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Modern Wisdom#1032 - Joshua Citarella - The Dark Subcultures of Online PoliticsJoshua Citarella is an artist, writer, and cultural researcher focused on internet subcultures and online politics.
We’ve all doom-scrolled our fair share of online politics, some of it funny, some unsettling, and some surprisingly insightful. But which internet subcultures are actually shaping political ideas, how serious are they, and do they truly influence real-world policy?
Expect to learn what’s happening with young people and politics at the moment and why it’s qualitatively different than the past, the weirdest subcultures on the internet that move politics, how online redicalisation actually happens, how internet subcul...
2025-12-131h 53
ChannelNM Reads | excerpts from “What Is Contemporary Art For Today? (Ben Davis, Caroline Busta, Gavin Brown, Jason Farago, Joshua Citarella, Lloyd Wise, Tobias Spichtig) + editors Eleonore Hugendubel, Dean Kissick, Matt Moravec (2025)From January 2023 to January 2024, the Perić Collection funded a series of informal, highly attended talks about the state of Contemporary Art. Hosted by Dean Kissick and coordinated & commissioned by Eleonore Hugendubel and Matt Moravec, the event, known as the Seaport Talks, took place monthly in Downtown Manhattan. As a kind of coda to this series, Matt, Eleonore, and Dean created a correlating reader (likewise supported by Perić) featuring texts by 25 contributors who have spent some significant part of their life in the art world. Each writer was asked to briefly respond to the book’s titular question: “What is contem...
2025-08-131h 03
New Creative EraArtist Corporations: new podcast and early tractionLast week our TED Talk introduced Artist Corporations (A-Corps) — a legal and economic structure for creative work. So far there have been:* 200k+ views of the TED video * 600+ artists and creators joining the waitlistListenOn a special episode of New Creative Era (embedded above), Josh Citarella grills me on the nuts and bolts:* How A-Corps would work* What doesn’t work about the status quo* What solo practitioners would gain on day onePlay the episode above.Help us shape the...
2025-06-2451 min
Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella[PREVIEW] Deep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 3Deep Research is a mini-series collaboration with Otherworld.In the final episode, Josh speaks to the researcher "JC Dentun" about the vast cosmology and beliefs of Robert Monroe and the circle of people around him that we learned about in Part 1.Jack writes:A big thank you to Joshua Citarella for going above and beyond with this series. He started exploring this many months ago, and quite frankly, I had no idea what he was working on. I was amazed when he came back with an entirely new perspective on the Gateway saga...
2025-03-0305 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaDeep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 3Deep Research is a mini-series collaboration with Otherworld.
In the final episode, Josh speaks to the researcher "JC Dentun" about the vast cosmology and beliefs of Robert Monroe and the circle of people around him that we learned about in Part 1.
Jack writes:
A big thank you to Joshua Citarella for going above and beyond with this series. He started exploring this many months ago, and quite frankly, I had no idea what he was working on. I was amazed when he came back with an entirely new perspective on the Gateway saga and Monroe's connection to the military. Although...
2025-02-2852 min
New Creative EraHow to tell the story of your workWhen someone asks you at a party what you do, how do you answer? Do you fumble for words or do you have a compelling hook ready that makes them lean in and want to know more?In Episode 02 of New Creative Era, co-hosts Joshua Citarella and Yancey Strickler explore the art of narrativizing creative projects. Josh shares practical insights from launching his hit YouTube series Doomscroll, while Yancey reflects on both his failures and successes in pitching ideas throughout his journey with Kickstarter, Metalabel, and collaborative projects.This conversation is intended for creators who...
2025-02-2532 min
New Creative EraHow to create context and release your workToday we’re happy to introduce a new podcast from Joshua Citarella, Yancey Strickler, and Metalabel: New Creative Era.New Creative Era is a bi-weekly mini-series exploring how creative people release work and develop their creative practices. Each episode features a casual conversation between Josh and Yancey exploring their own experiences and lessons from others.The goal is to create an open, candid space to explore the nitty-gritty of making and releasing creative work in 2025.Episode One dives into how to release your creative work while building the rich context around it that it...
2025-02-1431 min
ChannelNM Greenroom | Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet, Pt. 1 (2025Ville Haimala & Martti Kalliala of the experimental music duo Amnesia Scanner & regular collaborator Freeka Tet join NM to discuss AS HOAX (PAN, 2024) — both the making-of and the world into which the dual record project was released. This is Part 1 of 2. It focuses on the Amnesia + Freeka project and its innovations within the post-streaming subcultural industrial complex.Part 2 (coming soon) expands to Ville & Freeka’s activity outside of Amnesia Scanner, including recent work with artists Anne Imhof and The Weekend. Recorded at the end of 2024, the conversation presciently channels the noise, distortion, and attentional overload...
2025-02-0950 min
Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella[PREVIEW] Deep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 1Joshua Citarella begins his deep dive into the history and teachings of the Monroe Institute ("the worlds premiere organization for studying human consciousness"), starting with an expert interview with artist and acoustics expert Carmelo Pampillonio. This mini series is a collaboration with Otherworld. This is the first part of a three part series. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 coming soon.
2025-02-0305 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaDeep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 1Joshua Citarella begins his deep dive into the history and teachings of the Monroe Institute ("the worlds premiere organization for studying human consciousness"), starting with an expert interview with artist and acoustics expert Carmelo Pampillonio. This mini series is a collaboration with Otherworld.
This is the first part of a three part series. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 coming soon.
2025-01-301h 05
1Dime RadioThe Political Zeitgeist (Ft. Joshua Citarella)Joshua Citarella, host of the Doomscroll Podcast, joins me to exchange some hot takes on the state of political ideologies, problems with the left, and the political zeitgeist of our times.
In the Backroom on Patreon, we talk about the "post-left." and the bizarre phenomenon of declining sperm counts, gay frogs, and various right-wing half-truths. Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/OneDime.
Timestamps:
00:00 The Backroom Preview
02:10 Who is Joshua Citarella
06:01 Political Ideologies & Internet Subcultures
16:03 Emerging Tendencies on the Left and Right
40:21 Critique of Liberal Environmentalism
46:11 Economic Planning: Amazon vs. the Soviet Union
52:14 Leftism and Academia
01:05:37 Marxism-Leninism and MAGA...
2025-01-031h 24
The Culture JournalistReality, fiction, and Luigi Mangione, with Joshua CitarellaNo cultural phenomenon — and yes, it’s a phenomenon — has been dominating the discourse more these past few weeks than the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. And in addition to seeming like a dark Hollywood thriller come to life — down to alleged killer Luigi Mangione’s brooding good looks and a literal backpack full of Monopoly money — the story has been raising a lot of important and sometimes uncomfortable questions about the evolving politics of the United States in the 2020s.What does it tell us about the decline of the American project — and Americans’ faith in everyth...
2024-12-201h 09
ChannelCROSSOVER: Joshua Citarella x Carly Busta re/ media & the public sphereNote: On request, we're re-posting this original Joshua Citarella podcast episode to the Channel feed as this version includes a special NM intro.In late 2022, artist and Do Not Research progenitor Joshua Citarella started a series of one-on-one conversations with other channel.xyz members, diving into the current focus of each. The first episode Josh recorded was with Interdependence’s Mat Dryhurst on platform populism, which we highly recommend. The second, which was released to Josh’s direct subscribers and to this channel.xyz feed on March 1 was with Carly on the rise of non-linear media and its...
2023-05-1751 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaCryptids and Conspiracy in the Technocene w/ Nadim SammanNadim Samman, curator at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, joins me to discuss his new book, Poetics of Encryption: Art and the Technocene.
get the book:
https://www.hatjecantz.de/nadim-samman-8254-1.html
socials:
https://www.instagram.com/nadim.samman/
https://www.instagram.com/kwinstitutefcontemporaryart/
2023-05-1719 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaCatherine Liu on the Professional Managerial ClassCatherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine, visits the podcast to discuss Phillip Guston, the PMC and cultural institutions. She is the author of Virtue Hoarders (2021).
https://cliuanon.substack.com/
https://twitter.com/bureaucatliu
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/virtue-hoarders
2023-05-011h 01
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMy Political Journey: NMy guest is a 20 year old Left Communist. He began by exploring 4chan, /leftypol/ and kik messenger. In 2019, he joined an IRL political organization. We discuss Bookchinites, leftcom killing fields, proletarian discontent, shitposting and animation.
**recorded: July 2, 2020**
2023-04-1316 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaInfowars & Goop: Wellness ProductsAll the "wellness" products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop:
https://qz.com/1010684/all-the-wellness-products-american-love-to-buy-are-sold-on-both-infowars-and-goop
its real folks
Auto-Experiment: Hyper-Masculinity:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/auto-experiment-55888347
2023-04-0149 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMy Political Journey: JMy guest is a 22 year old reactionary who is "extremely-online". He was a Bernie supporter in 2016 and self educated on sites like 4chan, Instagram and Youtube. We discuss authoritarianism, libertarianism, the enlightenment, neoreactionary theory, Hindutva, vegetarianism and shitposting.
**recorded: August 5, 2020**
2023-03-1517 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaCaroline Busta on Linear Media and the Public SphereCB joins me to discuss how new technologies and ideologies are shaping the public sphere in the 21st century. This episode is part of a series of one-on-one conversations with Channel creators.
Follow:
https://www.instagram.com/cbcb2000
https://twitter.com/cbcb2000
https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io
https://twitter.com/newmodels_io
https://newmodels.io/
www.channel.xyz/
2023-03-0148 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaProof of Body (audio)I wrote the unthinkable (but true) take for the new issue of Document Journal. Read the piece online alongside a beautiful series of photographs by Bobby Doherty.
https://www.documentjournal.com/2022/12/raw-eggs-pink-pills-and-embodied-identity-online-communities-create-their-own-proof-in-a-vacuum-of-truth/
2023-02-2114 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMy Political Journey: RMy guest is a 16 year old Anarcho-Communist who was an Eco-Fascist in 2019. “R” is a co-admin on a popular leftwing meme account. The week before recording this episode she attended a Black Lives Matter protest in a nearby major city. We discuss neoliberalism, classical liberalism, esotericism, schizoposting, e-boys, accelerationism and mental health.
**recorded: June 9, 2020**
2023-02-1408 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaLeigh Phillips on Nuclear Power and Eco-AusterityPeople's Republic of Walmart co-author Leigh Phillips joins me to discuss eco-austerity, neo-malthusianism, degrowth, socially necessary atmospheric carbon and the on going debate around economic planning vs. neoliberalism.
Follow on socials:
https://twitter.com/Leigh_Phillips
Get the books:
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmart
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/austerity-ecology-collapse-porn-addicts
2023-02-0153 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaNew Models: Bonn After Hours w/ artists Dena Yago & Joshua CitarellaNew Models co-hosts Carly and Julian join artist & consultant Dena Yago (formerly K-HOLE) and Josh for a real-talk-debrief post panel discussions at Bundeskunsthalle. We unpack the the knock-on effects of “anti-gatekeeping”, speculative near-future museum defense strategies, and the alt paths of young artists. This is a cross over episode with New Models. Subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels
New Models
patreon.com/newmodels
Tw: https://twitter.com/newmodels_io
IG: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/
Dena Yago
“Content Industrial Complex,” e-flux #89 (2018)
Tw: https://twitter.com/khole_dena
IG: https://www.instagram.com/denyags
2023-01-1951 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaNew Models: Bonn After Hours w/ artists Dena Yago & Joshua CitarellaNew Models co-hosts Carly and Julian join artist & consultant Dena Yago (formerly K-HOLE) and Josh for a real-talk-debrief post panel discussions at Bundeskunsthalle. We unpack the the knock-on effects of “anti-gatekeeping”, speculative near-future museum defense strategies, and the alt paths of young artists. This is a cross over episode with New Models. Subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels New Models patreon.com/newmodelsTw: https://twitter.com/newmodels_ioIG: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/ Dena Yago“Content Industrial Complex,” e-flux #89 (2018)Tw: https...
2022-12-1451 min
New ModelsUnlocked | Bonn Afterhours w/ Joshua Citarella & Dena YagoFirst released: 10 Dec 2022 | To join New Models, you can find us via https://patreon.com/newmodels & https://newmodels.substack.com
Recorded mid-“Future of Critique”-conference in the former West German capital of Bonn, this conversation with New York-based artist & consultant DENA YAGO (formerly K-HOLE) and artist JOSHUA CITARELLA real-talk-debriefs some of the structural models on which legacy criticism built its house. Topics include: the museum’s changing cultural status, the knock-on effects of “anti-gatekeeping” discourse, speculative near-future museum defense strategies, the alt paths of younger artists, and what publishing models stand a chance post-2022.
For more:
Dena Yago, “Content Industrial C...
2022-12-1052 min
ChannelBONUS: Bonn After Hours w/ artists Dena Yago & Joshua CitarellaRecorded mid-“Future of Critique”-conference in the former West German capital of Bonn, this conversation with New York-based artist & consultant DENA YAGO (formerly K-HOLE) and artist JOSHUA CITARELLA real-talk-debriefs some of the structural models on which legacy criticism built its house. Topics include: the museum’s changing cultural status, the knock-on effects of “anti-gatekeeping” discourse, speculative near-future museum defense strategies, the alt paths of younger artists, and what publishing models stand a chance post-2022.For more:Dena Yago, “Content Industrial Complex,” e-flux #89 (2018)Tw: @khole_dena / IG: @denayagsJosh...
2022-12-1052 min
New ModelsUnlocked | Creator Core w/ artists Joshua Citarella & Rachel Rossin (NM51)Artists JOSHUA CITARELLA & RACHEL ROSSIN join NM for a freestyle audit of the 2022 art ecosystem. We discuss how the economy of cultural production, both on-platform and off, is evolving post peak-lockdown.
Originally released to NM subscribers 23 SEPT 2022
For more: https://rossin.co/
IG: @rachelrossin & @joshuacitarella
https://patreon.com/joshuacitarella
https://joshuacitarella.substack.com
Joshua Citarella, along with New Models, and Interdependence (Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon), is part of the channel.xyz network.
2022-10-211h 06
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaNew Models: Creator Core w/ Joshua Citarella & artist Rachel RossinCrossover episode with New Models! Jump into a freestyle audit of the 2022 cultural ecosystem. We discuss how the creative economy, both on and off-platform, is evolving post-lockdown.
Subscribe: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels
Follow: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/
Follow: https://www.instagram.com/rachelrossin/
More: https://rossin.co/
New Models, along with Joshua Citarella and Interdependence (Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon), is part of the channel.xyz network.
2022-10-201h 06
ChannelNew Models: Creator Core w/ Joshua Citarella & artist Rachel RossinCrossover episode with New Models! Jump into a freestyle audit of the 2022 cultural ecosystem. We discuss how the creative economy, both on and off-platform, is evolving post-lockdown.Subscribe: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels Follow: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/Follow: https://www.instagram.com/rachelrossin/More: https://rossin.co/ New Models, along with Joshua Citarella and Interdependence (Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon), is part of the channel.xyz network.
2022-09-291h 06
Going Mental with Eileen KellyExtremely Online with Joshua Citarella Joshua Citarella is an artist, Twitch streamer, and internet culture researcher based in New York City. He is the author of Politigram & the Post-left and has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Rhode Island School of Design and served as an advisor at Carnegie Mellon University and Tufts University. Josh and Eileen discuss internet subcultures, "troll" psychology, the red/blue divide, and how social media contributes to radicalization. You can follow Joshua on instagram: @joshuacitarella You can access his podcasts, livestreams, books, digital publications and more on his Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella Show l...
2022-09-151h 19
Going Mental with Eileen KellyExtremely Online with Joshua Citarella Joshua Citarella is an artist, Twitch streamer, and internet culture researcher based in New York City. He is the author of Politigram & the Post-left and has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Rhode Island School of Design and served as an advisor at Carnegie Mellon University and Tufts University. Josh and Eileen discuss internet subcultures, "troll" psychology, the red/blue divide, and how social media contributes to radicalization. You can follow Joshua on instagram: @joshuacitarella You can access his podcasts, livestreams, books, digital publications and more on his Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella Show l...
2022-09-151h 19
neoliberalhellEpisode 18: Cease & Get Ripped (feat. Joshua Citarella) [PATREON PREVIEW]SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREONThis week, Ana & Matthew are joined by none other than Joshua Citarella, a journalist, lecturer, artist and podcaster who attempts to make sense of the warp speed nature of internet culture and its consequences. The trio get into everything from jaw-defining gum to Dimes Square to right-wing extremist pooling on sites like Daily Stormer. WE FINALLY GOT JOSH ON THE POD!!SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON
2022-09-021h 06
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMy Political Journey: Actual CollapseFrom Anarcho-primitivist Instagram to local hardcore vegan straight edge. My guest talks eco-extremism, anti-work, climate collapse and the nihilism of extremely online communities.
2022-09-0132 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaYung Chomsky on Physical Fitness and the LeftYung Chomsky joins me to talk physical fitness and left wing politics. We discuss the strategic importance of contested spaces online and why we shouldn’t cede this valuable territory to the right.
https://twitter.com/yungchomsky
https://www.instagram.com/yungchomsky/
https://soundcloud.com/yung-chomsky
https://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod
2022-08-181h 10
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMeme Insider: Joshua Citarella and Aidan WalkerI speak with Aidan Walker, a writer at KnowYourMeme.com, for the 67th issue of Meme Insider.
Meme Insider #67
:
https://memeinsider.com/releases/whitney-chewston
Follow Aidan’s work:
https://knowyourmeme.com/news/staff/aidan-walker
https://wordways.us
https://vibechecks.substack.com
more:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/capitalist-realism-by-mark-fisher
https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-plant-64821014
2022-08-0424 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMeme Insider 67: Joshua Citarella and Aidan WalkerI speak with Aidan Walker, a writer at KnowYourMeme.com, for the 67th issue of Meme Insider.Meme Insider #67:memeinsider.com/releases/whitney-chewstonFollow Aidan’s work:knowyourmeme.com/news/staff/aidan-walkerwordways.us vibechecks.substack.commore:knowyourmeme.com/memes/capitalist…m-by-mark-fisherwww.patreon.com/posts/how-to-plant-64821014
2022-08-0424 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaAre Millennial Leftists Aging into Right-wingers? w/ JJ McCulloughWhat will the declining middle class mean for U.S. party affiliations in the near future? I speak with YouTuber and political commentator J.J. McCullough about his recent column in The Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/09/are-millennial-leftists-aging-into-right-wingers/
https://www.youtube.com/c/JJMcCullough
https://twitter.com/jj_mccullough
https://www.patreon.com/jjmccullough/posts
https://www.instagram.com/jjmccullough/
2022-07-211h 03
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaRhizome Presents: Do Not Research Book Launch 2021-22 at New Museum w/ Lauren BoyleAudio from the live event: June 6th 2022 at New Museum in NYC.
Buy the book (direct link):
https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/9534669/716219b59180600693f98dda95d2c5ba49427e23
Thank you to Michael Conner from Rhizome.
https://www.instagram.com/rhizomedotorg/
Thank you to Lauren Boyle from Dis.
https://www.instagram.com/dis/
https://dis.art/
https://www.instagram.com/everythingbuttheworld/
https://youtu.be/TZOChrVFehw
http://disimages.com/
follow Do Not Research:
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https://donotresearch.net/posts/over-hyphenated-platform-capitalism-futures
https://www.instagram.com/abbeypusz/
https://www.instagram.com/ismargohere/
https://www.instagram.com/davidy____/
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2022-07-0655 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaSoros Centers for Contemporary Art w/ Aaron MoultonAfter the collapse of the Soviet Union, an estimated 24 million dollars helped to fund 20 newly established art centers throughout eastern Europe. The SCCA mission was to archive “unofficial art” (works that were previously unrecognized by the authoritarian state) and to cultivate a new form of avant garde contemporary art with curious political overtones.
Follow Aaron:
https://www.instagram.com/aaronkmoulton/
Blue Pill Press Release:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CejWkqTJmOB/
Red Pill Press Release:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cejmhdkv-_n/
Voices of Love by Arsen Savadov & Georgy Senchenko:
https://vimeo.com/349395357
https://vimeo.com/349394633
https://vimeo.com/349396581
2022-06-2549 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaStudio Visit w/ Rachel RossinI visit NYC based artist Rachel Rossin to discuss new technologies, creative practice and keeping the light alive.
follow Rachel:
https://www.instagram.com/rachelrossin
https://twitter.com/rachelrossin
see her work:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/rachel-rossin-dna-nft-opensea-1234609589/
https://youtu.be/xYE-G0lB8zI
2022-06-1646 min
New Books in Popular CultureJoshua Citarella, "Politigram and the Post-Left" (Blurb, 2021)The internet’s potential to perform political miracles has been a source of both hope and disappointment for many grassroots movements. We remember that the Sanders campaign tried to master the meme to mobilise a young, eager audience. Equally, we ascribe Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 to seemingly leaderless internet misinformation.Many of such events have been the subject of academic study - but research is often slow to keep up with the rapidly changing scene. If a researcher tracing the role of the meme to the politicisation and radicalisation of online communities struggles to keep up what hope does...
2022-06-071h 02
New Work in Digital HumanitiesJoshua Citarella, "Politigram and the Post-Left" (Blurb, 2021)The internet’s potential to perform political miracles has been a source of both hope and disappointment for many grassroots movements. We remember that the Sanders campaign tried to master the meme to mobilise a young, eager audience. Equally, we ascribe Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 to seemingly leaderless internet misinformation.Many of such events have been the subject of academic study - but research is often slow to keep up with the rapidly changing scene. If a researcher tracing the role of the meme to the politicisation and radicalisation of online communities struggles to keep up what hope does...
2022-06-071h 01
New Books in Politics and PolemicsJoshua Citarella, "Politigram and the Post-Left" (Blurb, 2021)The internet’s potential to perform political miracles has been a source of both hope and disappointment for many grassroots movements. We remember that the Sanders campaign tried to master the meme to mobilise a young, eager audience. Equally, we ascribe Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 to seemingly leaderless internet misinformation.Many of such events have been the subject of academic study - but research is often slow to keep up with the rapidly changing scene. If a researcher tracing the role of the meme to the politicisation and radicalisation of online communities struggles to keep up what hope does...
2022-06-071h 02
New Books in ArtJoshua Citarella, "Politigram and the Post-Left" (Blurb, 2021)The internet’s potential to perform political miracles has been a source of both hope and disappointment for many grassroots movements. We remember that the Sanders campaign tried to master the meme to mobilise a young, eager audience. Equally, we ascribe Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 to seemingly leaderless internet misinformation.Many of such events have been the subject of academic study - but research is often slow to keep up with the rapidly changing scene. If a researcher tracing the role of the meme to the politicisation and radicalisation of online communities struggles to keep up what hope does...
2022-06-071h 01
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaNik Kosmas on Art and FitnessNik calls in from lock-down in Shanghai to talk art, aesthetics and nutrition. Find his work at:
https://www.instagram.com/nikkosmas/
https://kosmas.systems/shop
https://twitter.com/NikKosmas
2022-06-0228 min
VerdurinJoshua Citarella: Politigram & the Post-leftThe internet’s potential to perform political miracles has been a source of both hope and disappointment for many grassroots movements. We remember that the Sanders campaign tried to master the meme to mobilise a young, eager audience. Equally, we ascribe Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 to seemingly leaderless internet misinformation.
Many of such events have been the subject of academic study - but research is often slow to keep up with the rapidly changing scene. If a researcher tracing the role of the meme to the politicisation and radicalisation of online communities struggles to keep up what...
2022-05-2858 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaNick Srnicek on Platform CapitalismNick Srnicek is a lecturer in Digital Economy at King’s College London. He is the author of Platform Capitalism (2016) and Inventing the Future (2015) with co-author Alex Williams.
@n_srnck
twitter.com/n_srnck
2022-05-0151 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaSean Monahan on Bitcoin MiamiTaking the orange pill, gamer-bait, elites without institutions, the “Declaration of Monetary Independence” (lol). Sean calls into the stream to share some reflections on the recent Bitcoin Miami.
https://twitter.com/8ball_sean
https://www.8ball.report/
2022-04-2127 min
PNEUMATIC MATERIALSEPISODE FOUR & 1/2: MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY WITH JOSHUA CITARELLA, PT. 2This episode is the second part of our conversation with New York-based artist & researcher Joshua Citarella. We continue to discuss politics and spirituality in the contemporary moment.
Follow Josh @joshuacitarella on Soundcloud and all other social media platforms, as well as on his website at www.joshuacitarella.com
Keep up with the blog Do Not Research at www.donotresearch.net
Thank you to our new Patreon supporters! If you want to help the project, pledge your support at www.patreon.com/pneumaticmaterials
Music: Forgive by Burial
2022-04-111h 11
PNEUMATIC MATERIALSEPISODE FOUR: MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY WITH JOSHUA CITARELLAThis is part one of our interview with New York based artist and internet political subculture researcher Joshua Citarella. We discuss the domains of politics and religion and the confusion between the two, as well as the emergence of religious subcultural identities in tandem with their political counterparts.
Follow Josh @joshuacitarella on Soundcloud and all other social media platforms, as well as on his website at www.joshuacitarella.com. Keep up with the blog Do Not Research at www.donotresearch.net.
Music: "Bridgestone 4" by Yasuaki Shimizu
"Earth" by Susumu Hirasawa
2022-04-041h 01
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaField Report: CPI & AFPAC 3Online content creators are now forming real world political organizations. DNR community members call in live for on the ground reports from: the Center for Political Innovation in Austin, TX and America First Political Action Conference III in Orlando, FL.
https://twitter.com/nathanpemberton
https://www.instagram.com/ntp.fyi/
https://www.instagram.com/coincellpro4/
2022-03-1640 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaDean Kissick on Art and TransgressionDean Kissick is the New York editor for Spike Art Magazine.
https://twitter.com/deankissick
https://www.instagram.com/deankissick/
https://www.spikeartmagazine.com/?q=articles/downward-spiral-new-earth
2022-03-0145 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaVideo wrap w/ Jacob Hurwitz-GoodmanI join Jacob in the editing room.
https://youtu.be/BKGx5xrr5eg
https://www.patreon.com/faroffsounds
https://means.tv/programs/faroffsounds
http://jacobhg.com/
https://dis.art/the-seasteaders
2022-02-0930 min
ChannelChannel Season 0 RoundtableAs many might know, we have been working for the past year on a way to slowly migrate away from patreon through a self funded software initiative called channel. Nothing is changing here in the short term, we will continue to post on patreon and appreciate all your support immeasurably. This episode provides a primer on what channel is, why we are squadding up with Joshua Citarella and New Models (Caroline Busta, Daniel Keller, Lil Internet) to create a bundled 'channel', and what we plan for the project once we open it up to everyone!...
2022-01-2522 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaAngela Nagle on Elites and InstitutionsAngela Nagle discusses Millennial values, Silicon Valley ideology, NGO’s and moral fanaticism.
2022-01-191h 21
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaJosh and Dorian at the Gates of Hell: Trapped in the Reagan LibraryWe visited an IRL theme park of Neoliberalism.
2021-12-2943 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaFaraday Speaks on Extremism and RadicalizationCaleb Cain discusses radical pipelines, counter-messaging, game theory and political factions.
www.youtube.com/c/FaradaySpeaks/videos
twitter.com/faradayspeaks?lang=en
www.patreon.com/Faradayspeaks
2021-12-0247 min
2021-11-1712 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaFaraday Speaks on Extremism and RadicalizationCaleb Cain discusses radical pipelines, counter-messaging, game theory and political factions.
https://www.youtube.com/c/FaradaySpeaks/videos
https://twitter.com/faradayspeaks?lang=en
https://www.patreon.com/Faradayspeaks
2021-11-1747 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaJreg on Politics and FandomGreg Guevara visits the pod to discuss radical ideologies, mental health, artistic expression and political speech.
https://www.youtube.com/c/Jregory
https://twitter.com/mc_swm
https://www.instagram.com/greg.guevara/
https://www.patreon.com/jreg
2021-11-0243 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaTaylor Lorenz on Gen Z and Social MediaOnline public vs private spaces, web 2.5, platform capitalism, saving the children from unpaid internships, pre-crisis aesthetics, edgy teens, unironic conspiracies, shadowbanning and influence
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz/
https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorlorenz
https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/
2021-10-201h 07
Yeah, But StillEpisode 372: Mansitioning feat. Joshua Citarella [PATREON PREVIEW]Joshua Citarella spent the the summer testing out all of the 4chan adjacent alpha male improvement techniques for an art project and experiment. He is here on pod in person for the first time to discuss the results with Jack.
Sign up for our patreon for the full episode:
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2021-10-0809 min
2021-09-3027 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaZeitgeist w/ Dorian ElectraDorian visits the stream to investigate conspiracy theory & the federal reserve.
2021-09-1546 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMy Political Journey: @zoe4revolutionMy guest is a 20 year old communist.
2021-09-0228 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaXenofeminism w/ Helen HesterHelen Hester is the author of Xenofeminism (2018). She is a professor of Gender, Technology and Cultural Politics at the London School of Film, Media and Design.
@ HelenHester
https://twitter.com/HelenHester?s=20
2021-08-1741 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaAfter the End of History, 2019Speaking with 3 Gen Z lefty meme posters during a live event at the New Museum in NYC.
https://rhizome.org/events/after-the-end-of-history/
Micro-lectures published to the Rhizome blog:
https://rhizome.org/editorial/2019/oct/04/salutations-fellow-kids/
https://rhizome.org/editorial/2019/oct/17/communism-against-civilization-or-eco-fascism/
2021-08-011h 21
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaChoose Your Future, 2021Choose Your Future, 2021, is part of KW Digital: Open Secret, 16 July - 31 December.
joshuacitarella.com/chooseyourfuture/
www.kw-berlin.de/en/open-secret/
In 2021, I commissioned a group of artists and memers to write short wiki-style descriptions of fantastical future scenarios. Writers were instructed to copy/paste existing wikipedia entries and “play mad libs” with the nouns and dates. Drawing on movements from the past, these short stories recombine political history to anticipate long tail ideologies and factions that may soon emerge.
Choose Your Future takes the hyperbolic imaginings of young people, raised on the internet, and puts their words directly into the mo...
2021-07-1526 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaDo Not Research: XenoestrogensHolly, Davidy & Josh take a deep dive into milk wars, seed oils, plastics and the taint.
2021-07-081h 58
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaChemicals in the Water w/ Dorian ElectraDorian visits the stream to investigate gay frogs.
Gay Frogs: A Deep Dive (Oki's Weird Stories)
https://youtu.be/i5uSbp0YDhc
2021-07-0153 min
InterdependenceMeme analysis, E-deologies, shadow ban paranoia and gamer guild economies with Joshua CitarellaWatch Josh's streams: https://www.twitch.tv/joshuacitarellaListen to Josh's interviews: https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarellaJoshua Citarella - 20 Interviews Book: https://www.amazon.com/20-Interviews-Joshua-Citarella/dp/1034279270/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=joshua+citarella&qid=1611597124&sr=8-1Welcome to TikTok, the Wildly Popular Video App Where Gen Z Makes the Rules: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-tiktok-wildly-popular-video-app-gen-rules
2021-06-141h 58
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMemes as Politics: Ep 14.5: Anti-Capitalism from the RightCasual episode. I share some thoughts on the current state of online radical politics: Instagram + YouTube. We catch up on the recent Lauren Southern video. And discuss the cultural war vs. electoral majority.
2021-06-0851 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaDo Not Research: LindyDNR community researchers Davidy, Holly & Margo join me to discuss the "Lindy Effect" and more.
Follow on IG: @db00ts, @holyyyycow, @ismargohere, @do.not.research, @donotresearch
DNR: Lindy meme:
https://imgur.com/E2FHPCt
Nassim Taleb, “Becoming Anti-fragile”:
https://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2013/12/Anti-Fragile-2020.jpg
Paul Skallas, “In Praise of the Lindy Walk”:
https://paulskallas.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-lindy-walk
Paul Skallas, “Why do we Work Out?”
https://paulskallas.substack.com/p/why-do-we-work-out
Raw Egg Nationalist, “Man’s World: Issue 2”:
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/65613344/mans-world-issue-2-the-sea-the-sea
Raw Egg Nationalist, “Draw Me a Gironda”:
https://www.amazon.com/Draw-Gironda-Nationalist-Presents-Book-ebook/dp/B08PBZDGHH
Josh’s Giron...
2021-05-191h 41
12 Rules For WHAT40 - Online radicalisation and memes w/ Joshua Citarella12 Rules for WHAT sit down with Joshua Citarella to discuss his research into online radicalisation, the far right's own personal hamster wheels, and the question of the final meme of all.
https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella/posts
2021-05-131h 09
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaNet Povera w/ New ModelsThis episode is a joint release alongside New Models. We discuss: institutional failure, alt-media and the future of creator communities.
New Models is a news aggregator, podcast, publisher and online community.
For more:
https://www.patreon.com/newmodels
https://stolbun.institute/
https://donotresearch.net/
2021-05-0555 min
New ModelsEP 35: NET POVERA (Joshua Citarella x New Models)This episode is being jointly released by JOSHUA CITARELLA & NEW MODELS following a period of research on the status of cultural institutions and the future of post-Web2 creator communities. A New York based artist, Josh also has a podcast, a Twitch stream, and a Discord community (Josh’s Super Secret Sleeper Cell). He’s been a guest on the New Models podcast twice and joined us last year for a public lecture on Gen-Z’s political identity formation online.
We’re sharing this conversation to let you see behind the scenes of how we are thinking about our respective platforms — and the ec...
2021-05-0556 min
ChannelEP 35: NET POVERA (Joshua Citarella x New Models)This episode is being jointly released by JOSHUA CITARELLA & NEW MODELS following a period of research on the status of cultural institutions and the future of post-Web2 creator communities. A New York based artist, Josh also has a podcast, a Twitch stream, and a Discord community (Josh’s Super Secret Sleeper Cell). He’s been a guest on the New Models podcast twice and joined us last year for a public lecture on Gen-Z’s political identity formation online.
We’re sharing this conversation to let you see behind the scenes of how we are thinking about our respective platforms — and the ec...
2021-05-0556 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMemes as Politics: Ep 14: Average Outside Fan, Average Neet Enjoyerintro by @rasterbahn_punished & @donotresearch
What is the PMC? Listener Q&A, Ella Emhoff and the crisis of counter-culture now. My computer unexpectedly tanks midstream (RIP). The conclusion (~38:00+) is my address to an MFA class at the end of last semester.
2021-04-2150 min
ChannelMeme analysis, E-deologies, shadow ban paranoia and gamer guild economies with Joshua CitarellaWatch Josh's streams: https://www.twitch.tv/joshuacitarellaListen to Josh's interviews: https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarellaJoshua Citarella - 20 Interviews Book: https://www.amazon.com/20-Interviews-Joshua-Citarella/dp/1034279270/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=joshua+citarella&qid=1611597124&sr=8-1Welcome to TikTok, the Wildly Popular Video App Where Gen Z Makes the Rules: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-tiktok-wildly-popular-video-app-gen-rules
2021-04-121h 58
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaShadow Lands w/ Doug LainDouglas Lain, author and publisher at Zer0 Books, joins me to discuss his recent (maybe) "shadowban".
Music: "Starseed Junglist Anthem" by DJ Umberto Ecco 2k
2021-04-0858 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMemes as Politics: Ep 13: DKP is Market SocialismJosh recaps: edgy tweets from left-wing media figures, kids in cages with reverse timelines, right-wing influencers in shambles & actually existing in-game socialism.
2021-03-1852 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaClimate-Fiction w/ Holly Jean BuckPart of the extended program for "Left Futures" hosted by Bas Fisher Invitational, Jan. 28th - Mar. 12 of 2021, in Miami, FL.
"After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair and Restoration" by Holly Jean Buck. Verso, 2019
Music by: "Starseed Junglist Anthem" by DJ Umberto Ecco 2k
Left Futures is a part of WATERPROOF MIAMI in partnership with the Bridge Initiative, check basfisherinvitational.com, waterproofMIA.com or bridgeinitiative.org for more info.
The exhibition and conversation is generously supported in part by a Knight Arts Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and with the support of the Andy Warhol...
2021-03-1030 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMy Political Journey: ~G - PREVIEWMy guest is a 22 year old anti-imperialist.
2021-03-0201 min
2021-02-2339 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMemes as Politics: Ep 12: Cult as CopeWelcome to season 2 of Memes as Politics.
2021-02-111h 002021-02-0204 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMemes as Politics: Episode 11: The Parasocial is PoliticalMega-giant new year’s episode on the future of the channel.
Subscribe on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4pEm3-yshBWa7nH3sQIKHQ?sub_confirmation=1
Outro music by Nick Bird “Night Drive to a Gas Giant” (2020)
https://youtu.be/Lxu2nAAjjC8
2020-12-301h 32
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMy Political Journey: Zoomer - PREVIEWMy guest is a 19 year old left-wing islamic nationalist
2020-12-1603 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaUNLOCKED - My Political Journey: VilMy guest is a 17 year old Marxist.
2020-12-0931 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMemes as Politics: Episode 10: Dominion Deep Dive (Do Not Research)Utah monolith = McCrakenist Posadism, post-election dis-info deep dive, Laura Loomer walked so Marjorie Taylor Greene could run, the two conspiracies in American society & forecasting realignment.
2020-12-0150 min
Doomscroll with Joshua CitarellaMy Political Journey: Vil - PREVIEWMy guest is a 17 year old who began exploring right-wing spaces online and is now a Marxist.
2020-11-1801 min
The Acid LeftWith Joshua Citarella: 'Doomer' Joe Biden, Cardi B And The Decline Of The USAIn this episode of The Acid Left podcast hosts Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins talk to artist, meme producer and twitch streamer Joshua Citarella about memes, Cardi B's WAP, Ben Shapiro, Doomer Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
You can read more about Joshua Citarella here:
http://joshuacitarella.com/
He streams here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshuacitarella
His insta is: @Joshua Citarella
Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft
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insta: @theacidleft
2020-10-1358 min
DrugCultGangThe Materialist Left, Mark Fisher and Memes ft. Joshua CitarellaIn this ep of DrugCultGang pod we'll be talking to artist, twitch streamer, and meme analyst Joshua Citarella about his recent piece, "Marxist memes for TikTok teens: can the internet radicalize teenagers for the left?", the potential of a future materialist left, memes, and Mark Fisher.
2020-09-151h 12
SPSEp. 27: On Jon Rafman, Police Brutality & the Left, and an interview with Joshua CitarellaPamela, Sophia and Laurie discuss the call to cancel artist, Jon Rafman, and the revenge campaign led by the @surviving_the_artworld instagram account and break down the anti-sex and anti-art impulses of the culture industry. Pamela & Sophia sit down with Platypus members, Ethan Kaimana (U. Penn) and Will Lushbaugh (San Francisco State), two organizers behind the recent panel, "Police Brutality and the Left," with speakers Andrea Pritchett (Berkeley Copwatch), Conrad Cartmell (Democratic Socialists of America), Larry Holmes (Workers World Party) and Gerald Smith (a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Spartacist League and current member of...
2020-08-061h 11
This WreckagePROLETKULT 8 - Meme Magic w/ Joshua Citarella (Preview)Politigram ethnographer Joshua Citarella shares his observations about the online post-left, particularly its zoomer base radicalized in 2016 meme wars. We discuss how important were memes to Trumps' victory, their political journey since then, and how the left can de/re-radicalize those committed to the violent right. Finally, we discuss the phenomenon of memes becoming reality, especially in the context of Unite the Right in Charlottesville and the CHAZ/CHOP in Seattle.
For the full episode, along with all our Patron-only bonuses like History is a Weapon and Vampire Castle, and access to our own meme stash, subscribe...
2020-07-2406 min
ChannelEP 14: SHIFT ALT RIGHT CLIQUE (Joshua Citarella)Feat. artist and social theorist JOSHUA CITARELLA who has been exploring how deep online spaces have evolved over the past few years, shaping popular politics in turn — especially among younger people. Last fall when we spoke to Joshua (ep. 6), he had just published a long-form piece on Politigram and the Post-Left. In this ep, we talk to him about his most recent essay, "Irony Politics & Gen Z" (published on New Models this spring), discussing the funnel of online radicalization and what tactics the left needs to consider for more effective off-ramping.
For more: Joshua Citarella, "Irony Politics & Gen-Z" (April, 2019) https://ne...
2019-05-241h 06
New ModelsEP 14: SHIFT ALT RIGHT CLIQUE (Joshua Citarella)Feat. artist and social theorist JOSHUA CITARELLA who has been exploring how deep online spaces have evolved over the past few years, shaping popular politics in turn — especially among younger people. Last fall when we spoke to Joshua (ep. 6), he had just published a long-form piece on Politigram and the Post-Left. In this ep, we talk to him about his most recent essay, "Irony Politics & Gen Z" (published on New Models this spring), discussing the funnel of online radicalization and what tactics the left needs to consider for more effective off-ramping.
For more: Joshua Citarella, "Irony Politics & Gen-Z" (April, 2019) https://ne...
2019-05-241h 06
Humor and the Abject Podcast88: Joshua CitarellaJoshua Citarella has a phenomenal new book out, "UNTITLED (Post-Left Politigram)," that you can read an excerpt from via his website linked below. It’s a collection of his research, writing, and artwork over several years related to accelerated political identities in adolescent online culture. He joins from his efficiency living unit in New York City this week to talk about his involvement with historically notorious Tumblr art collective the Jogging, accidental audiences, the not-yet-readymades he designed with Brad Troemel for Etsy under the banner of Ultraviolet Production House, startling overlaps between rightwing doomsday preppers and rooftop gardening Pinterest libs, fr...
2018-11-041h 30
ChannelEP 6: TEENAGE RADICALS (Joshua Citarella)Teenagers rule memetic warfare, producing some of its most viral and also radical content. In this ep. New Models speaks with artist JOSHUA CITARELLA (prev. of thejogging.tumblr)who, after lurking the more radical political spaces of social media from 2012-18, is out with a new (soon to be) book, "Politigram & the Post-Left." http://joshuacitarella.com/
This podcast is part of New Models' series for the "ANTI-" Athens Biennale 6.
2018-10-311h 00
New ModelsEP 6: TEENAGE RADICALS (Joshua Citarella)Teenagers rule memetic warfare, producing some of its most viral and also radical content. In this ep. New Models speaks with artist JOSHUA CITARELLA (prev. of thejogging.tumblr)who, after lurking the more radical political spaces of social media from 2012-18, is out with a new (soon to be) book, "Politigram & the Post-Left." http://joshuacitarella.com/
This podcast is part of New Models' series for the "ANTI-" Athens Biennale 6.
2018-10-311h 00