Personality Crisis Episode 4 - Oliver Willis
From Personality Crisis by John Cole, NYT Pitchbot and mistermix
June 21, 2025 · 35 min · Season 1 · Episode 4
About this episode
John Cole interviews Oliver Willis about the Democratic Party's past, future, and challenges.
Oliver Willis is an OG blogger, and in this episode of Personality Crisis, another OG blogger, John Cole of Balloon-Juice talks with Oliver about the past, future and timidity of the Democratic Party. Oliver and John are joined by Kal El, Oliver’s dog. Oliver is one of the first political bloggers in the world, launching his site in 2000. Oliver spent 13 years working for Media Matters, reporting on conservative misinformation. Today, he’s a senior writer for the Ameri...
People in this episode
Host: John Cole
Guest: Oliver Willis
Topics covered
- Democratic Party
- political blogging
- conservative misinformation
Keywords
- Balloon-Juice
- Media Matters
- politics
- blogging
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Personality Crisis, OG
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