Max Chafkin, author and features editor at Bloomberg BusinessWeek joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his new book THE CONTRARIAN: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power. We discuss Thiel's early life, his founding PayPal and Palantir, his "libertarian" stage, his role as a major Trump backer, his revenge on Gawker, his funding of Rumble, what drives him and the future of his backing Republican candidates and much more! On the patron half of the show: Bill Gates' bizarre intervie...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 185
Matt Binder takes a look at the controversial discussion between Briahna Joy Gray and Talia Lavin on the Bad Faith podcast. Does the left coalition build and work to deradicalize white supremacist and neo-nazis? Or should nazis be run out of town, with force if necessary? Also: Matt discusses how he has recently been unfairly demonetized by YouTube but how this mistake by the company does not mean censorship. On the patron half of the show: It's BONUS episode #100! More discussion about Briahna ...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 184
DOOMED with Matt Binder looks at the aftermath of the days, weeks, months, and years after 9/11 as we approach the 20th anniversary of the day. Matt looks at the conspiracies, hoaxes, and urban legends that surround the day and the Bush administration, critiques the mainstream media in the wake of September 11, and shares personal stories. On the patron half of the show: listeners call in to discuss their own 9/11 stories, plus personal takes on anti-vaxxers and COVID, plus your questions, comme...
Sep 11, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 183
Dr. Eric Osgood MD, an internal medicine doctor who formerly consulted with Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to breakdown what is Ivermectin and why has it become such a hot button issue with some people consuming a horse paste to treat COVID-19. We breakdown all the misinformation and fake news, discuss why taking the COVID-19 vaccine is the best thing you can do to protect yourself from COVID, why some doctors are seriously looking at Ivermectin ...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 182
Zachary Petrizzo of Salon joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss a number of happenings on the right over the past few weeks. Zach breaks down his experience attending MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium, what's next for Lindell, Mark Levin's book which accidentally shows he doesn't understand the basics of the book's entire premise!, Roger Stone goes to war with the right wing social network Gettr, and more! Plus on the patron only half of the show: Ivermectin craziness, Trump blasts ...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 181
On this episode of DOOMED with Matt Binder, Matt runs down the three-day Cyber Symposium bonanza from MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell and how it amounted to absolutely nothing, far right personality Laura Loomer self-owns in her lawsuit over her ban from Twitter, also Peter Thiel gives the conservative video platform Rumble money to invest in big names like Glenn Greenwald and Tulsi Gabbard! Plus on the patron-half of the show, Matt discusses his debate with the Convo Couch, New York Governor Andrew C...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 180
Matt Binder debates Pasta and Fiorella, co-hosts of The Convo Couch on whether the left should united with the right, the Boogaloo Boys, are the Square our allies, the March For Medicare For All, Force The Vote, Nina Turner's election, voting for the lesser of two evils, and much more! (From the Convo Couch's 8/10/21 livestream.) Support Matt: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder
Aug 14, 2021•2 hr 6 min
Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the week in politics. We talk rising COVID rates and people refusing to get vaccinated, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is done for after the NY AG releases a report on his history of sexual harassment, James O'Keefe and Project Veritas pulls a lame stunt on AOC, and more! Plus Mike joins us on the patron only half of the show to take your calls and questions and discuss Nina Turner's loss in Ohio. Support the show: ht...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 179
Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss how John McAfee's death set off a slew of conspiracy theories, who is McAfee?, how the far right and QAnon influencers are taking advantage of his death with fake Telegram channels, the nonsensical comparisons of Jeffrey Epstein to John McAfee, rumors of McAfee's nonexistent big "drops," and more! On the patron half of the show: right wing pundits meltdown over Simone Biles, the USA doesn't pay its Olympic athletes, CNN ridi...
Aug 01, 2021•49 min•Ep. 178
Abolish the Olympics? Gia Lappe, an organizer with NOlympics LA, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the problematic history of the Olympics, what the games do to its host countries, this year's Tokyo games and the pandemic, and the NOlympics LA movement. Also a BONUS for freebie listeners, Matt's investigation into how a bizarre lie about AOC owning a bar spread online from the patron half of the show. Also on the patron half of the show: police officers dying "in the line of duty"...from ...
Jul 24, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 177
Zachary Petrizzo of Salon joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what happened at the big conservative summer conference, CPAC 2021: America UnCanceled in Dallas, Texas. We discuss what's with all these right wing events happening in Dallas, Nick Fuentes and the groypers invasion, the "best" and worst of CPAC, and Zach's time with MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell. Also, we discuss the newest pro-Trump social media platform GETTR and how it was hacked on launch day. Then on the patron half of the show...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 176
Michael Edison Hayden of the Southern Poverty Law Center joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Twitter's relationships with the far right, specifically their connections with CEO Jack Dorsey. We take a look at right wing figures such as Mike Cernovich, Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, and Tim Pool and how they've flourished on Twitter. Also, looking back at the social media platform's role in #Pizzagate and more! Plus on the patron half of the show: the Lincoln Project's bizarre comparison of Jan...
Jul 11, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 175
Why are so many online influencers promoting alternative cryptocurrency known as altcoins, memecoins, and shitcoins? Matt Binder takes a look at what's going on with the social media celebrities and livestreaming superstars who are pushing altcoins, why they're doing it, the shady marketing tactics and outright scams and ponzi schemes, and breaks down recent examples from members of esports team FaZe Clan and Twitch streamer Adin Ross. Plus on the patron half of the show: more on cryptocurrency,...
Jul 04, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 174
Sergio Muñoz, policy director at Media Matters, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Critical Race Theory and the right wing campaign against it. Muñoz explains what Critical Race Theory really is and how conservatives are using it as it's latest bogeyman, the role of think tanks in pushing these talking points, Tucker Carlson takes the CRT outrage its obvious next stage: "white genocide," how Fox News gives airtime to parents without disclosing their conservative ties, and more! Plus on the...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 173
On Monday, Steven Crowder was set to debate Ethan Klein of H3H3, But, Klein had a surprise for Crowder...Sam Seder, whom Crowder has been trying to avoid for years after pulling out of a scheduled debate at Politicon. Matt Binder breaks down the entire saga, as well as watches the premiere of the video live on the stream. (This episode is from a BONUS 6/21/21 livestream.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 49 min
Jared Holt of The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab and host of the SH!TPOST podcast joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss how QAnon is changing and transforming. We discuss how the slogans and hashtags may be disappearing from mainstream social media, but that doesn't mean it's going away, debunk those calling QAnon "dead," look at how QAnon is flourishing in many ways, the neonazi rhetoric spreading from one of QAnon's biggest influencers: GhostEzra, and how, in fact, QAnon c...
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 172
Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, associate professor of political science and Latin American Studies at the Schar School Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, associate professor of political science and Latin American Studies at George Mason University and Senior Fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America and an expert on Peru joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the still undecided election in Peru where the leftist candidate Pedro Castillo has pulled ahead of the right wing Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former Pr...
Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 171
Steven Monacelli, independent journalist and publisher of Protean Magazine, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his experience while attending the big QAnon “For God & Country Patriot Roundup” convention this past weekend in Dallas, Texas. Steven walks us through the event, what happened, who was there, how he escaped being kicked out of the even like other journalists were, Michael Flynn's call for a CoupAnon and more! Plus on the patron half of the show: Michael Tracey gets pissed at ...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 170
Andrea Rovenski of Above It All (aka @PAWGsForBernie on Twitter aka Cyberdemon531 on YouTube) joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what it's like when your family members believe in QAnon. Andrea also brings us the lowdown on what's happening with the protests in Elizabeth City, North Carolina after police shot and killed an unarmed black man. Also on the patron half of the show: memestocks are back, Dave Rubin turns on Caitlyn Jenner, Jeff Bezos getting a big bailout while also buying MGM?,...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 169
American Muslims for Palestine development coordinator Mohamad Habehh joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what's going on in Gaza, the breaking news of a ceasefire right before the show went live and what that means, the evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, debunking some of the common talking points in discussions about Israel - Palestine, is the tide turning? Also on the show: an Orthodox Jewish listener calls in to share how he started to think differently than the rest of his conservative commun...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 168
Ryan Haas & Conrad Wilson of Oregon Public Broadcasting join DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the police shooting of antifascist Michael Reinoehl. The two journalists walk us through the right wing rallies and antifa counterprotests in Portland, Patriot Prayer, the fatal confrontation between Reinoehl and Patriot Prayer member Aaron Jay Danielson, Donald Trump's calls for "retribution," the bizarre police shooting of Reinoehl, and the latest details in what really happened to Reinoehl. Als...
May 16, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 167
Shireen Mitchell, a member of the "Real Facebook Oversight Board" and founder of Stop Online Violence Against Women joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the Oversight Board decision of Facebook "indefinitely suspending" Donald Trump, how the decision blew up in Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's face, "free speech" on social media platforms, will Trump be back on Facebook?, and much more! Then on the patron-only half of the show: in wacky Republican-led Arizona Audit, Newsmax pushes ...
May 08, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 166
Ryan Mac of Buzzfeed News joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss an internal report from Facebook they lays out how the social media company failed to stop the "Stop the Steal" movement which led to the pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol on January 6. Plus: major media companies abuse automated copyright ID systems to take down Matt's Biden livestream?! Plus on the patron only half of the show: Tucker Carlson loses his mind on masks, police in Patterson, NJ brutalize a young man and lie about ...
May 04, 2021•58 min•Ep. 165
Derek Chauvin was convicted for killing George Floyd this past week and the right wing freaked out. You may have seen some of the reactions, but you probably haven't seen the worst of it. From Tucker Carlson and Greg Gutfed on Fox News to Nick Fuentes, Newsmax, and Alex Jones, DOOMED with Matt Binder dives in and wades through the muck. Also, on the patron half of the show, a special episode for ALL, free listeners and patrons! Matt talks more about the Chauvin trial and the right's reactions, h...
Apr 26, 2021•3 hr 7 min•Ep. 164
Journalist David Bixenspan joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to break down the Rep. Matt Gaetz sex-trafficking allegations and latest revelations in the bizarre story on how Gaetz's (former?) friend Joel Greenberg, the alleged sex trafficker, hooked up former WWE and TNA pro wrestler turned Small Town Florida Mayor Matt Morgan. And on the patron half of the show: David Bixenspan joins us to discuss this year's WrestleMania and what Hulk Hogan's appearance on the show means for "cancel culture," also...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 163
Longtime progressive blogger and activist, Spocko, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the boycott and cancel culture debate, how Spocko spearheaded the move to defund right wing radio talking heads like Rush Limbaugh by hitting 'em where it hurts: advertisers, the history of pressuring corporations, how to take the lessons learned from the Stop Rush and other talk radio pundits and apply them to right wing pundits today, and more! Plus in the patron half of the show: Ben Shapiro caught on ...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 162
Will Carless, journalist at USA Today, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his latest story about how the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6 are crowdfunding their legal fees and the debate that erupted online over the piece. Also on the patron half of the show: Matt Gaetz's bizarre interview with Tucker Carlson, gross Nick Fuentes ponders the age of consent to defend Gaetz, Newsmax forgets to turn Sean Spicer's mic on, Fox & Friends & Ben Shapiro's very intelligent...
Apr 06, 2021•56 min•Ep. 161
Imran Ahmed, the founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to break down his organization's new report which found that 12 individuals are responsible for most of the anti-vaxxer disinformation and conspiracies theories on social media. Also on the patron half of the show: Michael Tracey's bizarre "masculinity" take on the digital media outlet MEL Magazine, Trump calls into Fox News to share his love for the Capitol rioters, cancel culture, Amazon claims it...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 160
Journalist David Bixenspan joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to break down his investigation into the spreading rumor that '80s pro wrestling star "Sweet" Stan Lane is actually Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's father. Also, the latest updates on WWE's QAnon-promoting referee. Plus on the patron half of the show: David Bixenspan joins us again for more about pro wrestling's QAnon promoter, the Substack debate, the right's war on transgender people, your questions and comments and more! (Epis...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 159
Devin Burghart of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the groypers and their gathering from last month during CPAC, the rise of Nick Fuentes, what's making him standout among the sea of failed right wing personalities, and more! This is Part 2 of my discussion with Devin, Catch Part 1 (episode 157) where we discussed the anti-vaxxers, anti-mask, anti-lockdown conspiracies and their relationship with the far right one year since ever...
Mar 16, 2021•45 min•Ep. 158
