Milo Goes To Congress feat. Brian Knappenberger

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

From the newest development in the Capitol riot investigations, with Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy indictments, to Kevin McCarthy’s war with MAGA hardcore believers, Will Sommer and guest host Zachary Petrizzo break down the state of the political right in this week’s episode of the Fever Dreams podcast. As for the guest this week, the duo was joined by documentary filmmaker Brian Knappenberger who is behind the upcoming Nextix docuseries Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies, and the Internet. (Watch the trailer here.)

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.
0:11.1	Not a care in the world as you simply lean back and before you know it, you're there.
0:16.7	Travel by train from London to Liverpool from just 25 pounds.
0:20.8	Avanti West Coast.
0:22.2	Feel good travel.
0:23.8	Exclusions and limitations apply.
0:25.6	Full terms and conditions can be founded at avantiwestcoastcoast.com.
0:28.3	uk forward slash plan.
0:32.4	Hi, I'm Will Summer.
0:33.9	Welcome to The Daily Beast's fever dreams.
0:35.6	I'm a politics reporter at The Daily Beast,
0:41.2	and I'm currently working on a book about Q&ON called Trust the Plan for Harper Collins coming out later this year. And I'm Kelly Weil. I am also a reporter at The Daily Beast, and I'm the author
0:46.2	of the book Off the Edge, Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything.
0:51.9	On this podcast, we're going to take you on plunges into the
0:54.3	sometimes hilarious, sometimes scary fanatics, infecting the way that millions of Americans
0:58.3	view the world and how they vote. Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration,
1:02.7	the energy of these conspiracy theorists, grifters, and influencers is still pushing our mainstream
1:07.8	political landscape closer and closer to a breaking point.
1:11.4	Okay. Today on Fever Dreams, we have guest hosts and Daily Beast political reporter, Zach Petrizo.
1:17.5	Zach, I hear there's some things going down in Congress. What's going on?
1:21.3	There sure are. This week, we, you know, we've seen a lot of weird things going on.
1:26.3	You know, we saw a guy chain himself to the Supreme Court.
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