Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Leftist Twitch Streamer (With Kat Abughazaleh)

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Kat Abughazaleh about her political experiences, fundraising through Twitch, and her thoughts on media treatment of leftist figures.

On a this week’s episode, Nathan and Gita are joined by journalist-turned-politician Kat Abughazaleh, who recently managed to nearly win the Democratic congressional primary in Illinois despite odds being stacked against her. We discuss what she learned from her narrow defeat, both in terms of politics and an unexpected tool in her fundraising arsenal: livestreaming on Twitch. We also talk about her plans for the future now that she’s at least for the moment out of the political limelight and, of course, her great idea for a video game (it’s kinda like Pikmin or maybe Untitled Goose Game, except with cats). Then we move on to a subject near and debatably dear to Kat’s heart: Politicians and mainstream media can’t be normal about Hasan Piker, just as they refused to be normal about her. The Democrats and hating their own increasingly successful left flank—name a more iconic duo. Finally, we talk about our favorite ways to prepare the humble potato.  Credits - Hosts: Nathan Grayson, Gita Jackson, and special guest Kat Abughazaleh - Podcast Production & Ads:  Multitude - Subscribe to  Aftermath ! About The Show Aftermath Hours is the flagship podcast of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nathan Grayson, Gita Jackson

Guest: Kat Abughazaleh

Topics covered

• politics
• livestreaming
• fundraising
• video games
• media criticism
• Democratic Party

Keywords

• Kat Abughazaleh
• Twitch
• Democratic primary
• livestreaming
• politics
• video games
• Hasan Piker
• fundraising
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democratic, Twitch

Books & works: Pikmin, Untitled Goose Game

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