I Don't Speak German, Episode 20: Gavin, Goad, and Edgelord Comedy (with Samantha Kutner)
I Don't Speak German
IDSG
3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2019
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Samantha Kutner returns to talk about Gavin McInnes again, including his book and some of his influences.
Warnings apply.
NOTE 23/8/20: Since original publication this episode has been edited to remove references to an organisation with which Samantha Kutner is no longer affiliated. Links have also been removed from below.
Gavin McInnes "The Death of Cool."
"The Surprisingly Mainstream History Of The Internet's Favorite Anti-Semitic Image"
https://twitter.com/ashkenaz89/status/1115860103788412928
Proud Boys News Sources Samantha (@ashkenaz89) has been consulted with.
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/inside-miami-alt-right-and-proud-boys-chapter-10945821
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-proud-boys-became-roger-stones-personal-army-6
Incident map link.
https://twitter.com/ashkenaz89/status/1051237360338259969
Incident Map Support for Samantha
Patreon: patreon.com/ashkenaz89
Paypal: paypal.me/SKutner
Venmo: @ashkenaz89
The "misgendering" of Alex McNabb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1RzRhazhV0
The Truth about Charlottesville
https://www.wired.com/story/leaked-alt-right-chat-logs-are-key-to-charlottesville-lawsuits/
https://www.bustle.com/p/leaked-unite-the-right-chats-prove-members-had-violent-intentions-for-charlottesville-79647
Edging Into Extremism
https://www.patreon.com/posts/edging-into-23433586
For Proud Boys and Others Considering Leaving
Insights from former Proud Boys
https://medium.com/@ashkenaz89/proud-of-your-boy-notes-on-leaving-94172fa2bbcf
Organizations that Can Help You Leave
https://twitter.com/ashkenaz89/status/1088954326402228224
Mental Health Resources for Men
https://mantherapy.org/
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Jack here speaking on the 23rd of August 2020 so a bit after this episode of I |
| 0:07.3 | Don't Speak German was originally published this is just a short note to let you know that since its original publication, |
| 0:14.8 | this episode has been edited, changed from its original form, |
| 0:19.5 | to remove a reference to an organization with which Samantha Cutner is no longer affiliated or |
| 0:26.5 | associated. |
| 0:27.5 | Thanks very much and enjoy. |
| 0:29.5 | All right welcome to I don't think German episode 20. |
| 0:34.0 | And since I'm the one talking first, you know, it's because Jack is in here today. |
| 0:40.0 | Jack is very, very busy, both this week and next. |
| 0:43.0 | So we're going to have a couple of guest appearances, I think, |
| 0:46.4 | for the end of June happens. |
| 0:48.8 | And today, I am once again joined by the person who came on for episode 13, I believe, or 14, Sam Kupner. |
| 0:57.0 | Samantha, say hi. |
| 0:58.0 | Hi guys. |
| 1:00.0 | Samantha, in case you don't remember, is Proud Boy Whisper, an expert on Gavin McKenna's and the Proud Boys. |
| 1:08.0 | And so we thought we'd kind of just do more of a casual episode. I don't have a lot of notes in front of me, stuff that I really am kind of desperate to cover. |
| 1:17.0 | But we were really kind of talking in the back channel when we were talking about sort of the sort of Ed's Lord |
| 1:24.0 | comedy roots of Gavin McIness and Jim Goad. And so this is going to be kind of |
| 1:29.0 | about, you know, Jim Goad, the Gavra McIness, and kind of the Edgewood comedy scene of the 90s in 2000 and sort of like how those kind of connections work. |
| 1:38.0 | And so yeah, how's it going? |
| 1:42.0 | It's going pretty good. |
| 1:43.2 | I graduated. |
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