In the season two premiere of Oppo Research, Jack and guest Kim Kelly—writer, anarchist extraordinaire, and author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor—dive into the rise and heel-turn of Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman. Including: Working-class cosplay; a deeply cursed Levis ad; something called “The Brave Thinkers” issue of The Atlantic (real); the Dr. Oz of it all (remember crudités??? lol); and being a bigtime Israel weirdo and general immigration demon.

Mentioned in this episode:

• “John Fetterman, American Jagoff” [The Nation]
• “John and Gisele Fetterman Are Fighting for the American Working Class” [Teen Vogue]
• “Who Is the Biggest Israel Weirdo?” [Discourse Blog]
• “Everything to know about the 2013 John Fetterman jogger incident” [Philadelphia Inquirer]
• “Mayor of Rust” [The New York Times Magazine]
• Levi’s Go Forth commercial [YouTube]
• “Levi's Gives Struggling Town Cinderella Treatment” [NPR]
• The Atlantic’s “Brave Thinkers” issue [The Atlantic]
• “John Fetterman: The Mayor of Hell” [RollingStone]
• “Lt. Gov. Fetterman defies law to mark start of Pride Month” [Penn Live]
• “Mehmet Oz’s crudité video gave opponent John Fetterman a golden opportunity” [NBC News]
• “John Fetterman and Social Media: How His Campaign Built a Winning Strategy” [Teen Vogue]
• “The John Fetterman Problem” [Discourse Blog]
• “'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side” [NBC News]

Oppo Research credits:

Host: Jack Mirkinson

Producer: Aleks Chan

Engineer, Editor, Art Director: Sam Grasso

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