Michael E. Hayden joins the show to talk about text messages the Southern Poverty Law Center obtained from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The messages reveal a conflict between the on-air persona that Jones embodies and the real Jones that lives in "hell."

Mike’s favorite thing online: @goth_videos

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NYT: DeSantis/Trump poll
Vanity Fair: ‘RON DESANTIS SUCCESSFULLY BULLIES THE COLLEGE BOARD INTO TAILORING AP AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES TO THE NEEDS OF FRAGILE WHITE PEOPLE’
Reason: National Conservatives Can't Find a Good Excuse for Viktor Orbán's Inflation Disaster
SPLC: Infowars’ Alex Jones Says He Lives ‘in Hell,’ Texts Show
SPLC: Alex Jones’ Texts Highlight Infowars Overlap with Proud Boys

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Amanda Moore joins the show to talk about Steven Crowder's contract drama, her latest article for Talking Points Memo about Nick Fuentes and Ye, the conservative gas stove freak-out, and more. Amanda has spent extended time undercover in far-right MAGA communities and uses her first-hand observations from that time to inform her reporting and commentary.

Follow Amanda on Twitter: @noturtlesoup17
Read her latest in Talking Points Memo: Why The Ongoing Nick Fuentes-Ye Alliance Is So Dangerous

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Jared opened up the Posting Through It voicemail and text message inbox for listener questions and comments. In this episode, he reacts to those messages.

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Meghan Conroy and Alex Newhouse worked for the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol as investigator and investigative analyst, respectively. They join Posting Through It on the second anniversary of the Capitol riot to talk about the work they did in the Congressional investigation, particularly related to the roles social media platforms had in the attack.

Read their essay in Just Security: Insiders’ View of the January 6th Committee’s Social Media Investigation

Follow Meghan Conroy: @meghaneconroy
Follow Alex Newhouse: @AlexBNewhouse

The Where's Waldo-style Insurrectionist illustration: https://www.brianmichaelweaver.com/updates/insurrection-maze

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Dr. Anthea Butler is a historian of African American and American religion who serves as the Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She joins the show to discuss the influence of Christian nationalism in American politics and how it expresses itself online. Host Jared Holt and Dr. Butler discuss the uprising of the movement, its impacts on modern politics, and the white supremacy in its subtext.

Follow Dr. Anthea Butler on Twitter: @AntheaButler

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Kyle Spencer is an award-winning journalist and the author of "Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America's Ultraconservative Youth Movement." Kyle explains how political activists like Charlie Kirk have risen to power in a new era of internet-forward youth outreach by the conservative movement, bringing with them increasingly radical messages.

Follow Kyle Spencer on Twitter: @KyleYSpencer

Grab a copy of "Raising Them Right" by Kyle Spencer: CLICK HERE

Spencer's favorite thing: 'Echo 3' on Apple TV
Jared's favorite thing: 'Kleo' on Netflix

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Max Rizzuto and Alyssa Kann are researchers at the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) who Jared used to work with. They join the show to talk about the anti-climactic passing of midterm elections. Is election denialism still as potent as it was in 2020? Were fears overblown? Have threats to democracy receded? They argue no to all of the above, even if things went better than expected. If everyone on this episode sounds tired, it's because they are exhausted from working around the elections.

Follow Max Rizzuto on Twitter: @maxbrizzuto
Follow Alyssa Kann on Twitter: @AlyssaKann

Max's favorite thing: The first Fast and Furious movie posted as a Twitter thread (since struck down for copyright violations)
Alyssa's favorite thing: "The day I fell into a crevasse"

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Adam Kovacevich is the founder and CEO of the tech-funded trade group Chamber of Progress, which encourages lawmakers to take pro-tech positions in their policymaking. He joins the show to offer a hopeful view for the future of Twitter under Elon Musk at a time where many others have forecasted the platform's demise.

Follow Adam Kovacevich on Twitter: @adamkovac
Chamber of Progress website: progresschamber.org/

Adam's favorite thing online: Stephen Patula on YouTube

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Will Sommer is a reporter at The Daily Beast and the author of an upcoming book on the Qanon conspiracy theory. He also co-hosts the Fever Dreams podcast. Sommer joins the show to run down a few notable stories from right-wing internet land, including Kanye West's announced plan to buy Parler, an alt-right movie evaporating a million bucks, and more.

Follow Will Sommer on Twitter: @willsommer

Pre-order: 'Trust the Plan: The Rise of Qanon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America'

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Mike Rothschild is the author of a great book on the QAnon conspiracy theory and its cultural significance. He joins the show to discuss former President Donald Trump's promotion of content from the conspiracy theory's followers on Truth Social, what the movement has been up to in the last year or two, and what its believers have planned for midterm elections.

Follow Mike Rothschild on Twitter: @rothschildmd

Read: The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything

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