How Candace Owens Left Reality
From A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein by Matt Bernstein
January 9, 2026 · 1h 36m
About this episode
The episode explores Candace Owens's rise as a powerful voice on the American Right and the implications for the future of conservative politics.
Candace Owens’s daily livestreams have more viewers than Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC combined. The woman who less than a decade ago was a liberal blogger in New York City is now one of the most powerful voices representing — and tearing apart — the American Right. Her latest and most successful act is that of a professional conspiracy theorist, spinning webs around Brigitte Macron’s gender, Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and of course, The Jews. Millions of people who’ve self-admittedly “never agreed with Candace” are finding themselves in her clutches. Today, fellow Connecticut native Taylor Lorenz and I take a trip into Candaceland to try to decipher why Candace is the way she is and what the Right may look like after Trump. Listen to bonus episodes on Patreon! Thanks to today’s sponsors! Support a fairer future free from religious overreach at https://humanist.org/fruity Work smarter, not harder, with Factor meals ready in two minutes at https://www.factormeals.com/fruity50off Watch Taylor on YouTube. Read Taylor’s work on User Mag. Find me on Instagram. Find A Bit Fruity on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Matt Bernstein
Guest: Taylor Lorenz
Topics covered
- Candace Owens
- American Right
- conspiracy theories
- media influence
- political commentary
Keywords
- Candace Owens
- conspiracy theorist
- American Right
- politics
- media
- Taylor Lorenz
Sponsors
Humanist, Factor meals
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Organizations: Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, User Mag, A Bit Fruity
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