Posting Through It

"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. Support the show and listen to weekly bonus episodes: patreon.com/PostingThroughIt

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

09-14
02:20:44

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.

09-10
04:57

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)

09-07
01:16:56

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

09-03
03:59

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.)

08-31
02:00:25

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