What's the deal with Kash Patel?!

About this episode

The episode discusses the controversial figure Kash Patel and his role as an FBI director with guest Eric Garcia.

Kash Patel has been a controversial figure for a long time and now he’s a controversial FBI director – great! Eric Garcia, Washington bureau chief at The Independent, joins Jarv to discuss how he got there. Back us on Patreon – we need your help to keep going. Get ad free episodes, extra bits and merch: https://www.patreon.com/c/americanfriction We’re now on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanFrictionPod Follow us on social media: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/americanfric.bsky.social Instagram TikTok Written and presented by Chris Jones, Nikki McCann Ramirez and Jacob Jarvis. Video and audio editor: Simon Williams. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis Executive producer: Martin Bojtos. Artwork by James Parrett. Music: Orange Factory Music. AMERICAN FRICTION is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Jones, Nikki McCann Ramirez, Jacob Jarvis

Guest: Eric Garcia

Topics covered

• Kash Patel
• FBI
• controversy
• politics
• media
• interview

Keywords

• Kash Patel
• FBI director
• Eric Garcia
• controversy
• politics
• American Friction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Independent, Podmasters

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