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Posting Through It
Hosted by Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden · EN
"Posting Through It" is a political news podcast exploring the intersection of modern politics and social media through independent reporting, analysis, and commentary. It is hosted by acclaimed investigative journalists Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden and regularly features in-depth interviews with guests.
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111: Vanilla Ice in Valhalla [Preview]
Jun 400:04:20Tap to summarizeListen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughitThings are going badly in Iran and at home. Tensions are erupting with Israel. MAGA pundits like Jack Posobiec and Dave Rubin are getting bodied online by trolls. There is only man who can heal our divided country: Vanilla Ice. Jared and Mike review the impact the Iran War has had on MAGA before turning to America’s 250th birthday celebrations. The White House announced a cluster of has-been musicians as the lineup for America’s party, including Manilli Vanilli. Nearly all of them backed away from the event. But not Robert Matthew Van Winkle, aka "Vanilla Ice." Van Winkle has lived a life of relentless humiliation, as you will learn. And it set him up perfectly for a career as a MAGA grifter. Alright stop, collaborate and listen. Posting Through It is back with a brand new edition.
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110: Who the Hell is Michael Tracey? feat. Bobby Silverman
Jun 102:30:34Tap to summarizeWe're back with another installment in our critically acclaimed "Who the Hell?" biographical series, this time sitting down to scrutinize Michael Tracey: a contrarian writer and social media personality who has managed to draw a surprising amount of attention to himself throughout the Trump era.Jared and Mike are joined by guest Bobby Silverman to review the arc of Tracey's career, from his early run-in with police at an Ann Coulter event to his eventual rise in media as a pugnacious hater of political pundits and journalists. This episode explores how Tracey, a self-described "roving journalist," has channeled his resentment for contemporary media into attention-seeking episodes of confrontation and contrarianism that have earned him fans among right-wing audiences.After this episode, the corrupt woke media will never be the same.Transition Music: "Tide Rips" by Bering Sea
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109: Ghost World [Preview]
May 2800:08:24Tap to summarizeListen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughitIt’s a listener-driven Q&A show this week and it starts with Jared breaking down the overuse of the designation “Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE).” So-called NVE is everywhere these days and some of the people pushing the phrase are conspicuously right wing. Old friend of the show Katherine Dee weighed in on the topic, and you’ll never guess what her take is. The hosts weigh in on everything from coffee, to Matt Drudge, to metal, to the NBA finals, to cycling, to Hasan Piker and more. Also, Mike believes in ghosts. He’s serious about it.
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PTI Bulletin: How to Form a Union feat. Esteban Gil
May 2700:32:57Tap to summarizeWorkers across the country are looking for ways to fight back against bosses who underpay, overwork, and mistreat their employees. Forming a union remains one of the most powerful tools available, but the process can feel overwhelming — especially when management is watching. The key is knowing how to organize quietly, build trust with coworkers, and protect yourself.In this PTI Bulletin, union organizer Esteban Gil joins Jared and Mike to explain how union organizing actually works, how to build solidarity with colleagues, and what your rights are when the company starts pushing back.Links:NewsGuild / Pacific Media Workers Guild / Chicago News GuildEmergency Workplace Organizing Committee
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108: The Rise of Right-Wing Confrontation Porn
May 2501:00:00Tap to summarizeContent Warning: This episode includes audio clips that contain derogatory and racist language. Listener discretion is advised.Maybe you've heard of the mustachioed guy in a cowboy hat who hurls racist slurs at strangers, or the one who dresses as the Joker to recite FBI crime statistics at Black people on chat websites. Believe it or not, these are real adult men who not only exist but profit from what we're calling "confrontation porn": a genre built around angering or horrifying people through open displays of bigotry or sadism."Chud the Builder" — the online handle of Dalton Eatherly — was a rising star of the genre until he shot a man. That's where this episode picks up. Eatherly now faces serious legal trouble stemming from his racist stunts, and fellow online bigots have raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for his defense. We also look at another figure in the genre who helped lead that fundraising effort: Paul Miller, aka "GypsyCrusader," known for harassing strangers while performing an array of personas, including one he calls "Racist Mario."It’s a tough world out there in 2026, and some of us might to have to “fight for free.”Transition Music: "Split the Difference" by Aqueous
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107: With Liberals Like These, Who Needs Conservatives? feat. Anthony Fisher [Preview]
May 2100:03:19Tap to summarizeListen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughitJared and Mike welcome MSNow opinion editor Anthony Fisher to this week’s cremium episode to talk about an old friend of ours, Bill Maher, and a friend we haven’t really talked about before: Ministry mosh-pit beefcake John Fetterman. The crew talks about a recent podcast featuring these brilliant, brave, heterodox liberals in conversation and what their popularity with Trump’s base says about them — and about the MAGA movement. Anthony came from libertarian circles, and the discussion turns to how meekly libertarians abandoned their principles at the feet of Trump. Mike also talks about his recent trip to "Restoration 250": a surreal, under-attended Christian nationalist Lollapalooza funded by your tax dollars. So sit back, open up a beer, and spend a little time with “Hitler McPedophile,” the man who will listen — if you’re only willing to speak to him.
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106: How Republicans Are Stacking the Deck Ahead of Midterms feat. Ari Berman
May 1800:53:05Tap to summarizeHow sick is our democracy right now? (Not in the skateboard-trick way.) Jared and Mike are joined by Ari Berman to find out. He’s the national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones and one of the country’s leading reporters covering issues related to elections. This episode reviews how recent Supreme Court decisions weakened the Voting Rights Act, why states like Tennessee have become a blueprint for dismantling majority-Black districts, and the contradiction between years of MAGA claims about “rigged elections” and the GOP’s open embrace of aggressive gerrymandering.Faithful Posting Through It listeners know this is a topic that has stressed out the hosts (especially Mike) for a long time. Viktor Orbán may have fallen in Hungary, but his vision of weakening a country’s democratic infrastructure to produce authoritarian outcomes is alive and well in the United States.Links for Ari Berman:Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (2024)Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (2016)Bluesky / X (Twitter)Jared's piece at Open Measures: Pro-Trump Communities Spent Years Claiming Elections Were ‘Rigged.’ Now They Support Gerrymandering.Transition Music: “nu cringe part 2” by Battikh
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105: Don Colossus Comes to Town [Preview]
May 1400:06:33Tap to summarizeJared and Mike hit Trump National Doral Miami to witness the unveiling of “Don Colossus,” a 22-foot, gold-covered Trump statue that seems to symbolize a particular affliction in MAGA’s character. (Look closer, Lenny!) They also talk about Poodle Room veteran Kash Patel’s balls-on-the-table stare-down with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the grifty Trump phone, and infighting on the antisemitic flank of the GOP between Nick Fuentes and Dan Bilzerian over who is more of a fed. Jared and Mike also talk about Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on a lovely media tour blaming social media bots for Israel’s unpopularity. The interview landed alongside a major The New York Times report on abuse allegations involving Palestinian prisoners, which sent pro-Israel influencers into immediate damage-control mode. There’s never been a better time in America to flex nuts as a 22 foot golden man.Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit
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104: The Last Day of Infowars feat. Dan Friesen from ‘Knowledge Fight’
May 1101:27:01Tap to summarizeThe notorious conspiracy website Infowars made its final broadcast on April 30, 2026 and hours later, the site went dark. Jared, Mike and this week's guest, Dan Friesen, co-host of the legendary and recently retired podcast Knowledge Fight, get together to talk about the closure of Infowars and the future of its founder, Alex Jones. The guys review the final hours of Infowars' time on the air and reflect on the downfall of Jones and his media empire. How did this prolific kingmaker and agenda-setter in far-right media become an afterthought?Full warning: This is a real "upper decker" of an episode.Dan's upcoming show: Show Me State of MindTransition Music: “The Seagulls” by Big Pleasant---Support the show on Patreon and get access to weekly premium episodes
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103: The ‘Grift Industrial Complex’ Comes for The Daily Wire [Preview]
May 700:03:28Tap to summarizeListen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughitJared and Mike dig into reports of chaos at The Daily Wire after Candace Owens — once one of its top stars — claimed the company enacted a “bloodbath” of layoffs affecting as much as 60% of its staff. (The Daily Wire confirmed the layoffs but denied they were as extensive as Owens claimed.) What followed was an unusual weekend of silence from Ben Shapiro and goat lover Matt Walsh. The guys trace the rise of the conservative media empire from its LA roots and Facebook dominance to its overextended streaming ambitions, “anti-woke” consumer products, and increasingly shaky position inside the MAGA movement. Along the way, they examine how The Daily Wire’s obsession with culture war content, Israel, and respectability politics left it out of step with the audience it helped create. Plus: Jared and Mike toast Eoin Higgins for his recent legal success against free speech warrior Matt Taibbi and say farewell to Laura Sennett of One People’s Project, who recently died. May she rest in power. Links:Eoin's book: Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the LeftOne People's Project
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