ICYMI - Did Deplatforming Andrew Tate Work?
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🗓️ 2 November 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Tate, a former kickboxer and star of Big Brother in the UK, was deplatformed earlier this year because of his offensive and misogynistic talking points, but that didn’t stop him from spreading his message. On today’s episode, Rachelle speaks with journalist Ikran Dahir who recently wrote, “Andrew Tate’s Hustlers University 2.0 Has Made at Least $11 Million in Just One Month,” in BuzzFeed. Ikran discusses what it was like being on the platform, the quality of the classes being offered, and the vibes of the user base, revealing Tate might be savvier than anybody wants to admit.
This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I See Why Am I. |
| 0:17.0 | In case you missed it, Slates Podcasts about Internet culture. |
| 0:21.0 | And it is officially Mariah Carey season. |
| 0:25.2 | To be clear, it is always Mariah season in the Hampton household. |
| 0:29.7 | Because if my baby will always be a bot, my all, it's my everything. |
| 0:35.4 | But now that spooky season has officially ended, it's now time for the rest of y'all to get |
| 0:42.4 | on the train and celebrate Mariah season. |
| 0:50.2 | And to usher in, good tidings, a great joy. |
| 0:53.2 | The clean of Christmas herself has blessed us with what might be the most iconic video |
| 0:57.9 | that I feel I must share with all of you. |
| 1:02.9 | So what's happening in this video at the beginning is Mariah Carey, instead of riding a broomstick |
| 1:07.7 | is riding a exercise bike. |
| 1:10.9 | And the days of October are ticking down around her, she's in all black, and then we hit |
| 1:16.5 | November 1st and she transitions into that high note and into her Christmas wear. |
| 1:23.5 | The hashtag is Hashtag Mariah season, and you know what, she's right. |
| 1:33.6 | Unfortunately, that is all the good news we have for today, because in case you missed |
| 1:38.9 | it, things are a little bit grim right now. |
| 1:43.4 | Elon Musk is charging real American dollars for verification. |
| 1:47.6 | Starting next week, the sun will be setting before 5 p.m. here in New York. |
| 1:51.8 | The word midterm sends me into an existential crisis, and after being banned from almost |
| 1:57.8 | every single social media platform, Andrew Tate is still making bank, and that's what |
| 2:03.5 | today's show is about, not daylight savings, which should be abolished, but, Andrew Tate. |
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