people from alternate points of view. They just started season 2, which kicked off with interviews of attendees at CPAC.
posted by bluloo at 9:40 PM on March 30, 2018
posted by bluloo at 9:40 PM on March 30, 2018
Not a podcast dedicated to these issues, but Best of the Left has episodes/clips on this topic. Here I searched their site for Alt-right: . Searching for nationalism, White Power, or racism will get you a bit more. Since this podcast is a compilation from other left-of-centre sources, listening may give you leads to other podcasts that are up your alley.
posted by Frenchy67 at 10:44 AM on March 31, 2018
posted by Frenchy67 at 10:44 AM on March 31, 2018
Response by poster: Great, thanks. I'll check these out.
Chapo Trap House is often good for a piss-take of that sludge.
Thanks for taking time to answer.
I find parts of the CTH schtick verging on racist under the guise of irony. The name telegraphs that. I tried a few episodes, it was definitely not for me.
posted by OmieWise at 5:08 PM on March 31, 2018 [1 favorite]
Chapo Trap House is often good for a piss-take of that sludge.
Thanks for taking time to answer.
I find parts of the CTH schtick verging on racist under the guise of irony. The name telegraphs that. I tried a few episodes, it was definitely not for me.
posted by OmieWise at 5:08 PM on March 31, 2018 [1 favorite]
We Hunted the Mammoth seems to also have a YouTube channel? Oh... from Canada at least, looks like it only has three videos, none recent. :/ Well, it's not a podcast, but on the off chance you haven't heard of the web site before, it's something at least. I don't think there's a lot out there that focuses specifically on analyzing the MRA/RedPillers - more that it's a component of what groups who generally keep track of online hate (see, eg. the SPLC's Hate watch blog - also not a podcast though) do.
posted by eviemath at 7:01 AM on April 1, 2018
posted by eviemath at 7:01 AM on April 1, 2018
More specifically, I get my news in this area from following these groups on Facebook:
posted by eviemath at 7:09 AM on April 1, 2018
- Unicorn Riot (independent news org)
- Southern Poverty Law Centre (see link above)
- The Mary Sue
- Bitch Media
posted by eviemath at 7:09 AM on April 1, 2018
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posted by GoblinHoney at 12:44 PM on March 30, 2018 [1 favorite]