Doomscroll: Will Menaker
Added 2025-01-22 22:05:00 +0000 UTCWelcome to Doomscroll. Episode #14 with guest Will Menaker is out today. As we enter this new and historic era of Trump 2.0, we’re releasing a collection of episodes to debrief on the state of American politics.
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This week, my guest is Will Menaker, a host of the Chapo Trap House podcast and a co-author of The Chapo Guide to Revolution. We discuss:
The end of the left/liberal alliance in American politics and the failures of working within the Democratic Party
A certain state in a certain part of the world that did an internationally agreed upon thing and how the Biden administration chose not to react
The role of alt media today and in the past. Where can we find truth within the online landscape?
Will Menaker’s work has influenced my thinking for many years. I took special inspiration from his reading series episodes. Chapo Trap House allowed us to see what a culturally relevant and broadly appealing left-wing media project could be. Most impressively, they did this at a time when few of us could even imagine an alternative to the right-wing dominated social media ecosystem.
Having followed Will’s work for many years, his appearance on this episode is perhaps the most incendiary and antagonistic towards the Democratic Party that I have yet seen. I think this corresponds with a broader deflation on the left in respect to mounting an insurgent campaign within the structure of the DNC. My hope is that this necessary period of discussion gives us the opportunity to reformulate our strategies as needed.
Watch the full episode:
Will Menaker: The End of the Left + Liberal Alliance | Doomscroll
In addition to today’s public episode, part 2 of my conversation with Will Menaker is available for paid subscribers. Paid subscribers get access to the full catalog and all bonus episodes:
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