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Unregistered 254: Meg Smaker

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Thaddeus Russell

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4.2706 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

The producer and director of "the most controversial film of the year," Meg Smaker, joined me to discuss the making of Jihad Rehab (The Unredacted) and the resulting devastation to her career.

 

Tickets on sale for the Icarus Festival, Rutherford, NJ, June 8-11:

https://www.icarusfest.com/

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

From June 8th to the 11th, leading dissident journalists and thinkers will join an all-star

0:06.3

lineup of comedians at the first annual Icarus Festival in Rutherford, New Jersey, at the

0:11.8

William Carlos William Center.

0:14.0

Co-sponsored by the Grey Zone and Compact Magazine, Icarus Fest will feature Max Blumenthal

0:19.4

and Aaron Mate of the Gray Zone, Michael Tracy,

0:22.9

Ben Burgess, Sam Hussain, Jeremy Kaufman, Clint Russell, and Meg Smaker, the director

0:28.8

and producer of Jihad Rehab, who will discuss and debate the new wave of censorship, the war on

0:34.9

terror, the war on Ukraine, and the new world order that has emerged from

0:39.2

them. Taking the Icarus stage to discuss the culture and politics of neoliberalism will be

0:44.7

Jeff Schillenberger of Compact Magazine and Jack Mason of the Perfume Nationalist podcast.

0:50.9

The Icarus Comedy Night features America's comedian Kurt Metzger, Lou Perez, Rich Voss, Danny Polishook, and Dan Natterman.

1:00.0

There will also be film screenings of classic works of cinematic art, a cash bar, and dinners and after parties for VIP ticket holders.

1:09.4

For more information, to buy Icarus Fest merch

1:12.8

and to get your tickets before they're sold out,

1:16.0

go to Icarusfest.com.

1:18.6

That's icarusfest.com.

1:21.5

We'll see you there.

1:25.1

This is the unregistered podcast, and I'm Thaddeus Russell.

1:29.4

This is a show about ideas, people, and behaviors that are considered inappropriate, out of bounds, or beyond the pale.

1:37.6

The things you're not supposed to talk about if you're a schoolteacher, a college professor, a businessman, a politician, a parent, a neighbor,

1:47.1

or even a podcast host. These are the things you're not supposed to say or even think if you're

1:53.4

a good liberal, a good conservative, or a good citizen. Each week, I'll interview a person who has

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