Alex Pwned, Feat. Ryan Mac

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Fever Dreams host Will returns to the pod to talk with Swin about Alex Jones’s maybe-fake illness, which conveniently struck him down right before a Sandy Hook deposition. New York Times reporter Ryan Mac stops by to talk about Republican mega-donor Peter Thiel’s plans for 2022 — what is that guy up to? Also on the agenda: the trucker convoy’s bumbling, accident-prone attempts to terrorize DC and the Ohio Senate race that nearly turned into a real-life brawl. Finally, Swin kicks off his farewell tour by announcing he’s leaving the pod and The Daily Beast for good.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Fever Dreams. My name's Will Summer. I'm a political reporter at The Daily Beast and the author of an upcoming book on QAnon for Harper Collins.
0:07.8	And I'm Aswin-Sub-Tang, but please call me Swin. I'm a senior political reporter at the Daily Beast and co-author of the book Sinking in the Swamp.
0:15.2	All right, here on Fevered Dreams, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious and sometimes scary world of the American right as they continue to influence our politics. Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration,
0:25.4	the energy of these conspiracy theorists, these grifters, and these influencers is still pushing
0:30.5	our mainstream political landscape closer and closer to a breaking point. Feverdreams listeners,
0:35.3	we have a special treat for you today. Today marks the
0:38.6	glorious restoration of the William Summer era. Some of you may remember Will Summer as a host of
0:45.6	fever dreams once a millennium ago. Will reintroduce yourself to our listeners in case they,
0:52.9	much like myself, had completely forgotten about who you are, what you're doing, or if you even worked at the Daily Beast anymore.
0:59.4	It is funny. You're saying, oh, it's a treat. The guy who ostensibly hosts a show is going to host it today.
1:04.7	But yeah, I'm back. I'm back from Leave. Thanks to Kelly for keeping lit on things with you while I was gone. I'm happy to be back with the crew here, just to introduce myself.
1:12.5	I like Swin, work at The Daily Beast, and I love talking about right-wing media,
1:17.7	conspiracy theories, internet, and all that fun stuff.
1:20.0	So I'm back in time for the one-year anniversary of fever dreams.
1:23.7	I believe this episode is the one-year anniversary episode that we're recording right now.
1:27.7	And then we're also celebrating Wednesday when this episode comes out, March 23rd, at 2 p.m.
1:33.3	Eastern.
1:33.8	We're going to have a Twitter space, which is kind of like a clubhouse type thing.
1:37.6	It's an audio environment.
1:39.0	And all your favorite fever dreams hosts will be hanging out and discussing the one-year anniversary.
1:43.2	Have you ever done in Twitter Spaces before?
1:45.1	Yeah, I have. I'm kind of a clout lord on that community.
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