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When Trump Trolls Give Up The War

When Trump Trolls Give Up The War

FromSlate News


When Trump Trolls Give Up The War

FromSlate News

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Virginia Heffernan talks to David Weissman, once a hardcore self-described Trump troll, about his story -- how he first came into conservative writing and became involved in “Trump train” social media and group DMs, his interventions with media figures like Sarah Silverman, changing his viewpoints, and strategies to make yourself safe from Internet trolls.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
May 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A quasi-daily podcast from Slate chronicling Donald Trump's rise to the presidency and his current administration. Journalists Virginia Heffernan and León Krauze talk to reporters, historians, psychiatrists, and other experts to help explain who this man is and why this is happening, right now, in the United States of America.