113: Garden of Sleepen [Preview]

From Posting Through It by Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden

June 11, 2026 · 5 min · Season 2 · Episode 113

About this episode

The hosts discuss political and sports events surrounding the 2026 NBA Finals and recent reporting on social media influencers.

Listen to the full episode by signing up for our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit --- Welcome to the official basketball podcast of New York City, where the hosts occasionally dip their toes into political discourse. We're your hosts Mike "Dunk'em Donuts" Hayden and Jared "Bench Toaster" Holt. The guys discuss Orange Cheeto Drumpf 's appearance at the third game of the 2026 NBA Finals, where he almost certainly caused our beloved New York Knicks to lose to the San Antonio Spurs. Depending what new channel you watch, you either heard that our decaying president was met with chants of "USA!" or an arena-shaking cacophony of boos. After that, Jared and Mike turn their focus to recent reporting in Politico detailing under-the-table payments that Polymarket, an online "prediction market" where users gamble on the outcomes of world events, made to a host of social media personalities over the last year. The characters getting rich off the quiet promotional campaign included a transphobic swimmer, a (alleged) drug-addled bigot, and the single-dumbest conservative influencer who's crossed our timelines. When it comes to news, Posting Through…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jared Holt, Michael Edison Hayden

Topics covered

basketball
politics
NBA Finals
social media
gambling
celebrity influence

Keywords

NBA Finals
Jared Holt
Michael Edison Hayden
Polymarket
political discourse
social media personalities
New York Knicks
San Antonio Spurs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Polymarket

Places: New York City, San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks