Evan Greer of Fight for the Future joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Section 230 and the latest move to repeal it, which is the real attack on online speech, why going after Section 230 is NOT the way to make Facebook accountable, and more! Plus on the patron half of the show: Ron Watkins of 8kun and QAnon fame is running for Congress, an investigation into why Steve Crowder got suspended from YouTube, a listener calls in to discuss Dave Chappelle, plus your questions, comments, and more! (Episode from the 10/14/21 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

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188: The Real Threat to Online Speech: Destroying Section 230 (w/ Evan Greer)

The Facebook Whistleblower puts the spotlight on the Facebook algorithm last week (a very bad week for Facebook) at a Congressional hearing. Matt Binder breaks down the hearing and why it's about time the Facebook algorithm is the focus of all the many issues with the social media platform. Then on the patron half of the show: more on social media algorithms, the major outage that hit Facebook last week, YouTube demonetizes climate denialism, plus your questions, comments, and phone calls! (Episode from the October 12, 2021 livestream show). Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

187: It's the Facebook Algorithm, Stupid

Bombshell leaked documents from a Facebook whistleblower show that the social media company's own internal research flagged how "toxic" Facebook and Instagram are for teens. Matt Binder breaks down Thursday's Congressional hearing on the issue and what the documents show. Then on the patron half of the show: Matt breaks down his debate with Michael Tracey, plus your calls, comments, and questions! (Episode from the 9/30/21 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

DARE to Keep Kids Off Social Media (Facebook & Instagram Toxic For Teens)

Max Chafkin, author and features editor at Bloomberg BusinessWeek joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his new book THE CONTRARIAN: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power. We discuss Thiel's early life, his founding PayPal and Palantir, his "libertarian" stage, his role as a major Trump backer, his revenge on Gawker, his funding of Rumble, what drives him and the future of his backing Republican candidates and much more! On the patron half of the show: Bill Gates' bizarre interview on Epstein, Jimmy Dore and his cohorts continue to get Nina Turner's loss wrong, your calls, questions, comments and more! (Episode from the 9/22/21 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

185: Peter Thiel, The Contrarian (w/ Max Chafkin)

Matt Binder takes a look at the controversial discussion between Briahna Joy Gray and Talia Lavin on the Bad Faith podcast. Does the left coalition build and work to deradicalize white supremacist and neo-nazis? Or should nazis be run out of town, with force if necessary? Also: Matt discusses how he has recently been unfairly demonetized by YouTube but how this mistake by the company does not mean censorship. On the patron half of the show: It's BONUS episode #100! More discussion about Briahna Joy Gray and Talia Lavin's debate, Briahna's post-show commentary, and her controversial appearance about it all on The Hill. Also: Nicki Minaj's anti-vax comments and more! (Episode from the September 145 2021 livestream show). Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

184: Deradicalization vs. Punching Nazis?

DOOMED with Matt Binder looks at the aftermath of the days, weeks, months, and years after 9/11 as we approach the 20th anniversary of the day. Matt looks at the conspiracies, hoaxes, and urban legends that surround the day and the Bush administration, critiques the mainstream media in the wake of September 11, and shares personal stories. On the patron half of the show: listeners call in to discuss their own 9/11 stories, plus personal takes on anti-vaxxers and COVID, plus your questions, comments, and more! Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

183: 20 Years Since 9/11, 20 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Dr. Eric Osgood MD, an internal medicine doctor who formerly consulted with Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to breakdown what is Ivermectin and why has it become such a hot button issue with some people consuming a horse paste to treat COVID-19. We breakdown all the misinformation and fake news, discuss why taking the COVID-19 vaccine is the best thing you can do to protect yourself from COVID, why some doctors are seriously looking at Ivermectin in the fight against the coronavirus, what the drug is typically used for, how anti-vaxxers have dangerously resorted to taking the horse paste version of Icvermectin, how Ivermectin has strangely become an identity for some, the bizarre false studies that have been used to promote Ivermectin, why he left the FLCCC, a now-controversial group that's been promoting Ivermectin use, and the unfortunate turn Dr. Kory Pierre of the group has taken, and more! Plus on the patron half of the show: more about Ivermectin and COVID-19 vaccinations, a discussion with listeners concerning the people who played a hand in creating a generation of anti-SJW, anti-feminist thought, plus your questions, comments, listener calls, and more! Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

182: What's the Deal with Ivermectin? (w/ Dr. Eric Osgood MD)

Zachary Petrizzo of Salon joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss a number of happenings on the right over the past few weeks. Zach breaks down his experience attending MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium, what's next for Lindell, Mark Levin's book which accidentally shows he doesn't understand the basics of the book's entire premise!, Roger Stone goes to war with the right wing social network Gettr, and more! Plus on the patron only half of the show: Ivermectin craziness, Trump blasts Biden on Afghanistan in the weirdest way, plus your listener calls, comments, questions and more! Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

181: What's Next For Mike Lindell?, Mark Levin's "Franklin School", Roger Stone Goes to War with Gettr (w/ Zachary Petrizzo)

On this episode of DOOMED with Matt Binder, Matt runs down the three-day Cyber Symposium bonanza from MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell and how it amounted to absolutely nothing, far right personality Laura Loomer self-owns in her lawsuit over her ban from Twitter, also Peter Thiel gives the conservative video platform Rumble money to invest in big names like Glenn Greenwald and Tulsi Gabbard! Plus on the patron-half of the show, Matt discusses his debate with the Convo Couch, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns, the horrible story of a QAnon/conspiracy theorist who killed his kids, plus your questions, comments, a ton of phone calls and more! (Episode from the 8/12/21 livestream.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

180: MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium, Laura Loomer Self-Owns, and Peter Thiel Gets Ready to Rumble

Matt Binder debates Pasta and Fiorella, co-hosts of The Convo Couch on whether the left should united with the right, the Boogaloo Boys, are the Square our allies, the March For Medicare For All, Force The Vote, Nina Turner's election, voting for the lesser of two evils, and much more! (From the Convo Couch's 8/10/21 livestream.) Support Matt: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

BONUS: Matt Binder vs. Convo Couch Debate: Boogaloo Boys, Squad, M4M4ALL, Lesser of 2 Evils + more!

Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the week in politics. We talk rising COVID rates and people refusing to get vaccinated, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is done for after the NY AG releases a report on his history of sexual harassment, James O'Keefe and Project Veritas pulls a lame stunt on AOC, and more! Plus Mike joins us on the patron only half of the show to take your calls and questions and discuss Nina Turner's loss in Ohio. Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

179: COVID and Cuomo: The Week in Review (w/ Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report)

Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss how John McAfee's death set off a slew of conspiracy theories, who is McAfee?, how the far right and QAnon influencers are taking advantage of his death with fake Telegram channels, the nonsensical comparisons of Jeffrey Epstein to John McAfee, rumors of McAfee's nonexistent big "drops," and more! On the patron half of the show: right wing pundits meltdown over Simone Biles, the USA doesn't pay its Olympic athletes, CNN ridiculously says we should listen to more business owners regarding COVID, your calls, questions, comments and more! (Episode from the 7/29/21 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

178: Zombie John McAfee?: How QAnon Conspiracy Theorists are Weaponizing His Death (w/ Kelly Weill)

Abolish the Olympics? Gia Lappe, an organizer with NOlympics LA, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the problematic history of the Olympics, what the games do to its host countries, this year's Tokyo games and the pandemic, and the NOlympics LA movement. Also a BONUS for freebie listeners, Matt's investigation into how a bizarre lie about AOC owning a bar spread online from the patron half of the show. Also on the patron half of the show: police officers dying "in the line of duty"...from COVID, a major March for Medicare For All supporter...doesn't support Medicare for All, callers talk crypto (including a Mt. Gox experience!), plus even more callers, your questions, comments, and more! Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

177: Abolish the Olympics: Everything Wrong with the Olympic Games (w/ Gia Lappe of NOlympics LA)

Zachary Petrizzo of Salon joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what happened at the big conservative summer conference, CPAC 2021: America UnCanceled in Dallas, Texas. We discuss what's with all these right wing events happening in Dallas, Nick Fuentes and the groypers invasion, the "best" and worst of CPAC, and Zach's time with MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell. Also, we discuss the newest pro-Trump social media platform GETTR and how it was hacked on launch day. Then on the patron half of the show: listener calls, an off-the-rails debate with a "depopulationist," the Freedom Phone grift, plus listener questions, comments, and more! (Episode from the 7/15/21 livestream.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

176: Did CPAC 2021: America UnCanceled...Uncancel America? (w/ Zachary Petrizzo)

Michael Edison Hayden of the Southern Poverty Law Center joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Twitter's relationships with the far right, specifically their connections with CEO Jack Dorsey. We take a look at right wing figures such as Mike Cernovich, Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, and Tim Pool and how they've flourished on Twitter. Also, looking back at the social media platform's role in #Pizzagate and more! Plus on the patron half of the show: the Lincoln Project's bizarre comparison of Jan. 6 and 9/11, NYC subways flood...but who is responsible?, the Sam Seder vs. Yaron Brook debate, Tucker Carlson and Matt Walsh want to spy on your kids via cameras installed in schools, plus your questions, comments, calls and more! (Episode from the 7/8/21 livestream.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

175: How the Far Right (Still) Flourishes on Twitter: A Look at CEO Jack Dorsey and How Pizzagate Spread (w/ Michael Edison Hayden)

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