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Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden

"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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  • S2 · E142
    Today · 1 hr 11 min

    142: The GOP's Anti-Muslim Midterm Strategy feat. Wajahat Ali

    In March, Rep. Andy Ogles declared that Muslims didn't belong in American society. Since then, the broader GOP has leaned harder and harder into anti-Muslim scapegoating, using the same playbook they used to fear monger about transgender people in 2022 and migrant "caravans" in 2018. Jared and Mike are joined by Wajahat Ali to discuss the surge of anti-Muslim bigotry in US politics, JD Vance's obsession with Abdul El-Sayed, an ADL-sponsored event where a speaker said Muslims should leave America go back to their "shithole countries," and more. American Muslims are posting historic political gains, seen in Zohran Mamdani's mayoral election and Abdul El-Sayed's campaign for US Senate in Michigan. Can broadcasting photos of Hasan Piker flexing in his underwear stop it? It seems the GOP is eager to find out. Links for Wajahat: The Left Hook Democracy-ish Podcast X: @WajahatAli / BlueSky: @wajali.bsky.social Other Links: 'FEMDOM' Shirts: Order Here Join us at NYU on Oct. 28: RSVP Here Transition Music: “The Bottom Line” by Smokescreen

  • S2 · E141
    Thursday · 4 min

    141: Jared is Forced to Defend Macklemore [Preview]

    Listen to weekly premium episodes on our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit 'FEMDOM' Shirts: Pre-Order Here Join us at NYU on Oct. 28: RSVP Here --- When Macklemore shouted "Free Palestine" on stage in New Jersey last week, the stadium erupted in cheers. This was apparently an unforgivable sin in the eyes of diehard pro-Israel groups like the ADL and stadium owners like Robert Kraft, who successfully pressured Ed Sheeran to drop the rapper from his US tour. In this premium episode, Jared pulls double duty: first explaining the whole saga to Mike, who struggles to understand how either of these guys got famous in the first place, and then — reluctantly — defending Macklemore. Next, fresh out of the Poodle Room, we find PTI mainstay Kash Patel going "beast mode," begging his FBI spokesperson to defend his honor against an offensively named X account and sharing some of his thoughts about bestiality with members of congress. Jared and Mike also look at the recent wave of dystopian buzz around artificial intelligence and a strange new alliance between Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon on the topic. Finally, they check in on Benny Johnson after recorded an incredibly normal podcast episode with his wife where they repeatedly insist they conceived their children through vaginal sex and that their family is not an AI-generated hoax.

  • S2 · E140
    September 14 · 2 hr 20 min

    140: Who the Hell is Milo Yiannopoulos? feat. Bobby Silverman [UNLOCKED]

    This episode originally debuted on Sept. 2, 2026, as an exclusive for our supporters on Patreon, where we release exclusive episodes each Thursday. Sign up and listen through our backlog of premium episodes here: patreon.com/postingthroughit 'FEMDOM' Shirts: Pre-order Link ~~~ Milo Yiannopoulos emerged during the alt-right's rise before Trump's 2016 win and went on to be arguably the movement's most famous—or infamous—influencer. A standout in a conservative MAGA space for his flamboyant dress and outspoken enthusiasm for gay sex, Yiannopoulos became a star of Steve Bannon's Breitbart News and helped drive the misogynist "Gamergate" harassment campaign before leading a notorious troll storm against Black comic Leslie Jones. He elicited protests on his "Dangerous Faggot" tour and landed a massive book deal before his comments about adults having sex with minors sent his trajectory in a star-crossed direction involving Kanye West collaborations, turning "straight," and being sent back to England at the hands of a brutal ICE agency he once championed. Jared and Mike's guest for this episode is Bobby Silverman, returning after previous Who the Hell episodes: Tim Pool, Dave Portnoy, and Michael Tracey. Bob interviewed Milo during the height of his celebrity, and together the three trace his path from his English upbringing to his recent deportation at the hands of frenemy Laura Loomer. So enjoy the limelight while you're in it — because one day you're America's bad boy, and the next you sink to the bottom of the sea, like a sodomy stone. Transition Music: "Never Outnumbered" by Shaolin Punk

  • S2 · E139
    September 10 · 4 min

    139: Benny and Kate Johnson's Guide to a Happy Marriage [Preview]

    Listen to premium episodes on our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit ~~~ Benny Johnson, finding himself the second-biggest star at Turning Point USA in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination last year, is on a mission to dispel longstanding rumors that he's gay and instead convince the world he's a straight man who loves God, family, and President Donald Trump. Mike and Jared sat down to check in briefly recount how Benny Johnson wound up in the position he's in today and explore his latest content pivot, where he and his wife, Kate, are hoping to sell themselves as traditional family figureheads. The guys weren't totally convinced. If we're to believe Benny, he might just be the straightest man in Washington, DC.

  • S2 · E138
    September 7 · 1 hr 16 min

    138: One Year of Kirkification feat. Juliet Jeske, Abner Hauge, Haley Orion, Will Sommer, Charles Star & Madeline Peltz

    A year after a bullet to the throat killed Charlie Kirk, the TPUSA founder is less a flesh-and-blood person who died on a college campus in Utah than a symbol people fight over. For some, Kirk is the embodiment of patriotism and the threat of left-wing violence. For others, he's a racist podcaster the White House tried to force the country to mourn. For others still, he's the face of pure nihilism — grafted onto Superbad, Kool-Aid pineapple reveals, dancing potatoes, and countless brain-rotting memes. Jared and Mike bring in Juliet Jeske, Abner Hauge, Haley Orion, Will Sommer, Charles Star, Mike's 13-year-old son en route to a sleepover, and Madeline Peltz to report out and make sense of everything that's happened to the country since Kirk died. What they find: a country where Kirk's ideology reigns supreme, the vibes are terrible, and nobody seems to like it. Together, unbroken, we'll make heaven known. Links: Juliet Jeske (Decoding Fox News) Abner Hauge (Left Coast Right Watch) Haley Orion (Arizona Right Watch) Will Sommer (False Flag, The Bulwark) Charles Star (No Homework) Madeline Peltz (Number Two Pencil)

  • S2 · E137
    September 3 · 3 min

    137: Who the Hell is Milo Yiannopoulos? feat. Bobby Silverman [Preview]

    Sign up for our Patreon to listen to premium episodes: patreon.com/postingthroughit ~~~ Milo Yiannopoulos emerged during the alt-right's rise before Trump's 2016 win and went on to be arguably the movement's most famous—or infamous—influencer. A standout in a conservative MAGA space for his flamboyant dress and outspoken enthusiasm for gay sex, Yiannopoulos became a star of Steve Bannon's Breitbart News and helped drive the misogynist harassment campaign Gamergate before leading a notorious troll storm against Black comic Leslie Jones. He elicited protests on his "Dangerous Faggot" tour and landed a massive book deal before his comments about adults having sex with minors sent his trajectory in a star-crossed direction involving Kanye West collaborations, turning "straight," and being sent back to England at the hands of a brutal ICE agency he once championed. Jared and Mike's guest for this episode is Bobby Silverman, returning after previous Who the Hell episodes: Tim Pool, Dave Portnoy, and Michael Tracey. Bob interviewed Milo during the height of his celebrity, and together the three trace his path from his English upbringing to his recent deportation at the hands of frenemy Laura Loomer. So enjoy the limelight while you're in it — because one day you're America's bad boy, and the next you sink to the bottom of the sea, like a sodomy stone. Transition Music: "Never Outnumbered" by Shaolin Punk

  • S2 · E136
    August 31 · 2 hr

    136: Who the Hell is Jake Lang? feat. Carrie Schreck

    We're back with another installment in our acclaimed "Who the Hell?" biographical series, this time turning our attention to Jake Lang: a January 6th insurrectionist turned self-styled provocateur who has built a career out of peddling hate against Muslims, Black people, Jews, women, and any other minority group he thinks he can hurt with open expressions of bigotry. Jared and Mike are joined by photojournalist Carrie Schreck, who has had multiple run-ins with Lang over the years, to trace his path from J6 "political prisoner" to his current gig manufacturing what PTI has dubbed "confrontation porn" — a genre built on shocking people face-to-face with blunt expressions of bigotry for clout and cash. This episode also includes a reported package from Jared, who traveled to Minneapolis on Aug. 22 to witness Lang's most recent stunt, where Lang found himself on the wrong end of the law... and Spider-Man's fist. Every Spider-Man villain, from Electro to Rhino, has an origin story. Jake Lang's starts on J6. Links for Carrie: Photography Portfolio (https://www.carrieschreck.com) Instagram (@rehabforcandy) Transition Music: "Embrace the Bomb" by Body Double (Special thanks to videographer Ford Fischer for allowing us to use audio from his footage in this episode. Check out his work on YouTube at News2Share.)

  • S2 · E135
    August 27 · 3 min

    135: How MAGA Weaponized the Lindsay Clancy Case [Preview]

    Subscribe to our Patreon to listen to premium episodes: patreon.com/postingthroughit --- Author and researcher Madeline Peltz joins Jared and Mike for a jam-packed creamium episode, featuring two big stories, two album recommendations, and a whole lot of romantic tension with Conceptual James. First, the trio dissects how MAGA took the horrors of the Lindsay Clancy case and turned it into a rallying cry to disempower and humiliate women. A shock to no one, Jack Posobiec is at the center of it, calling for an end to "toxic feminism" — but Matt Walsh, TPUSA, and Fresh and Fit are in there too. The result is a propaganda campaign that's as uncomfortable as the case itself. Next, Jared takes us to school on "Data Republican," a disabled, Salt Lake City-based MAGA star who is now working for the deep state. She seems to like James Lindsay a lot, and her involvement in a botched leaking effort has produced one of the most awkwardly written essays in the history of that right-wing media. So tune in for an episode that's sure to leave you feeling chopped, screwed, and pining for Taliban rule. THANK YOU @CONCEPTUALJAMES!!!!! Links for Madeline: Instagram (@peltzmadeline) BlueSky (@peltzmadeline.bsky.social) Newsletter (Number Two Pencil)

  • S2 · E134
    August 24 · 1 hr 18 min

    134: Too Many Mules [UNLOCKED]

    This episode was originally released to Patreon subscribers on Aug. 6, 2026. Jared is traveling to Minneapolis this weekend to cover a story for the show, so we're sharing this on the main feed. --- The promo material for Dinesh D'Souza's 2022 film "2000 Mules" left out one key detail: the election security expert it hinges its core claims on believes in teleportation. Four years after D'Souza released his thoroughly debunked election-fraud exposé, the same people behind it are gearing up to release new material ahead of the 2026 midterms. Jared and Mike revisit the 2022 film to understand how it convinced a generation of Republicans that the 2020 election was stolen. Posting Through It finds "2000 Mules" looking and sounding more incoherent than ever — a film that conjures an entire conspiracy out of nothing, then pads it out with conservative media psychobabble. And somehow, still, no one has reckoned with the fact that Gregg Phillips, of True the Vote fame, sincerely believes he was involuntary teleported on at least two separate occasions. ...54,000 mules? What are we gonna do with all of those?

  • S2 · E133
    August 20 · 6 min

    133: Anti-Woke Media and the Death of Jason Arday [Preview]

    Listen to premium episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit -- Cambridge Professor Jason Arday was a Black scholar with a history of exaggerating events from his past and a plagiarizing in his work. He recently died amid the fallout of a media frenzy ignited by self-described "race realist" Nathan Cofnas. Mike and Jared discuss Arday's tragic story by examining the anti-woke media personalities like Jesse Singal, who legitimized a racist's outrage campaign against Arday in the name of reporting on the excesses of "wokeness." But first, your hosts review Candace Owens' "great debate" with a TPUSA-adjacent misogynist over whether Tyler Robinson actually killed Charlie Kirk. Spoiler: If the debate was an indication, TPUSA is in a heap of trouble.

  • S2 · E132
    August 17 · 1 hr 31 min

    132: Some Kind of Cultural Civil War feat. Bobby Silverman

    Tim Pool, the 40-year-old YouTuber who calls himself a "moderate," stormed off Jubilee's Youtube debate show "Surrounded" after someone called him a grifter, illustrating an increasingly evident truth about the modern MAGA movement: they may still have power, but America doesn't respect them anymore. Bobby Silverman, Posting Through It's unofficial NYC and sports correspondent, returns to the show to lend his expertise on Pool. But before the guys talk about the aging "moderate" who debates like an eight year old, they break down how MAGA has spent the summer trying to ensnare the WNBA in its long-running "culture war" programming, in which they've tapped Enes Kanter to serve as a bludgeon in their war against transgender people. Never let them see you sweat. Especially when you're sweating into a beanie. Transition Music: “In the Shadows” by Stellarator

  • S2 · E131
    August 13 · 5 min

    131: Marijuana is Poisoning Brains at an Extraordinary Rate [Preview]

    Listen to premium episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit ~~ Imagine it: it's April 20th, and some of your UCLA classmates have gathered on the lawn to celebrate 420. The smell of skunk drifts over. You hear laughter crackling over reggae playing from an iPhone speaker. You know what you have to do. You call campus police. There are laws on the books for nuisances like these. In this Creamium edition of Posting Through It, Ben Shapiro calls the cops on you. You can't smoke weed here, dude — full stop. Jared and Mike ponder why marijuana-obsessed Shapiro can't hold onto his youthful audience, pick apart Mike Lindell's humiliating loss in the race for Minnesota governor, launch #ChudWatch on the news that Chud the Builder is free, and try to make sense of a weeks-long debate about burritos. Roll it, light it, smoke it — Posting Through It is back.

  • S2 · E130
    August 10 · 53 min

    130: What to Expect From Election Denialists in 2026 Midterms feat. Alex Kaplan & Kayla Gogarty

    Everyone knows it's coming. The MAGA movement has spent years claiming that any election where Republican candidates lose must be fraudulent, and its top media figures have spent every election cycle since 2020 stoking doubts about the integrity of US democracy. There's no reason to think 2026 midterm elections will be any different. Jared and Mike are joined by Alex Kaplan and Kayla Gogarty, two researchers from Media Matters, to discuss what election denial activists have been getting up to in recent months and what we may see from right-wing media if Republican candidates take a beating at the ballot box this fall. They discuss some of the movement's key characters, their relationships to the White House, and the tactics they're pushing this time around. Remember Sidney Powell (aka "The Kraken") from 2020? Find out who her successor will be. Links: Election deniers reach a fever pitch calling for a “national emergency” declaration so Trump can give himself “king-like powers” over the midterms (MMFA) Tina Peters and other election deniers claim they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan” (MMFA) Right-wing media’s response to results of LA mayoral primary race is a preview of their midterm playbook(MMFA) Follow Alex Kaplan on BlueSky: @alkapdc.bsky.social Follow Kayla Gogarty on BlueSky: @ohhkaygo.bsky.social Transition Music: "Gray Beard" by Gurthworm

  • S2 · E129
    August 6 · 3 min

    129: Too Many Mules [Preview]

    Support the show on Patreon to gain access to weekly premium episodes: patreon.com/postingthroughit ~~ The promo material for Dinesh D'Souza's 2022 film "2000 Mules" left out one key detail: the election security expert it hinges its core claims on believes in teleportation. Four years after D'Souza released his thoroughly debunked election-fraud exposé, the same people behind it are gearing up to release new material ahead of the 2026 midterms. Jared and Mike revisit the 2022 film to understand how it convinced a generation of Republicans that the 2020 election was stolen. Posting Through It finds "2000 Mules" looking and sounding more incoherent than ever — a film that conjures an entire conspiracy out of nothing, then pads it out with conservative media psychobabble. And somehow, still, no one has reckoned with the fact that Gregg Phillips, of True the Vote fame, believes he was involuntary teleported on at least two separate occasions. ...54,000 mules? What are we gonna do with all of those?

  • S2 · E128
    August 3 · 1 hr 5 min

    128: OnlyChuds Conservatism

    Is the MAGA media machine actually cracking up, or is it just taking a summer nap? Jared and Mike sift through new data reporting from The New York Times, and a truly staggering amount of cringe, to find out. View counts are dropping, engagement is cratering, and people are getting "the ick" from influencers like Benny Johnson. Amid this MAGA content recession, one unusual newcomer is growing her audience: self-styled "American Sweetheart" Savanna Cannon. First covered in The Bulwark, Cannon is producing racist Instagram content in apparent hopes of converting horny MAGA men into OnlyFans simps who will pay to watch her do anal. MAGA has also taken aim at rap music, claiming without evidence that the genre only succeeded in pop culture because of funding from since-shuttered USAID programs. If not for this secret USAID scheme, they suggest, maybe we'd all be line-dancing to country tunes right now. Imagine that! Links to stories referenced: The MAGA Media Machine Is Fracturing (Stuart A. Thompson @ The New York Times) Right-Wing Media and OnlyFans Are in a Symbiotic Relationship (Will Sommer @ The Bulwark) Right Wingers Claim Rap Music is Dead Thanks to ... Elon's USAID Cuts (Nikki McCann Ramírez @ Rolling Stone)

  • S2 · E127
    July 30 · 3 min

    127: How Many of Y'all Like Nick Fuentes? [Preview]

    Support the show on Patreon to get access to weekly premium episodes: patreon.com/postingthroughit --- Maybe you've heard of the Hitlerian livestreamer Nick Fuentes. He hurls slurs at Black people, denies the Holocaust, and calls for the abusive treatment of women — all to boost his view counts and further his white nationalist ideology. Fuentes has legions of fans, but pretty much everyone else agrees he's a [Tim Robinson voice] piece of shit. You wouldn't know it, though, watching his recent conversation with Hunter Biden — the son of former President Joe Biden who's best known for his struggles with drug addiction — on the "Channel 5" YouTube channel. Biden and Channel 5 host Andrew Callaghan handed Fuentes all the attention he could ever ask for in an interview that can only be understood as a debacle. After a quick catch-up on Andy Ngo after our latest "Who the Hell?" episode, Jared and Mike break down where the interview went wrong. Callahan bills his project as unbiased, unfiltered journalism, but what was left on the table in this episode looks to be shaped by one man alone: Nick Fuentes.

  • S2 · E126
    July 27 · 3 hr

    126: Who the Hell is Andy Ngo? feat. Molly Conger

    Andy Ngo is MAGA media's go-to "expert" on far-left extremism. The Portland-born social media personality has spent years pushing Republican leaders to treat anti-Trump and leftist movements as terrorist threats, churning out a bevy of hyper-sensationalized and misleading social media content to make his case. Jared and Mike’s guest for this episode is researcher and reporter Molly Conger, who hosts the "Weird Little Guys" podcast. Together, they retrace notable moments in Ngo's life and career to explain his overnight MAGA stardom and how he's weaponized it against his perceived political opponents. From his roots in the "New Atheist" movement to his appearance last year at a White House "Antifa Roundtable" event, Ngo’s career has become emblematic of MAGA’s contempt for journalistic standards and the truth. (Ngo declined to be interviewed for this episode. He responded to our request for comment with a public statement on X that said he wanted "nothing to do with" this episode and included false claims about one of the show's hosts.) Links for Molly: ​Weird Little Guys (Cool Zone Media) ​Bluesky: @socialistdogmom.bsky.social Transition Music: "Mad King Blues" by Banjosynth

  • S2 · E124
    July 20 · 1 hr 7 min

    124: Can Anything Stop the Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Theories? feat. Brandy Zadrozny

    Preliminary hearings wrapped up last week for Tyler Robinson, the “old boy” accused of shooting and killing Charlie Kirk last September. Prosecutors presented their evidence, and while it certainly seemed compelling, a sizable portion of MAGA internet just isn't buying it. It’s likely they never will. Brandy Zadrozny, a senior enterprise reporter for MSNOW, was at the Utah courthouse during Robinson's preliminary hearings and spent time with the conspiracy theorists who can't let their doubts go. She joins Jared and Mike to walk through what the hearings actually showed, what the believers took away from them, and why the evidence didn't move the needle for people like Candace Owens. Join us for what is arguably the biggest story of the year for MAGA. TPUSA has been in damage-control mode for nine months trying to protect the organization and Erika Kirk, and it still seems like they're losing the battle. Links for Brandy: Change my mind: Searching for reality in Charlie Kirk’s murder case (MS NOW) Erika Kirk faces Charlie’s alleged killer and conspiracists as preliminary hearing begins (MS NOW) Bluesky: @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social / X: @BrandyZadrozny Transition Music: "Boxcar" by Jawbreaker

  • S2 · E123
    July 16 · 5 min

    123: Lil Boosie Dumbazz [Preview]

    Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the full episode: patreon.com/postingthroughit ~~~ Has Russia poisoned Sen. Lindsey Graham with ricin? Why is Clavicular in Israel, and why did a rabbi give him an OpenAI necklace? Is Kash Patel threatening to arrest us for disliking his girlfriend's singing? Jared and Mike struggle to answer these questions and more in this jam-packed Creamium episode, sifting through the trash left behind by a busy news cycle. It culminates with the biggest mystery of all: what do Laura Loomer, Jacob Wohl, and rapper Lil Boosie Badazz have in common? Turns out Mr. Badazz paid $600,000 to far-right operatives Wohl and Jack Burkman to secure a presidential pardon from Trump that never materialized. Now Boosie is on social media demanding that Loomer, Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec, and others confirm whether they ever supported his case, as Wohl and Burkman claimed they did. We wish we could say the responses have been illuminating, but they have not. Bring a flashlight for this one. Or even a gun. Because “after dark, it's Jurassic Park.”

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