Tim Pool draws millions of viewers — and dollars — making political podcasts and commentary videos on YouTube. This episodes explores Pool’s evolution, from a self-proclaimed “activist” live-streaming Occupy Wall Street protests to one of today’s most-popular MAGA pundits. Along the way, we review Pool’s early media career, eventual drift into far-right politics, and rapid construction of the media empire he oversees today.
Mike and Jared were joined by Robert Silverman, a feature writer who has published what might be the world’s definitive investigative reporting on Tim Pool.
Links to some of Robert’s reporting:
* The Daily Beast: How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet
* The Daily Beast: Tim Pool’s News Site Plagiarized the Mainstream Media He Claims to Hate
* Follow Robert Silverman on Bluesky
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