Doomscroll 46: ContraPoints

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Natalie Wynn about the online media landscape and political issues.

My guest is Natalie Wynn, aka ContraPoints, a video essayist and content creator. Our conversation is a sweeping survey of the online media landscape and recent political history. We discuss deradicalization, conspiracy, polarization, persuasion, justice, retribution, psychology, political philosophy and more. After 2024, the so-called “podcast election” cast new significance onto the role and impact of alt-media. We theorize an approach and arrive at strategic implications for how to move forward. You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Citarella

Guest: Natalie Wynn

Topics covered

• online media landscape
• political history
• deradicalization
• conspiracy
• polarization
• political philosophy
• alt-media

Keywords

• Doomscroll
• ContraPoints
• politics
• media
• psychology
• persuasion
• justice
• retribution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Doomscroll, patreon.com/joshuacitarella

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