I Don't Speak German

We haven't given you, our non-paying listeners, a bonus episode since Christmas, so have a summer present. It's our bonus episode - originally for Patreon backers only - on 2004's Downfall, the acclaimed German movie (good thing there are subtitles because... y'know) about the last days of Hitler and his assorted hangers-on in the bunker as the Red Army grind their way into Berlin. Spoiler: he shoots himself.

It's a complex, flawed, fascinating movie, and both of your hosts have complicated feelings about it.

Downfall (2004 film) - Wikipedia

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This time, Daniel and Jack talk about Uvalde, Buffalo, the cops, guns, and the discourse.

This episode is respectfully dedicated to the victims of these crimes and their families.

Content Extremely Warnings

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Shannon Foley Martinez Patreon: Shannon Foley Martinez is creating a different tomorrow | Patreon

Last Week Tonight: LastWeekTonight - YouTube

Michael Hobbes on Depp vs. Heard:

Cancel Me, Daddy: Deep Depp-ception (ft. Michael Hobbes) on Apple Podcasts

The bleak spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial (readthepresentage.com)

Buffalo News, Authorities investigating if retired federal agent knew of Buffalo mass shooting plans in advance

• "These were like-minded people who used this chat group to talk about their shared interests in racial hatred, replacement theory and hatred of anyone who is Jewish, a person of color or not of European ancestry," said one of the two law enforcement officials with close knowledge of the investigation. "What is especially upsetting is that these six people received advanced notice of the Buffalo shooting, about 30 minutes before it happened.
• "The FBI has verified that none of these people called law enforcement to warn them about the shooting. The FBI database shows no advance tips from anyone that this shooting was about to happen."
• Agents from the FBI are in the process of tracking down and interviewing the six people, including the retired agent, and attempting to determine if any of them should be charged as accomplices, the two sources with close knowledge of the probe told The Buffalo News.

4plebs archive on Buffalo shooter and "Sandman"

https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/379701704

5-4 podcast on Castle Rock v. Gonzalez.

• 01:47 Peter: Today's case is Castle Rock v. Gonzales, a case that features two of my least favorite things in the world, procedural technicalities and the brutal murder of innocent children.
• [laughter]
• 02:01 Michael: In no particular order are those two things, yeah.
• 02:06 Peter: This case is, I think maybe the most tragic and poignant in a long line of cases in the Supreme Court and in other courts that have allowed police officers and police departments to escape any legal responsibility, even in cases where their actions are grossly negligent and lead directly to the loss of human life.
• 02:25 Michael: Right.
• 02:25 Peter: The issue here, simplifying a little bit, is whether the police are liable under the 14th Amendment's, Due Process Clause, when they don't even attempt to enforce a restraining order involving a rather insane husband, shall we say?
• 02:40 Michael: Right.
• 02:42 Peter: We'll get into the semantics, but the real question is this, I think, "Do the police owe the public, anything at all?" [chuckle] And the Court thinks probably not.

Ben Collins tweet about toothaches and Peyton Gendron.

Buffalo News, Authorities investigating if retired federal agent knew of Buffalo mass shooting plans in advance

• "These were like-minded people who used this chat group to talk about their shared interests in racial hatred, replacement theory and hatred of anyone who is Jewish, a person of color or not of European ancestry," said one of the two law enforcement officials with close knowledge of the investigation. "What is especially upsetting is that these six people received advanced notice of the Buffalo shooting, about 30 minutes before it happened.
• "The FBI has verified that none of these people called law enforcement to warn them about the shooting. The FBI database shows no advance tips from anyone that this shooting was about to happen."
• Agents from the FBI are in the process of tracking down and interviewing the six people, including the retired agent, and attempting to determine if any of them should be charged as accomplices, the two sources with close knowledge of the probe told The Buffalo News.

4plebs archive on Buffalo shooter and "Sandman"

https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/379701704

5-4 podcast on Castle Rock v. Gonzalez.

• 01:47 Peter: Today's case is Castle Rock v. Gonzales, a case that features two of my least favorite things in the world, procedural technicalities and the brutal murder of innocent children.
• [laughter]
• 02:01 Michael: In no particular order are those two things, yeah.
• 02:06 Peter: This case is, I think maybe the most tragic and poignant in a long line of cases in the Supreme Court and in other courts that have allowed police officers and police departments to escape any legal responsibility, even in cases where their actions are grossly negligent and lead directly to the loss of human life.
• 02:25 Michael: Right.
• 02:25 Peter: The issue here, simplifying a little bit, is whether the police are liable under the 14th Amendment's, Due Process Clause, when they don't even attempt to enforce a restraining order involving a rather insane husband, shall we say?
• 02:40 Michael: Right.
• 02:42 Peter: We'll get into the semantics, but the real question is this, I think, "Do the police owe the public, anything at all?" [chuckle] And the Court thinks probably not.

Ben Collins tweet about toothaches and Peyton Gendron.

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This time we talk about The Fugitive (1993).

The Fugitive (1993 film) - Wikipedia

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In a depressing but necessary News Roundup episode, we cover the recent apparent career problems of Elijah Schaffer, the weird implosion of Nick Fuentes' America First Foundation, and... and here comes the depressing part... the recent nazi massacre in Buffalo, New York.

This episode is respectfully dedicated to the victims of this crime.

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Sidney Watson tweet about leaving You Are Here

• "I left the show. There were a multitude of reasons for doing so. Ultimately, the professional situation morphed into something untenable. Twoards the end, I was extremely unhappy. Like I mentioned before, I was pouring from an empty cup and while I tried to be professional and happy for you all on air, it wasn't sustainable."

Elijah Schaffer tweet regarding being "professionally dumped."

Elijah Schaffer tweet re: Mormons going to hell.

Kino Casino with Jaden McNeil and Simon Dickerman on leaving America First

Nick Martin thread on the collapse of America First.

IREHR, 27FEB2020 "An Affinity for Bigotry: Jaden McNeil of America First Students"

The Daily Beast, Supermarket Shooting Suspect Linked to Online Hatred

Unicorn Riot article on suspect's online ties.

Buffalo shooter targeted Black neighborhood, officials say

Opening of the manifesto:

What you need to know

• If there's one thing I want you to get from these writings, it's that White birth rates mustchange. Everyday the White population becomes fewer in number. To maintain a population thepeople must achieve a birth rate that reaches replacement fertility levels, in the western worldthat is about 2.06 births per woman."

Closing of the manifesto:

• As for me, my time has come. I cannot guarantee my success. All I know is the certaintyof my will and the necessity of my cause. Live or die, know I did it all for you; my friends, myfamily, my people, my culture, my race.
• Goodbye, God bless you all and I hope to see you in Valhalla.

From us to the shooter: Fuck you. There is no place in Valhalla for you.

Jack continues to tell an increasingly (and understandably) resentful Daniel all about insidious YouTube 'comedian' and political commentator Jimmy Dore, detailing his 'leftist' or 'progressive' version of reactionary politics via accounts of his slimy transphobic coverage of the Lia Thomas story (leading to a bizarre open challenge to all trans man basketball players), his frothingly misogynistic coverage of Taylor Lorenz' interview about the harassment she faces, and his insane conversation with deeply silly and unpleasant Stalinist Caleb Maupin, in which they free associate (based on a ridiculous Grayzone article) about 'Breadtube' being run by the CIA. Along the way, it becomes very clear to see that their version of socialism is the national kind. Also features a discussion about Libs of Tik Tok.

Content Warnings.

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Jimmy Dore:

Jimmy Dore at RationalWiki https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dore

Jimmy Dore at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dore

The Jimmy Dore Show https://www.youtube.com/c/thejimmydoreshow

Videos:

Trans Swimmer Destroying Competition and Setting Records, May 20th 22 Trans Swimmer Destroying Competition And Setting Records - YouTube

Snowflake Journo Taylor Lorenz cries "victim" to silence critics - April 3rd Snowflake Journo Taylor Lorenz Cries "Victim" To Silence Critics - YouTube

Left-Wing YouTubers Co-opted By Security State, Mar 30 Left-Wing YouTubers Co-opted By Security State - YouTube

Rod Webber's raw footage from Jimmy Dore interview Jimmy Dore - Raw footage from interview - YouTube

On Lia Thomas:

Members of Penn swim team say Lia Thomas shouldn't compete - Sports Illustrated

Why I'm Proud to Support Trans Athletes like Lia Thomas | Opinion (newsweek.com)

Lia Thomas interview: The story of the Penn swimmer at the heart of the transgender athlete debate - Sports Illustrated

Trans swimmer Lia Thomas bows out of college sports amid continued hate (pinknews.co.uk)

Emily Kreps at Broad & Liberty You searched for emily kreps - Broad + Liberty (broadandliberty.com)

RT article on Thomas feat. Kreps and Forstater Transgender swimmer breaks record as women 'race for second' — RT Sport News

Outkick.com

Outkick covers Taylor Lorenz You searched for lorenz – OutKick

Details about Outkick from Media Bias / Fact Check OutKick Bias Rating - Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)

Taylor Lorenz, harassment, etc

WaPo report by Lorenz on Libs of TikTok Libs of TikTok has become central to right wing politics - The Washington Post

Lorenz at Daily Beast on Instagram influencers hiding Pamela Geller connection The Instagram Stars Hiding Their Famous, Muslim-Hating Mom, Pamela Geller (thedailybeast.com)

Rolling Stone covers Lorenz / Libs of Tik Tok / Conservative backlash Conservatives Enraged Taylor Lorenz Wrote About Libs Of TikTok - Rolling Stone

Original MSNBC report Journalists Face Online Harassment - YouTube

Grayzone / Maupin / CIA conspiracy theory

Original Grayzone article about Abigail Thorn etc Leaked files expose Syria psyops veteran astroturfing BreadTube star to counter Covid restriction critics - The Grayzone

Fred Hampton and the Young Patriots The Panthers and the Patriots (jacobinmag.com)

And finally...

Bellingcat: Pro-Assad Lobby Group Rewards Bloggers On Both The Left And The Right, Sep 19 Pro-Assad Lobby Group Rewards Bloggers On Both The Left And The Right - bellingcat

So there's this jagoff comedian making videos in his garage… I mean, this millionaire Hollywood guy running his own media venture, employing writers and producers… who is persecuted… I mean, criticised… for bravely standing up to the establishment and the corporations and American imperialism… I mean, for being a reactionary, and platforming fascists, and doing interviews on fascist TV with America's most prominent fascist, and spinning conspiracy theories, and engaging in stealth antivaxx during a deadly pandemic that he downplays and about which he spreads misinformation, and smearing people who point out that he's full of shit, and making covert apologias for Trumpism, and sneakily implying that brutal, murderous, authoritarian, imperialist dictators like Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad are actually not that bad…

Content Warnings apply, not least for clips of very shit comedy.

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Jimmy Dore:

Jimmy Dore at RationalWiki https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dore

Jimmy Dore at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dore

The Jimmy Dore Show https://www.youtube.com/c/thejimmydoreshow

The Dirt: Political Commentator Jimmy Dore Buys Rambling L.A. Compound Jimmy Dore Bought a Charming Los Angeles House – DIRT

(1)Jimmy Dore on Twitter: "I interviewed a member of the Boggaloo Boys, I was completely floored when he said he is: -Pro LGBTQ -Pro Black Lives Matter -Anti Police Brutality -Anti Racism -Anti ICE -Anti War WTF?!?! Radicalized Michigan Anarchist Seeks Unity With The Left. https://t.co/nTXQ3gCEg4" / Twitter

WSWS: YouTube personality Jimmy Dore Promotes fascist Boogaloo Boy YouTube personality Jimmy Dore promotes fascist Boogaloo Boy - World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org)

(1)Matthew Dimitri 🐍🧪 on Twitter: "Jimmy Dore despairs that The Daily Beast reported on the OANN reporter who wrote the false report that caused Trump's conspiracy theory tweet is a Russian national who also writes for the Kremlin propaganda outlet, Sputnik: "I don't even know what to say. We are so fucked." https://t.co/YHx5fsxQkE" / Twitter

Re Ana Kasperian allegations (1) Matthew Dimitri 🐍🧪 on Twitter: "Jimmy Dore provides evidence that he made inappropriate, humiliating comments about Ana Kasparian at TYT. "I wrote her a card saying sorry... that was inappropriate. You don't have to worry about that happening again. I won't comment on your clothes anymore." https://t.co/rZgMl4sADl" / Twitter

Jimmy vids (or vids featuring Jimmy) we clip / talk about:

ANOTHER Bogus Fact Check of Jimmy Dore DEBUNKED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g9w7lGD31o&t=3s

Yes, Ukraine DOES Have Biolabs – Admits US Government. w/Glenn Greenwald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV8S8NN7yfU

Total Deaths From COVID MUCH LOWER Than Reported https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O7ugdwv3iY

One of Jimmy's many cosy chats with America's favourite fascist broadcaster Comedian tells Tucker Carlson his take on identity politics - YouTube

Videos about Jimmy:

Shaun's video: Jimmy Dore's Anti-Vaccine Lies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRDLf54Scs

José: The Jimmy Dore Show, What Bad Leftwing Critique Looks Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwsr1PDpb2g&t=445s

The Majority Report on Jimmy Dore The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - YouTube

The Serfs on Jimmy Dore The Serf Times - YouTube

Sophie From Mars: Conspiracy on the Left Conspiracy on the Left | Sophie from Mars - YouTube

(Also mentioned: LonerBox: Russell Brand's Despicable Coverage of Ukraine Russell Brand's Despicable Coverage of Ukraine - YouTube)

Regarding Jimmy's videos:

Politifact: No, death totals from COVID-19 in England have not been overstated PolitiFact | No, death totals from COVID-19 in England have not been overstated

Regarding Ukraine's Biolabs:

Victoria Nuland's Senate testimony (exchange with Marco Rubio) Ukraine Has Biological Research Facilities, Concerned Russian Forces May Seek To Gain Control: US - YouTube

Glenn Greenwald's Substack article re Ukraine Biolabs and Fact Checkers https://greenwald.substack.com/p/victoria-nuland-ukraine-has-biological?s=r

QAnon Anonymous Ep183: Ukraine, Bioweapons & Adrenochrome Stream Episode 183: Ukraine, Bioweapons & Adrenochrome by QAnon Anonymous | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

Tucker Carlson, Glenn Greenwald biolabs questions have simple answers. (slate.com)

(1) PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 on Twitter: "#USBiolabs has been trending. The account claiming that Putin may have attacked US biolabs in Ukraine, presumably in response to covid conspiracies, is a follower of Q, has called for the execution of police, media, officials, and doctors, and has pushed past racist rhetoric. https://t.co/RbmOKA8MyP" / Twitter

PolitiFact | There are no US-run biolabs in Ukraine, contrary to social media posts

Fact check: Claim of 'US biolabs' in Ukraine is disinformation (usatoday.com)

Ukraine war: Fact-checking Russia's biological weapons claims - BBC News

Fact-checking Russian claims of US labs making lethal biological weapons in Ukraine (telegraph.co.uk)

PolitiFact | China repeats false claim that U.S has biolabs in Ukraine

Fact Check: There Are NO US-Run Bioweapons Laboratories In Ukraine | Lead Stories

Fact Check: Russia DID NOT 'Find Over 30 Biological Labs' In Ukraine 'Formed By The Pentagon' | Lead Stories

Fact Check: No, There Are No U.S.-Funded Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine (thedispatch.com)

Russian media spreading disinformation about US bioweapons as troops mass near Ukraine - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (thebulletin.org)

Ukraine, US Biolabs, and an Ongoing Russian Disinformation Campaign | Snopes.com

What are Russia's biological weapons claims and what's actually happening? | United Nations | The Guardian

UN says not aware of biological weapons programme in Ukraine | United Nations News | Al Jazeera

WHO says it advised Ukraine to destroy pathogens in health labs | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/03/13/tulsi-gabbard-latest-to-push-russian-backed-conspiracy-about-us-backed-biological-labs-in-ukraine/?sh=c4d1f925522d

Russia Is Lying About Evidence of Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine, Russian Biologists Say (theintercept.com)

Regarding Ukraine's 2014 Euromaidan Revolution:

Dissent Magazine: A Letter to the Western Left from Kyiv https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/a-letter-to-the-western-left-from-kyiv

N+1: Ukraine, Putin, and the West https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-19/the-intellectual-situation/ukraine-putin-and-the-west/

CrimethInc. : War and Anarchists: Anti-Authoritarian Perspectives in Ukraine

Remembering Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity | openDemocracy

Ukraine's Maidan Revolution Was Not a 'Coup' (polygraph.info)

Good Socialist Takes on Russia invasion of Ukraine:

Marxist-Humanist Initiative Editorial: Ukraine Fights for National Self-Determination Against Russian Imperialism https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/mhi-radio-free-humanity

Radio Free Humanity Ep64 Ukraine Fights for National Self-Determination Against Russian Imperialism Episode 64: Ukraine Fights for National Self-Determination Against Russian Imperialism – Marxist-Humanist Initiative (marxisthumanistinitiative.org)

Radio Free Humanity Ep64 Rohini Hensman on Ukraine's Protracted Struggle for National Liberation Episode 65: Rohini Hensman on Ukraine's Protracted Struggle for National Liberation – Marxist-Humanist Initiative (marxisthumanistinitiative.org)

The Wire: Rohini Hensman: Ukraine's Protracted Struggle for National Liberation (thewire.in)

Workers' Liberty:

Unite the Left to defend Ukraine https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-03-08/unite-left-defend-ukraine

Stop the War? Yes, but with victory for Ukraine! https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-03-15/stop-war-yes-victory-ukraine

Putin is not a victim of NATO https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-03-15/putin-not-victim-nato

The Antifada: War is a Defeat for All of Us w/ Alex Gendler https://podbay.fm/p/the-antifada/e/1646218800

Neil Abrams tweet threads on Grayzone conspiracy theorising to excuse Russia for atrocities in Ukraine:

(1) Neil Abrams on Twitter: "OK, so @MaxBlumenthal of @TheGrayzoneNews recently published an article claiming that Russia's bombing of a Mariupol theater was actually a false-flag operation carried out by Ukraine's Azov Battalion. Reader, this is one dishonest article, and I'm about to show you why. Thread:" / Twitter

(1) Neil Abrams on Twitter: "Folks, @TheGrayzone's back with another flagrantly dishonest article claiming that Russian atrocities—this time in Mariupol and Bucha—were false-flags by Ukraine. Their latest journalistic farce further exposes them as purveyors of unvarnished propaganda. Let's dig in." / Twitter

Behind the Bastards on Paul Manafort in Ukraine:

https://podbay.fm/p/behind-the-bastards/e/1533031200

https://podbay.fm/p/behind-the-bastards/e/1533204000

Misc:

BBC accidentally forgets to help the Establishment cover-up America's coup in Ukraine by publishing transcript of leaked Nuland/Pyatt phone call Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call - BBC News

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/25/vladimir-putin/putin-repeats-long-running-claim-genocide-ukraine/

https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/mar/11/russia-china-and-tucker-carlson-lack-evidence-ukra/

Tucker Carlson's history of pro-Kremlin, anti-Ukraine propaganda | Media Matters for America

How Russian Disinformation Goes From the Kremlin to QAnon to Fox News (thedailybeast.com)

Leaked Kremlin Memo to Russian Media: It Is "Essential" to Feature Tucker Carlson – Mother Jones

https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/news/disinformation-about-current-russia-ukraine-conflict-seven-myths-debunked-2022-01-24_en

https://theconversation.com/putins-claims-that-ukraine-is-committing-genocide-are-baseless-but-not-unprecedented-177511

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60477712

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-russia-falsely-blames-ukraine-for-starting-war/a-60999948

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/25/2076638/-Ukraine-would-not-be-on-the-brink-of-invasion-were-it-not-for-Paul-Manafort-and-Donald-Trump

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-s-got-a-real-problem-with-far-right-violence-and-no-rt-didn-t-write-this-headline/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/vladimir-putin-ukraine-attack-antisemitism-denazify

Putin's Assault on Ukraine and the Nonproliferation Regime | Arms Control Association

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Orwell, Notes on Nationalism: Notes on Nationalism | The Orwell Foundation

"When one sees the slavish or boastful rubbish that is written about Stalin, the Red army, etc. by fairly intelligent and sensitive people, one realizes that this is only possible because some kind of dislocation has taken place. In societies such as ours, it is unusual for anyone describable as an intellectual to feel a very deep attachment to his own country. Public opinion – that is, the section of public opinion of which he as an intellectual is aware – will not allow him to do so. Most of the people surrounding him are sceptical and disaffected, and he may adopt the same attitude from imitativeness or sheer cowardice: in that case he will have abandoned the form of nationalism that lies nearest to hand without getting any closer to a genuinely internationalist outlook. He still feels the need for a Fatherland, and it is natural to look for one somewhere abroad. Having found it, he can wallow unrestrainedly in exactly those emotions from which he believes that he has emancipated himself. God, the King, the Empire, the Union Jack – all the overthrown idols can reappear under different names, and because they are not recognized for what they are they can be worshipped with a good conscience. Transferred nationalism, like the use of scapegoats, is a way of attaining salvation without altering one's conduct."

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This time we talk about the Coen Bros. No Country for Old Men (2007).

No Country for Old Men

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This time we are honoured and delighted to welcome special guest Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast (etc) to talk to us about her new (and excellent) book Off The Edge, a history of Flat Earth, the current state of the Flat Earth movement, and our cultish and conspiratorial times generally. A fun and thoughtful - and sometimes melancholic - discussion.

Off The Edge links

Off the Edge - Workman Publishing

Amazon.com: Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything: 9781643750682: Weill, Kelly: Books

Kelly's Twitter @KELLYWEILL

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This time we talk about the Coen Bros. Fargo (1996).

Fargo

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In rank defiance of all the various conflicting things we've told you Episode 105 would be about, here is an episode about 2015's (and sadly also 2022's) Lauren Southern (lying, untruth-telling nazi liar-nazi) and the mainstreaming and normalising thereof.

In this episode we consider Lauren's career (in brief, owing to the fact that chronicling her trail of lies and evil acts has become something of a cottage industry for the online left), her departure from politics and regrettable return, her ostensible changed nature (lol), her pub-excluding ideological lenses, and her sitcom life which comes complete with eccentric stereotype boyfriend, slapstick boat adventures and rollerblading accidents, and snarky one-liner strewn bickering with her mismatched (or is he really so mismatched?) buddy 'Destiny'.

We take a stop-off with fan-favourites Posobiec, Elijah Shaffer, and (by mention) Rittenhouse, via Lauren's lie-filled 'documentary' Crossfire. We listen in on Lauren's conversation with Nicky-Boy Fuentes' old friend (turned undeadly enemy) James Allsup back at the time of Unite the Right. Then we also pop in on Lauren's friendly and boozy and giggly stint as a guest of our old 'person we talked about' Tim Pool. It is possible that unflattering nicknames were mentioned, and not just Tim's. We then round it off with some seriously nerdy shit. Elvish swords at the ready for the protection of pan-Western civilisation or some such stupid bollocks.

Content Warnings, of course.

Show Notes:

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Episode Notes:

Lauren Southern YouTube

Lauren Southern Alt-Censored

Lauren Southern in Lakemba, Australia, 2018

Why the Alt-Right's Most Famous Woman Disappeared

• We were sitting together in her living room, while she scripted a video, when her new boyfriend emerged from the bedroom. George Hutcheson, who was 30 at the time, runs a Canadian group called Students for Western Civilization, which works to "advance the interests of European peoples." Her most recent boyfriends had also been adherents of far-right ideologies. She had nearly gotten engaged to a prominent conspiracy theorist, and had had an on-again-off-again fling with a Croatian neo-Nazi. "Maybe I'm too picky," she'd mused before Hutcheson joined us on her IKEA couch. In appearance, Hutcheson is the caricature of the Aryan ideal. His undercut haircut, known in the alt-right as the fashy(short for fascist), and his fit, thick, soldier-like frame give him a Teutonic air. He and Southern decided to go out to dinner, and to let me film them. Hutcheson refuses to eat food originally from nonwhite countries, such as ketchup, whose origins are in China, so the two, facing limited restaurant options, chose the British-style Oxley Public House in Toronto's Yorkville neighborhood.

Hey It's Vadim The Truth About Lauren Southern and Christchurch

Lonerbox, Lauren Southern and the Boats

Xanderhal talks to Lauren Southern

Jose, The Many Lies of Crossfire

Destiny Wanders Into Lefty Protest Wearing MAGA Hat ft. BLM Lauren Southern

Lauren Southern Nearly Dies Trying to Rollerblade

Lauren Southern Crossfire Documentary

Shaun on Lauren Southern and the Great Replacement

Shaun on Lauren Southern and 'What Every Girl Needs To Hear'

Shaun on why Stefan Molyneux is wrong about Immigration and the Fall of Rome

Shaun on why Immigration didn't case the fall of Rome

Jose on Pseudo-Journalism and Lauren Southern

Jose on The Many Lies of Borderless (Lauren's film)