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

10: Jordan Peterson Would NOT Like This Episode About Him and His 12 Rules! Whatever You Do, Please Don't Tell Him About It! (w/ Nathan Robinson): Nathan J. Robinson of Current Affairs joins the show to talk Jordan B. Peterson, the intellectual we deserve. We discuss: who is Jordan Peterson?, how he's like Sam Harris in many ways, how Peterson and other figures on the right play the media as well as their young white male audience, how the media game has to be played against people like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro, the Donald Trump connection, how to beat right wingers from Fox News to Dave Rubin at their own game, and a very special analyzation of each of Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules of Life. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

84 min listen

4: So, We Meet Again Mr. Brooks (w/ Michael Brooks): Michael Brooks joins us for a look into the Trump administration's first year and how this all looks for Democrats in 2018 as we head towards the Midterms. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

65 min listen

1: We Made It This Far, We Might As Well Keep Going (w/ Ashley Feinberg): A 2017 year in review with Ashley Feinberg. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

72 min listen

5: This Is The MAGA-F-L? (w/ David Bixenspan): David Bixenspan, pro wrestling writer for Deadspin, joins the show to discuss the big announcement about the return of the XFL, how Vince McMahon and Donald Trump are basically the two Spider-Man’s pointing at each other meme, and how the ever changing demographics of professional wrestling’s fanbase might end up blowing up right wingers hopes and dreams for the XFL’s branding as the MAGA Football league…that is if it all doesn’t just blow up in Vince’s face first. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

73 min listen

8: Skeptics Guide to the Russiagate Media Frenzy – or RIP My Mentions (w/ Adam H. Johnson): Adam H. Johnson of Citations Needed and FAIR joins the show for a discussion on how the media portrayal of what we know about Russian interference in the 2016 elections (so far!) is overblown, the real problems with exaggerating Russiagate, the media figures hyping up the Russia "election hacking" threat for their own gain, and more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

82 min listen

6: Diapers & Deception: Inside Turning Point USA (w/ Kaitlin Bennet): Kaitlin Bennet, a top conservative college activist, joins the show to tell us why she very publicly quit the nation’s largest conservative college campus organization, Turning Point USA and how one of the biggest self-owns, at least involving diapers, came to be. We go inside Turning Point USA and…oh yeah, we also have a debate. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

109 min listen

2: Teenage Mutant Antifa Supersoldiers: Secret of the Ooze (w/ Krang T Nelson): Krang T Nelson joins the show to discuss the online conservative mob that accused him of being the leader of the Antifa Supersoldiers, a conspiracy completely fabricated by right wing bloggers. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

84 min listen

27: Bye Bye Black Helicopters: Alex Jones Banned From YouTube, iTunes, Facebook (w/ Jared Holt): 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 more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

79 min listen

53: This One is Actually About Ethics in Journalism (w/ Walker Bragman): 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 candidates for the Sanders campaign. ALSO, Matt debates Walker on Walker's 2016 piece "The Liberal Case for Donald Trump." PLUS your questions, comments, Matt's committment to live up to his Beto donations / haircut bet, and a special (livestream chat) appearance from Michael Brooks! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

90 min listen

7: The Shape of Water (When You're Dunking a Conservative) (w/ Rob Whisman, Jesse Farrar, Stefan Heck aka The Go Off Kings): Rob Whisman, Jesse Farrar, and Stefan Heck of the hit Twitch stream The Go Off Kings join the show...and there's a lot to talk about! We go in depth with Jesse Farrar on the dunking-conservatives-underwater tweet that riled up Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk so much that Kirk went on Fox News to complain, that time Rob Whisman and Matt Binder went to CPAC and saw the TP USA folks in the flesh, the weirdest right wingers online, the Parkland school shooting, what Twitch streaming is all about, and much more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

65 min listen

17: SJWs DESTROYED By Logic and Reason...Just Kidding, It's An Episode About the Intellectual Dark Web (w/ Jared Holt): Jared Holt of Right Wing Watch and the SH!TPOST podcast joins us to discuss Bari Weiss' New York Times piece about the IDW: Intellectual Dark Web (aka I Demand Wedgies). We discuss this reactionary "free thinker / free speech" movement and it's members such as Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, Candice Owens, Bret Weinstein, and Christina Hoff Sommers! We also discuss how the "dark web" is already an actual thing, how everyone part of the IDW has a victimization complex, how just because a few of these guys voted for Bernie Sanders that doesn't make them a leftist, and a whole lote more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

98 min listen

16: Incel in the Membrane: A History of Men's Rights Extremism (w/ David Futrelle): David Futrelle of We Hunted the Mammoth joins the DOOMED with Matt Binder livestream to talk the history of the toxic Men's Rights Movement. From it's sexist roots with the likes of Warren Farrell to the rise of the misogynist "Men's Rights Activists" (aka MRAs) on the internet with Reddit, Stefan Molyneux, and Paul Elam's website, A Voice For Men. We also discuss the incel moment in mainstream media after Alek Minassian, a self-identified "involuntarily celibate" murdered 10 people with his van in Toronto, why incels have deified spree killer Elliot Rodger, the ridiculousness of Ross Douthat's "redistribution of sex" take, and how the dangerous incel subculture is and what can be done about it. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

92 min listen

13: Bernie's Not A Democrat! And More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (w/ Briahna Joy Gray): Briahna Joy Gray, attorney, contributing editor at Current Affairs, and co-host of the SWOTI: Someone’s Wrong on the Internet podcast, joins the show to discuss her first person account of the Jackson, Mississippi event that Bernie Sanders spoke at on Wednesday April 4th 2018. We talk what Bernie Sanders actually said and didn't say about Obama at the event honoring Martin Luther King Jr., the difference between your everyday Hillary Clinton supporter and the weird subgroup known as the "8 Percenters," how poll after poll shows Senator Sanders’ approval is in direct contrast with what the 8 Percenters believe, the bizarre attacks on Bernie Sanders for not endorsing Hillary Clinton…when he endorsed Hillary Clinton, how a significant number of Trump voters are racist but also a significant number of Democrats too, the center's bad faith weaponization of identity politics against the left, inter by DOOMED with Matt Binder

84 min listen

12: Pro Wrestling & the Road to ProgressiveMania: *Point at the WrestleMania Sign* (w/ Dave Zirin, Scarlett Harris, David Bixenspan): Just in time for WrestleMania, it's a very special politics and pro wrestling episode of DOOMED! Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation and host of The Edge of Sports podcast, Scarlett Harris, Australian freelance writer with a focus on pro wrestling, & David Bixenspan, pro wrestling writer at Deadspin and cohost of the Between the Sheets Podcast all join the show for a FATAL FOUR WAY conversation with host Matt Binder about WWE, pro wrestling, and progressive politics. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

81 min listen

9: Pod Save The U.S. Healthcare System (w/ Matt Bruenig): Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Project joins us to discuss why healthcare should be completely free, Obamacare and Obama's healthcare legacy, how women’s health and universal healthcare are political entwined, the insane scheme (that healthcare companies rig) that decides your healthcare subsidy, breaking down Andy Slavitt’s United States of Care and the attack on the Medicare for all movement, what’s Pod Save America’s play here?, taking a look at Medicare Extra Premium Plus Supreme (For Amazon Prime Members Only) plan by the Center for American Progress…is it good? (The answer may surprise you!) by DOOMED with Matt Binder

77 min listen

11: The Twitter Bots Are Coming...FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE (w/ Trevor aka @LikingOnline): Twitter bots...you're DOOMED. Trevor aka @LikingOnine and host Matt Binder discuss how each of them recently uncovered the mystery sources behind two major political Twitter bot farms, how these two seperate bot networks were being falsely attributed to Russia, and how one of the people unmasked (Dem consultant Sally Albright) is someone who gins up the Russia bot hysteria themselves. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

77 min listen

3: 2 Fast 2 Pizzagate: QAnon & The Storm Conspiracy (w/ Will Sommer): The right wing Pizzagate conspiracy is back, baby! Will Sommer of The Hill and Right Richter joins the show to discuss The Storm conspiracy, the mystery of QAnon, the people propping up the conspiracy, and much more! Join us as we follow the white rabbit by DOOMED with Matt Binder

47 min listen

21: Woken! A Sam Harris Stan, No Longer (w/ Kevin aka T1J): YouTuber T1J (Kevin) joins the show to discuss why he stopped idolizing Sam Harris. T1J put out a video recently exploring why Sam Harris stopped being his intellectual hero. On DOOMED, we discuss the video, what led T1J to New Atheism at first, how he discovered Sam Harris, where he started questioning his now former idol, the bizarre cult around Sam Harris, is Sam Harris Islamaphobic?, is Sam Harris racist?, and how current Sam Harris fans should question their hero. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

75 min listen

BONUS: Matt Binder on The Majority Report with Sam Seder Talking: QAnon, The Storm, Right Wing Conspiracies, and more!: Matt Binder of DOOMED joined The Majority Report with Sam Seder on Friday, February 2nd, 2018, to discuss QAnon, The Storm, and right wing conspiracies. Check out the Majority Report at majorityreportradio.com. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

43 min listen

32: YouTube & the White Supremacists (w/ Chauncey Alcorn): 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 much more! Also: DOOMED returns from a short hiatus, your comments and questions! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

93 min listen

22: tfw the DNC accuses you of being a RUSSIAN AGENT (w/ Selina Vickers): Selina Vickers, an activist from West Virginia and former Bernie Sanders delegate, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss her experience traveling around the country attending DNC meetings, sometimes as the sole observer covering what's going on. She discusses how she recently made the news when a senior DNC member accused her of being a Russian agent. We also discuss West Virginia politics, strategic voting, how she became politically active, and – based on her DNC experiences – what the future could possibly hold for the Democratic Party. All that and more on this episode of DOOMED! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

80 min listen

15: From Kanye to the Koreas: The Week That Was (w/ Michael Brooks): The first ever DOOMED livestream episode! Michael Brooks of The Majority Report and The Michael Brooks Show joins us to discuss the crazy week that was. Kim Jong Un crosses the DMZ in what looks like peace between North Korea and South Korea, Bill Cosby is going to jail (hopefully) and the new chapter of the #MeToo movement begins, the allegations against Tom Brokaw, was MSNBC's Joy Reid hacked or were the old homophobic blog posts really hers or does it really matter?, what the hell is up with Kanye West's Donald Trump support, Cardi B's Bernie Sanders love, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sucks up to far-right Candice Owens, and our first ever live callers Theo and Jameson call-in to discuss right wing subgroups and the distinction between the altright and nazis! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

106 min listen

14: Neo-Nazis Say Hello to…Newnan </seinfeld voice> (w/ Jack Smith IV): Jack Smith IV of Mic.com joins the show live from Georgia with a report on the neo-nazi rally held by the National Socialist Movement in the small town of Newnan. Jack and Matt Binder discuss the events that unfolded and how what went down is another nail in the coffin for the rise of the alt-right and the white supremacist movement post-Charlottesville, the hilarious downfall of the Traditionalist Worker’s Party, how antifa and antifascist action won…even Richard Spencer admits it, the next far right / identitarian threat: Jordan Peterson and “classic liberalism,” and much more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

68 min listen

39: We Live in a (Flat Earth) Society: Inside the Flat Earth Conference (w/ Kelly Weill): 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 ban, your YouTube comments, questions, and more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

84 min listen

47: Learn to Code: Actually, It's About Ethics in Harassing Journalists (w/ Talia Lavin): 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 James on YouTube and the antisemitic twist to the harassment. Also, Matt lays down the hypocrisy over the uproar about Bernie Sanders' state of the union response. And don't miss the patron only half of the show with your questions, comments, and more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

74 min listen

23: Ups and Downs: SCOTUS, Abolish ICE, & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Big Win (w/ Sean McElwee): Sean McElwee of Data for Progress and AbolishICE.org joins the show to discuss the rollercoaster of a week that saw SCOTUS gut unions, Justice Kennedy announce his retirement which will give Donald Trump another Supreme Court pick, the Abolish ICE movement start to gain some real legs and take off, and the amazing win against the Democratic establishment when Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat Joe Crowley. All that and more on this week's episode of DOOMED! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

78 min listen

18: Fake News, Real Cult: NXIVM, The Knife of Aristotle, & The Story So Far (w/ Brock Wilbur): Writer Brock Wilbur joins the show to tell us the insane tale of how a writing job search led him to The Knife of Aristotle, a fake news website that he discovered was run by a cult called NXIVM. We discuss it's leader Keith Raniere, Smallville actress Allison Mack's involvement, how NXIVM compares and contrasts with other cults, what the right wing shares with NXIVM, and much more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

67 min listen

25: Right Wing Conspiracy Christmas in July (w/ Will Sommer): 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 DSA should endorse Cynthia Nixon on the night they voted. by DOOMED with Matt Binder

80 min listen

34: The Hunt for Red Bot-tober (w/ Josh Russell): 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 more! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

91 min listen

30: You're a Corporation! The Nixon vs. Cuomo: NY Gov Debate: 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! by DOOMED with Matt Binder

76 min listen

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